Income of 500 million VND per year from raising wild boars

(Baonghean.vn) – That is the farm model of Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung in Cao Son commune, Anh Son (Nghe An). People in the surrounding area call himwith the name "Wild Boar Billionaire".

By chance, while watching TV, he saw the wild boar farming model that brought in high income, while taking advantage of natural advantages and available food sources. In 2010, Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung boldly bought 7 hectares of land in Sim Ru area, Hamlet 1, Cao Son commune for 250 million VND to build a farm.

Mr. Nguyen Cong Trung takes care of the pigs.

Currently, his farm has nearly 100 wild boars, including 14 breeding piglets. Sharing some techniques for raising wild boars, Mr. Trung said: Wild boars are easier to raise than domestic pigs because they have high resistance and are less susceptible to diseases.

Raised by semi-grazing method, wild boar food is easy to find so the cost of raising is low. The main food is elephant grass, corn bran, cassava pulp mixed with water for drinking. The most important thing in raising wild boar is that the barn system must ensure ventilation, large yard, clean water ditch for pigs to bathe... suitable for their eating and living habits. Besides, it is also very necessary to do a good job of hygiene and disease prevention for the pig herd.

Currently, wild boar has a relatively high price of 150-180 thousand VND/kg for meat and 200 thousand VND/kg for breeding pigs.

Currently, wild boar meat is a clean, delicious and nutritious food, very popular with consumers. Mr. Trung added: Every year, a wild boar gives birth to 2 litters, each litter has from 5 to 7 piglets. After about 6 months of raising, each pig reaches a weight of 18 to 25 kg and can be sold.

In 2015, his family sold 180 pigs, at the price of 150,000 - 180,000 VND/kg of pork and 200,000 VND/kg of breeding pigs. After deducting expenses, his family earned more than 500 million VND.

Not only raising wild boars, Nguyen Cong Trung's farm also grows 3 hectares of aromatic roots that are in harvest season, 1 hectare of commercial tea, 2 hectares of fish ponds, more than 400 xa doai orange trees and 300 black canarium trees. In addition, he takes advantage of the forest hills to raise thousands of chickens. The total income from the farm is approximately 1 billion VND per year.

Mr. Trung said that people are moving towards choosing clean food, so the market for wild boar products is very favorable. Therefore, his family is continuing to expand wild boar farming, gradually creating many clean products with high economic value to increase income.

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