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
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Executive Summary Intensive pig farming is an agricultural industry that operates by raising live pigs for slaughtering which will then be turned into pork for human consumption. Piggeries‚ as the firm is called‚ serve as a major food source in the Philippines‚ with the highest grossing per capita consumption among red meats. The industry is fairly attractive to investors as its high capital requirement and risky nature is effectively balanced out by the steady demand of a readily available market
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Description and behaviour A pig has a snout for a nose‚ small eyes‚ and a small‚ curly tail. It has a thick body and short legs. There are four toes on each foot‚ with the longer‚ middle toes used for walking. Pigs are omnivores‚ which means that they consume both plants and animals. Pigs will scavenge and have been known to eat any kind of food‚ including dead insects‚ worms‚ tree bark‚ rotting carcasses‚ excreta (including their own)‚ garbage‚ and other pigs. In the wild‚ they are foraging
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with the pig and the chicken. Yeah‚ not many people have. At first it didn’t really make any sense to me‚ but if you really think about it‚ you can use the analogy to everything you do in life. The analogy is‚ if breakfast was ham and eggs‚ are you the chicken or the pig. You want to be the pig in everything you do. Because if you’re the pig‚ you sacrifice more and work harder because to become the ham if you’re a pig‚ you must die. There’s nothing wrong with being a chicken‚ but being a pig is the
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Business of Dairy Farming : Big Trouble for Cows June 11‚ 2007 Most people are aware that dairies in the United States bear little resemblance to the idyllic pastures of yesteryear. As with other branches of animal agriculture‚ such as chicken and egg production‚ hog farming‚ and beef production as well as crop growing small‚ traditional dairy farms have been steadily pushed out of the business by large agribusiness concerns. Since the mid-20th century‚ the growth of factory farming has led to
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9-26-2013 Pig Lovers and Pig Haters This article relates to what we have learned about materialism. Harris goes in depth explaining the differences between pig haters and pig lovers‚ and what that meant for their societies. Harris wants to know “how to account for an apparently bizarre and wasteful taboo” (45). He explains the history of pig hatred for the Jews and Moslems‚ stating that the Bible condemned them from eating pig because they were dirty. Every reason given for why pigs are hated was
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Denmark’s land is used for farming. Because of it’s export of agricultural and industrial produce‚ it enjoys one of the highest standard of living in the world. <br> <br>This case study is meant to study the farming in Denmark. <br> <br><b>Types of Farming:</b> <br> <br>Denmark is divided into 3 areas: Jutland‚ Fyn‚ and Zealand. Farming is found in all of those areas. <br> <br>Denmark’s types of farming are: Dairy farming‚ Crop farming‚ Animal farming‚ and Mixed farming <br> <br>In Jutland‚ the least
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Pig production The primary purpose of pig farming is the production of meat‚ including pork and bacon. If the bacon industry is to thrive‚ factories must receive pigs of the right type. In order to improve the level of pig production‚ the use of fine types and feed‚ the implementation of strict epidemic prevention system and using high quality facilities for the effective control of the environment are necessary. The questions of how to improve the technological content of feed pig at each steps
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contribute to the practices of factory farming and ignore the negative effects it produces. Factory farming does not just harm animals‚ but also the environment and humans. Society tends to avoid the dangerous impacts of the companies. Animals used in factory farms‚ suffer because the company neglects the welfare of the animals in order to maximize their profit (PETA). They cram as many factory animals as they can into small spaces get more money. Chickens‚ pigs‚ cows‚ and turkeys stay as the most know
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issue has sparked much debate over the years‚ correlating with the rise of the animal rights movement and intensive farming. Cambridge Dictionaries defines this intensive‚ or factory‚ farming as “a system of farming in which many animals are kept in an enclosed area in order to produce a large amount of meat‚ eggs‚ or milk as cheaply as possible.” Views differ about this type of farming‚ some for it and some against it. The large scale production of livestock for food and other products is what is best
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