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For the past 4 months, the price of live pigs has remained high, ranging from 68,000 - 70,000 VND/kg. This price has brought quite a profit to many farming households.
Ms. Tran Thi Luot, a pig farmer in Truc Binh 2 village, Minh Bao commune, Yen Bai city, said: "Since the beginning of the year, the price of live pigs has continuously increased. When selling each pig weighing about 100kg, on average, after deducting expenses, the family has a profit of about 1 - 1.5 million VND."
This is a good profit for long-term farmers like her family. "In previous years, there was a time when live pigs were sold for only 48,000 VND/kg. At that time, the family had to suffer a loss of more than 500,000 VND/pig because continuing to raise them would incur additional maintenance costs, delaying the time to rebuild the new herd...", Ms. Luot added.
Mr. Lai Van Toan's family in Ban Lom village, Hanh Son commune, Nghia Lo town has 20 years of experience raising pigs. Every year, his family maintains a herd of 30-35 pigs. The current high price of pigs has helped his family earn more income, reduce the financial burden and create resources to continue to develop, expand and increase the size of the farm. However, Mr. Toan is very cautious in expanding and re-herding because in the face of high pig prices, many families may rush to re-herd, leading to a sharp increase in feed prices, a risk of a decrease in the price of pigs sold for slaughter and a return of disease.
Mr. Toan shared: "My family has just sold 30 pigs, now we want to restore the herd, but due to fear of disease, we only dare to maintain the existing number, so we can restore the herd right away to be safe."
According to many people, the current high price of live pigs comes from many reasons. First of all, the outbreak of African swine fever and blue ear disease in some provinces and cities has reduced the supply of pork in the market. In addition, the high cost of animal feed has made farmers more cautious in restocking.
Strict control of pork imports across the border also contributes to limiting supply, pushing up pork prices. According to many experts in the livestock sector, pork prices may continue to increase and then stop, especially in the summer months when the weather is hot and people's consumption decreases.
It is worth mentioning that the current increase in pig prices can easily lead to the mentality of many farmers keeping pigs until they are ready to sell, waiting for higher prices to sell, causing a "shortage of pigs" crisis, pushing pig prices higher. To avoid losing the balance in livestock farming, experts recommend that businesses and farmers need to be cautious in re-herding and selling pigs normally.
In fact, with the current high price of pigs, farmers need to be very careful in restocking and expanding the scale of farming, especially for small-scale farmers. The agricultural sector and localities need to step up propaganda work so that people understand and know clearly the province's pig farming planning. The lesson learned in early 2016 has made many farmers "take it to heart".
At that time, the price of live pigs skyrocketed, peaking at over 80,000 VND/kg, causing thousands of households to invest in expanding their livestock farming scale. Then, the price of pigs dropped to rock bottom, only 20,000 - 24,000 VND/kg, causing hundreds of families to go bankrupt and lose their homes due to livestock farming.
Mr. Ninh Tran Phuong - Deputy Head of the Provincial Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine said: "The whole province currently has over 845,000 main livestock, including over 700,000 pigs. In the first quarter of 2025, the output of fresh meat of all kinds for slaughter in the province reached 27,850 tons. The good news for the livestock industry in the province is that the number of small-scale livestock households has decreased quite sharply. At the same time, in the past year, the epidemic situation has been well controlled, helping the livestock industry account for a high proportion in the overall structure of the agricultural sector. To ensure production efficiency, livestock farmers need to closely monitor market demand. At the same time, it is necessary to be careful when re-herding and choosing to buy breeding animals at reputable, licensed establishments. Proactively vaccinate all types of vaccines to protect livestock in general and pigs in particular... When detecting signs of disease in livestock, it is necessary to promptly notify specialized agencies; do not hide the epidemic, sell livestock sick
The provincial livestock industry is encouraging livestock farming to be linked to the value chain, linking the interests of livestock farmers with processing enterprises to ensure stable output, helping people feel secure in production.
Quang Thieu
Source: https://baoyenbai.com.vn/12/351505/Gia-lon-hoi-tang-can-can-trong-tai-dan.aspx
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