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Selection of pig breeds

1. If it is a rural retail investor, local pigs are suitable for free-range.

Local pigs are resistant to roughage, hunger, low nutrition, local climate, cold and heat, and are not easy to get sick. Wheat bran, rice bran, noodle soup, rice soup, leftovers, weeds and wild vegetables are all good feeds for pigs. Using these resources, it is profitable to plant some grass suitable for raising pigs and raise local pigs.

2. If pigs are raised on a large scale, it is suitable for breeding hybrid pigs.

Hybrid pigs are welcomed by pig farmers and loved by consumers because of their fast growth, strong disease resistance, strong vitality, good feed conversion rate and high lean meat rate.

3. At present, there are two widely used hybrid pig combination modes in China:

First of all, the Du Changyuan hybrid pig combination model is produced by crossing foreign lean pig breeds, which has the remarkable characteristics of high feed reward, fast daily gain and high lean meat rate, and is suitable for intensive pig farms and large-scale pig farms with high production level;

4. The second is to produce long-term hybrid pigs with local pigs as female parents and foreign improved lean pigs as first and second male parents. This hybrid pig is suitable for farmers and pig farms of moderate scale.