This is a native animal, with bristles as stiff as a broom, successfully raised in Tuyen Quang, buy quickly while you still can.

Located along Highway 279, Na Mu village, Son Phu commune (Na Hang district, Tuyen Quang province) is as beautiful as a watercolor painting; stretching between endless green mountains, one after another. Few people know that this place is famous for raising indigenous black pigs, traders everywhere say that just by hearing the sound of a house having pigs for sale, they will quickly...

The pioneer

Old farmer Phung Minh Hieu, from Na Mu village, is over 50 years old this year. With a kind and open face, he is proud that raising black pigs for sale is probably the career he has chosen to dedicate his whole life to.

In the 11th lunar month, the weather in the highlands is bitterly cold. Over a steaming cup of Phia Chang tea, Mr. Hieu slowly told reporters about his “unique” entrepreneurial journey.

In 1998, Mr. Hieu moved out and was given 3 breeding sows as start-up capital and a piece of land by the stream by his parents. He was very worried, ran around everywhere, and did all kinds of jobs to make a living , but despite the lack of money, he always cherished and took good care of the 3 pigs.

He said, back then, raising pigs was simple and not as abundant as it is now. He only fed pigs with sweet potato leaves and wild banana trees, but the pigs still grew rapidly. Luckily, by 2002, Mr. Hieu had a herd of nearly 30 pigs, the largest in Na Mu village at that time.

Knowing the market demand for products from native black pigs, unlike the villagers who only raised a few pigs for their families, Mr. Hieu boldly invested in large-scale pig farms. He was the first person in the village to raise pigs for commercial purposes.

He said that both husband and wife went to the forest to cut down trees to build barns, and used the land near the stream to grow bananas and sweet potato leaves to ensure a source of animal feed.

The herd of native black pigs of Mr. Hieu's family, a farmer in Son Phu commune (Na Hang district, Tuyen Quang province) is always carefully cared for.

Recalling the story of 2014, the whole Na Mu village had an outbreak of swine fever, as the village's largest pig farmer, Mr. Hieu lost nearly 1/3 of his herd of nearly 20 pigs.

Mr. Hieu said, but that was also a lesson for him to pay more attention to epidemic prevention work. Perhaps he was lucky. While struggling to find a solution during the epidemic, he was coincidentally shown by a friend in Ban Luc village, Da Vi commune (Na Hang district) how to use wine yeast to support the digestive system of pigs.

This is also a regular way to prevent disease for healthy pigs, he joked, also from that year the wine making profession began to come to his family and many people in Na Mu village.

With new ways of doing things, new thinking and especially doing a good job of disease prevention, since 2016, every year Mr. Hieu's family has sold over 1 ton of pork, earning about 70 million VND. Near Tet, traders from everywhere come to buy pigs, bustling throughout the village.

Seeing the effectiveness of Mr. Hieu's method of raising commercial pigs, the villagers began to follow suit. Anyone who had difficulties with barns, breeding pigs, and taking care of Mr. Hieu was willing to help. He said that in 2018, Na Mu village had over 50 households raising black pigs, ranging in size from a few to hundreds of pigs.

In a spacious house that was just completed in 2022 with nearly 1 billion VND, Mr. Hieu is excited, his family is currently maintaining the scale of raising 100 black pigs, expected to have about 3 tons of pork to sell on the occasion of Lunar New Year, currently there are many traders "looking" to buy the whole herd of pigs. Nowhere like in Na Mu, raising black pigs is only afraid of not having enough products to supply, but "unsold" is something that has never happened in many years.

Clean farming to keep the brand

Comrade Ha Van Duc, Chairman of Son Phu Commune People's Committee, said that Na Mu village is famous for its specialty black pig farming models, with over 1,500 pigs at its peak. Black pig farming is currently bringing positive economic efficiency, with annual revenue reaching around 2 billion VND.

The whole village currently has about 10 millionaires raising pigs with annual revenue of hundreds of millions of dong, such as the families of Phung Xuan Chien, Phung Thua Khuon, and Trieu Trung Khe, raising from 50 to 100 pigs.

From black pigs, many households have escaped poverty sustainably, and farmers in the village have secretly agreed to raise clean pigs to maintain a sustainable brand. The whole village currently has 3 hectares of bananas and sweet potato leaves used for food.

The food source for black pigs - a local specialty pig breed in Na Mu village, Son Phu commune (Na Hang district, Tuyen Quang province) is mostly bananas and green vegetables, banana tree trunks...

Head of the Front Committee of Na Mu village Trieu Thi Senh is known by the locals as “Ms. Senh, the pig breeder”. Although she has only started raising black pigs for about 10 years, Ms. Senh’s family farm supplying black pig breeders is trusted everywhere.
Her house is located at the top of the mountain, next to Na Mu Kindergarten, where the voices of children reading their lessons can be heard. Pointing to the row of barns located far from the residential area, Ms. Senh said that her black pig farming model must first ensure environmental hygiene and especially clean food sources to maintain the brand name in the future.

Ms. Senh said that in 2014, she started her business with 10 breeding pigs bought in Yen Hoa commune (Na Hang) for 10 million VND.

By 2016, Ms. Senh had a herd of nearly 40 pigs by herself. Unlike many people in the village who choose to raise pigs for meat, she focuses on selling breeding pigs. Ms. Senh shared that perhaps because of her own direction, her family's economy is quite stable. Every year, she sells over 150 breeding pigs, with a revenue of over 100 million VND.

To ensure a source of food, in addition to growing bananas, corn and vegetables, Ms. Senh also proactively bought a milling machine to serve the people and take advantage of the rice husks as animal feed.

In the corner of her house, dozens of cans of corn wine with yeast leaves are displayed. Ms. Senh shared that everyone who raises pigs in Na Mu village also makes wine, which helps improve the resistance of the pigs and also provides extra income during the off-season. This year, Mr. Phung Thua Van seems happier during Tet.

Mr. Van said that his family was in a difficult situation. In 2017, he borrowed 20 million VND from the Na Hang District Social Policy Bank to invest in barns and buy black pigs to raise. With the help of predecessors, Mr. Van's family's pig herd increased rapidly in number, reaching nearly 40 pigs at its peak.

In 2021, he paid off all his bank debt and in 2024, his family applied for poverty alleviation and was approved. He said that raising black pigs is really effective, as long as you are diligent, keep the barn clean, and ensure food, you will be successful.

In fact, instead of feeding with growth-enhancing pellets like many other places, Na Mu people mainly raise their livestock with rustic foods such as bananas, corn, sweet potato leaves and yeast. The young village chief Phung Van Phay said that perhaps because the pigs are raised cleanly, pigs in Na Mu can only be sold after 9 months, about 3 months later than those raised with growth-enhancing pellets. However, the quality of the meat is delicious and favored by consumers, and traders from everywhere from Tuyen Quang city to Chiem Hoa and Lam Binh districts also come to place orders.

In early 2024, Na Mu village experienced an outbreak of African swine fever, causing many households to suffer. Currently, many households are taking advantage of the dry weather at the end of the year to repair their barns and disinfect them in preparation for restocking at the beginning of the new year.

Head of Phay village shared that the income of the people is still at 28 million VND/person/year, hoping that by developing black pigs, beekeeping, and making specialty dried bamboo shoots, the people of Na Mu will soon become well-off and rich.

Source: https://danviet.vn/day-la-con-vat-ban-dia-long-cung-nhu-choi-xe-nuoi-thanh-cong-o-tuyen-quang-mua-nhanh-con-kip-20241220213528911.htm