Keeping good records is important for running a successful pig farm. Here’s why:
- Tracking growth and performance
When you keep records of how much your pigs eat and how fast they grow, you can make better choices about feeding, breeding, and selling them. This helps improve your farm’s production. - Health management and disease prevention
Keeping health records is important for the well-being of your pigs. You can track vaccinations, treatments, and any diseases. This helps you treat animals quickly and keeps your pigs healthier, which also meets food safety rules.
- Breeding and reproduction
By recording information about breeding, farrowing (when pigs give birth), and piglet survival, you can pick the best pigs for breeding. This helps your pigs have healthier litters and improves the farm’s production. - Feed efficiency and cost control
Feed is one of the biggest costs in pig farming. By keeping track of how much your pigs eat and how fast they grow, you can adjust feeding to save money and help the pigs grow better. This helps make your farm more profitable. - Market timing and profitability
By recording prices, sales, and costs, you can decide the best time to sell your pigs for a higher price. Looking at past prices and trends helps you make smarter decisions to increase your profits.
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