Sitting cutting ripe jackfruit to feed wild boars, voracious animals, Soc Trang farmers receive a salary of 500 million/year

Feed wild boars fruit

Visiting the 2,000m2 garden of Mr. Nguyen Tan Dat, Lao Dong reporter could not help but be surprised to see above the canopy of star apple and jackfruit trees bearing abundant fruit while on the ground was a herd of about 200 wild boars running around looking for food.

Mr. Dat quickly took a fallen jackfruit (of substandard quality) and cut it into small pieces to feed the pigs. The pigs quickly ran to where the jackfruit had just been thrown.

Mr. Dat shared that wild boars have the nature of living in the wild, and releasing orchids in the garden will contribute to restoring the natural habitat, ensuring healthy development for the pigs. Therefore, after feeding them in the pen, he will release the pigs into the garden to let them exercise.

According to Mr. Dat, compared to the method of raising pigs with industrial feed or keeping them in cages, raising them semi-wild and letting them roam in the garden has space to move, helping pigs grow faster and have firmer, tastier meat.

Mr. Nguyen Tan Dat (Nhon My commune, Ke Sach district, Soc Trang province) earns hundreds of millions of dong each year from raising wild boars in his orchard. Photo: Phuong Anh

In addition, he also uses jackfruit, guava, mango, etc. in his garden to make food for pigs.

“Using the above foods for wild boars helps the pork to have less fat, less odor, and increases the resistance of the animals. Thanks to that, wild boars grow faster and have better meat than those raised with industrial feed. This method also saves on input costs, each pig only costs a few thousand dong per day,” said Mr. Dat.

Using fruits (including ripe Thai jackfruit) as food for wild boars helps the pork have less fat, less odor, and increases the animals' resistance. Photo: Phuong Anh

According to Mr. Dat, raising wild boars in fruit gardens not only contributes to increasing income, but also utilizes by-products from crops as feed for pigs.

The waste from pigs after treatment also becomes useful fertilizer to supplement nutrients for plants. In particular, this model helps to save significantly on investment costs for barns and feed.

Income of nearly half a billion dong per year

Talking to reporters, Mr. Dat said that he graduated with a degree in Literature from a university in Hau Giang province. However, having a passion for farming, he took the trouble to learn about livestock farming from farms in the West, gradually accumulating knowledge, experience, and techniques.

In 2016, seeing the potential for wild boar farming, and having a spacious home garden, he decided to raise wild boars in a semi-wild model, feeding them with food available in the garden and easy to find locally such as potatoes, jackfruit, soybean residue, etc.

Initially, he only raised more than 20 pigs. Thanks to the accumulated experience, he applied it to the breeding process, saw that the pigs developed well and reproduced, he decided to invest in more breeding pigs. Currently, the total herd is over 200 pigs.

According to Mr. Dat, it takes about 6 months from the time of raising wild boars to selling them. Pigs raised for 9-12 months will start to reproduce. Pigs reproduce twice a year, each litter has 6-10 piglets.

Currently, each year he supplies both breeding pigs and wild boars for meat to the markets of the provinces and cities in the West with a quantity of 600 - 800 pigs, priced from 130,000 - 150,000 VND/kg for meat pigs and 180,000 VND/kg for breeding pigs, helping his family earn about 300 million VND, not including the income from the orchard.

“In the West, wild boars have been crossbred a lot, so my goal is to produce the best breed to sell. Therefore, wild boars must weigh at least 20kg before being sold so that buyers can recognize the quality. A fierce appearance and a lot of hair are the right standards,” said Mr. Dat.

Raising wild boars in an orchard, including a Thai jackfruit garden, helps Mr. Dat, a farmer in Nhon My commune (Ke Sach district, Soc Trang province) have a double source of profit. Photo: Phuong Anh

Mr. Dat shared the secret, to have delicious, firm meat, pigs must be raised semi-wild so they can run around. During the rainy season, pigs must be kept in pens to avoid skin parasites.

“To raise wild boars successfully, there must be a separate process, a reasonable diet combining soybean residue, vegetables, tubers, and beer dregs to balance nutrition for the pigs to develop evenly. To prevent wild boars from getting sick, when they are born, they must be vaccinated until they grow up,” said Mr. Dat.

Source: https://danviet.vn/ngoi-chat-mit-chin-nuoi-heo-rung-dong-vat-pham-an-nong-dan-soc-trang-nhan-luong-500-trieu-nam-20240619193949434.htm