The ‘charm’ of raising pigs and earning a fortune with Japfa

Bui Duc Ai, the owner of a farm in Duoi Chuot Hamlet, Tam Lap Commune, Phu Giao District, Binh Duong Province, has been raising pigs for more than 10 years. After a long period of signing contracts to raise pigs for several other companies, he switched to raising pigs for Japfa Comfeed Vietnam Co., Ltd in 2022.

As of August 2024, Ai has successfully raised three batches of pigs for Japfa, and each of them has brought him a good income, reaching VND 5,500/kg of weight gain. To achieve such a result, the breeds and animal feed provided by Japfa are the most important factors for Ai and his farm.

Japfa's piglets in particular are of good quality and have improved with each batch. In the first batch, the pig mortality rate was below 6%, lower than the general loss rate that companies commonly stipulate in current contract farming contracts. In the second batch, the rate dropped to below 5%. In the current batch, the loss rate is even lower, stabilizing at only 3.7%.

The pig feed provided by Japfa has helped pigs gain weight quickly, with a low feed conversion ratio (FCR), and pigs that eat the feed have a lower chance of getting diarrhea. Particularly in the recent pig batches, Ai's farm achieved a very good FCR of 2.38, 300 g lower than the standard FCR set out by Japfa.

The pigs grew well with an average daily gain (ADG) of 679 grams. Thanks to that, each litter of pigs, Mr. Ai and his wife raised pigs from 147 to 150 days, having them reach an average selling weight of 110 kg/head. Good breeds, and good feed combined with good farming processes help the pigs gain beautiful form, plump bottoms and longer bodies.

Ai is not alone. Many farms that have contracts to raise pigs with Japfa in the Southeast and Central Highlands also highly value the quality of the breeds and animal feed the company provides.

Chu Van Cuu in village 5, Bom Bo commune, Bu Dang district, Binh Phuoc province, said, “In the past, my family mainly lived on farming. In 2021, after learning about Japfa's pig farming model, I decided to cooperate with the company”. Cuu boldly invested in a cold farm, ensuring biosafety in accordance with Japfa's standards. The farm is located on an area of ​​5,000 m2 with a scale of 3,600 pigs/batch.

Cuu has completed 6 batches of pigs for processing as of date. Thanks to having good breeds, the mortality rate of pigs in each batch is always below 5%. Good quality feed helps the FCR of the pig herd reach an average of 2.4 and the weight of pigs when sold reaches 113 - 114 kg/pig.

Making full use of such advantages, Cuu earns VND 5,500/kg of weight gain, which is a good income for a current processed farm. After many consecutive successful batches of pigs, Cuu is planning to open a new farm.

At Mai Xuan Tinh's farm (Lo 13 village, Dray Bhang commune, Cu Kuin district, Dak Lak province), the loss rate is remarkedly lower. There are pig batches with a mortality rate of 2.45%. In the last two pig batches, the FCR of the pig herd on Tinh's farm was around 2.5. Considering these factors, Tinh achieves an income of VND 5,900 per kg of weight gain in some pig batches.

Tinh's family has had high revenue in the past batches of pigs, and the revenue increases with each batch. The fifth batch in particular increases by nearly 40% compared to the fourth batch. Realizing the good economic efficiency thanks to the contract farming for Japfa, Tinh and his wife are considering a plan to increase the scale of commercial pig production in the near future.

In order to provide quality piglets to the Vietnamese market, Japfa and the Dutch company Hypor B.V. established a joint venture to establish Japfa Hypor Genetics Co., Ltd in 2012 in Hon Quan District, Binh Phuoc. Before being brought to commercial farms, piglets are fully vaccinated according to the general procedure and actual epidemiological conditions in Vietnam.