Guide to Profitable Pig Farming
Guide to Profitable Investment in Pig Farming
By Obinna Chima
Before Miss Oyinlade Adetutu graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2005, she had already made up her mind not to go into the already saturated labour market.
As a student of Agricultural Science, she had vowed to stick to her profession by investing in the sector in order to tap from the benefits that abound in it. Though she specialised in fisheries, she got to know about pig farming and became attracted to it because of the reported high profit margin derivable from it.
Pig farming, according to her, is a business that can catapult an investor from the position of an employee to that of an employer of labour with high returns on investment within a little space of time.
She explains, “As an undergraduate, I had already made up my mind that I would not search for any white collar job, but would practise what I studied so that I could also become an employer of labour. So, before I graduated, I had saved some money, which I used in acquiring a piece of land at Oke Aro, Ogun State, which I started with.”
Adetutu, who started with just three piglets and one in-pig (a pregnant pig), but currently has about 150 animals, advises that anybody who wants to venture into pig farming must first acquire a piece of land.
The next stage will be to set up a pen where the pigs will be kept. Anybody starting on a small scale must erect at least a room measuring 12 square feet, where the pigs will be kept and separated according to their sizes.
Adetutu, who is the Managing Director, Wemimo Farms Limited, adds that availability of feed and water are the other challenges that any beginner would face.
She says, “It is advisable that a beginner should be sure of his source of water and feed before erecting the pen because without water, pig rearing will be difficult. If the location is in a place were there is no river or stream to get water from, the farmer can first sink a borehole. Buying
By Obinna Chima
Before Miss Oyinlade Adetutu graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2005, she had already made up her mind not to go into the already saturated labour market.
As a student of Agricultural Science, she had vowed to stick to her profession by investing in the sector in order to tap from the benefits that abound in it. Though she specialised in fisheries, she got to know about pig farming and became attracted to it because of the reported high profit margin derivable from it.
Pig farming, according to her, is a business that can catapult an investor from the position of an employee to that of an employer of labour with high returns on investment within a little space of time.
She explains, “As an undergraduate, I had already made up my mind that I would not search for any white collar job, but would practise what I studied so that I could also become an employer of labour. So, before I graduated, I had saved some money, which I used in acquiring a piece of land at Oke Aro, Ogun State, which I started with.”
Adetutu, who started with just three piglets and one in-pig (a pregnant pig), but currently has about 150 animals, advises that anybody who wants to venture into pig farming must first acquire a piece of land.
The next stage will be to set up a pen where the pigs will be kept. Anybody starting on a small scale must erect at least a room measuring 12 square feet, where the pigs will be kept and separated according to their sizes.
Adetutu, who is the Managing Director, Wemimo Farms Limited, adds that availability of feed and water are the other challenges that any beginner would face.
She says, “It is advisable that a beginner should be sure of his source of water and feed before erecting the pen because without water, pig rearing will be difficult. If the location is in a place were there is no river or stream to get water from, the farmer can first sink a borehole. Buying