Pig prices increase, farmers are excited

With over 30 years of pig farming, Mr. Pham Van Vu, Tan Hoa C hamlet, Long Hung commune, My Tu district, has a lot of experience in pig farming. Mr. Vu shared: "To raise pigs profitably, for many years, I have chosen to raise breeding sows and I usually raise 2 breeding sows, the pigs give birth to 2 litters/year (more than 50 pigs/year), the piglets after birth will be sold for breeding after more than 1 month and leave about 10 pigs/litter to raise for meat. In 2025 alone, the batch of live pigs I just sold at the end of March was 8 pigs for meat, the selling price was 74,000 VND/kg, minus the cost of profit was more than 32 million VND. In addition, I also sold 30 wild boars, minus the cost of profit was more than 2 million VND/pig. Currently, I am continuing to take care of the sow herd to prepare for the next litter of pigs this year and plan to keep 10 pigs to raise for meat to sell to the market. Because the current price of live pigs is quite good, the farmers' profits are 30% higher than the same period last year. With the price of live pigs as at the time At present, the profit from selling pork and wild boar is definitely more than 150 million VND/year.

Many pig farmers in Soc Trang province are very excited when the price of live pigs increases. Photo: THUY LIEU

According to Mr. Vu, to reduce costs, increase profits, and limit common diseases in pigs, farmers need to build airy pig farms and clean pig farms. Mr. Vu also cooks broken rice mixed with bran for pigs to eat, to reduce costs for buying food and adds vegetables grown around the garden for pigs to eat. During hot weather, supplement vitamins B1, B6, B12, and vitamin C that are necessary for pigs.

After more than 20 years of pig farming, despite facing difficulties, Mr. Son Tong, An Ninh commune, Chau Thanh district, still maintains his pig herd. Mr. Tong said: "I usually raise pigs 3 times a year with 25 pigs each time. Pigs are raised for 3.5 months before being sold. To sell at a good price, I will divide the time of raising to sell pigs right around Lunar New Year or Qingming Festival, at this time the price of pigs is often higher than normal days. For example, on Qingming Festival in 2025, I sold 10 pigs at a price of 70,000 VND/kg of live pigs, minus expenses, the profit is 4 million VND/pig".

The total herd of pigs (excluding piglets that have not been weaned) in Soc Trang province is currently 191,685, an increase of nearly 3% over the same period last year (5,257 pigs). Currently, the price of live pigs is between 70,000 - 80,000 VND/kg. However, the number of pigs sold is quite small, so many households have boldly increased their herds, because the African swine fever situation has decreased sharply, and many localities have not had a recurrence of the disease for many years.

Comrade Dao Van Bay - Deputy Head of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine of Soc Trang province said that the current high price of live pigs helps pig farmers make good profits. Therefore, in order to develop the pig herd smoothly in the face of the potential risk of African swine fever, pig farmers need to fully vaccinate pigs against African swine fever and strictly apply biosecurity measures in pig farming such as: regularly cleaning and disinfecting the entire pig farm; controlling and disinfecting means of transport in and out of the pig farm; regularly using disinfectants for pig farming equipment and tools.

THUY LIEU

Source: https://baosoctrang.org.vn/nong-nghiep/202504/gia-heo-hoi-tang-nguoi-chan-nuoi-phan-khoi-66d0def/