Why Pig Farming Can Change Your Life

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Probably, you might have thought about some ways to build wealth but pig farming never crossed your mind in the slightest. Without further ado, let’s delve straight into the reason why I believe you should consider pig farming.

First of all, pigs are very prolific animals. A sow (female pig) could produce as many as 20 piglets at a go but for this article let’s assume they will produce 10 piglets on average.

Assuming you start with only 5 pigs ( 4 sows and 1 boar), you may be able to sell only 40 pigs in the first year. This is because you may have brought in the parent stock when they were 4 months old, therefore you may have to wait another two months for the pigs to reach sexual maturity. Once the sows have been mated, it may take another 4 months for them to deliver 40 piglets. Seven days after weaning, the sows can be crossed again. They may produce another 40 piglets at the end of the year. Since it takes 6 months for pigs to reach slaughter weight, you can only sell the first batch of 40 pigs.

After the first year, you can produce and sell 80 pigs every year. So assuming you run this pig farm for 5 years, you would have sold around  360 pigs in total.

Now selling each pig for GH¢1400 means you could generate around GH¢ 504,000 (out of which 55,000 is profit) within 5 years. Now that’s life-changing money.

You might be wondering how much you need to invest to make such jaw-dropping profits. The answer is by writing a good business plan. In case you don’t know how to get started, you can contact us for your professionally drafted business plan on piggery.