Farmers raise wild boars for Tet

(Baonghean.vn) - At this time, wild boar farms in Anh Son are actively taking care of their 'specialty' pigs to promptly meet consumer demand.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung's wild boar herd in village 1, Cao Son commune is being carefully cared for to meet the demand for Tet. Photo: Huyen Trang.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung's farm in village 1, Cao Son commune has nearly 150 wild boars, including 11 breeding sows. In order to meet the Tet demand of consumers, in recent months, Mr. Trung has been actively taking care of the wild boars to grow healthily. To ensure delicious meat quality, Mr. Trung applies the semi-free range method, the main food is elephant grass, corn bran and cassava residue, so the wild boars at his farm are always favored by consumers.

According to Mr. Trung, pigs that reach a weight of 15-20 kg can be sold. This Dinh Dau Tet holiday, he will bring nearly 100 pigs to the market. With prices ranging from 150-180 thousand VND/kg. After deducting expenses, he will earn 200 million VND.

Nguyen Viet Nghia, village 9, Tao Son commune has 30 wild boars to serve the needs of the Lunar New Year. Photo: Huyen Trang.

Wild boars of Mrs. Duong Thi Ha, village 9, Cao Son commune, are being prepared for sale. Photo: Huyen Trang.

At the wild boar farm of Mr. Nguyen Viet Nghia, village 9, Tao Son commune, at this time, more than 30 wild boars have been ordered by customers in advance. To have a source of goods to serve Tet, he has to drive the pigs to reproduce at the right time. To achieve delicious meat quality, Mr. Nghia shared that in addition to the breeding method of using natural foods without using industrial feed, the selection of breeds must also meet standards. The breeding pigs selected by Mr. Nghia are Thai wild boars, this is an easy-to-raise breed with good resistance, suitable for the local climate and environmental conditions. Currently, each year, Mr. Nghia sells about 100 pigs, earning from 150-200 million VND.

Wild boar is a “specialty” that many consumers are choosing to use during the Lunar New Year. Photo: Huyen Trang.

Currently, Anh Son district has over 20 households raising wild boars with a scale of 20 - 100 pigs, mainly concentrated in the communes of Tao Son, Cao Son, Dinh Son, Long Son...

Developing high-quality wild boar herds not only helps farmers earn a significant income but also helps consumers have more specialties to use during the Lunar New Year.

Huyen Trang