Effectiveness of multi-animal farming model

Thanks to their diligence and willingness to learn new production methods, Mr. Tran Van Tu's family in Hamlet 4, Gio Hai Commune, Gio Linh District, Quang Tri Province, has built a multi-animal farming model that yields high economic efficiency and contributes to diversifying agricultural products in the locality.

Mr. Tu introduces his family's model of raising American turkeys - Photo: NT

Visiting Mr. Tu's family's economic model, we were enthusiastically shown around his multi-animal livestock farm. On a sandy plot of over 1,700 square meters, he allocated nearly 1,000 square meters for raising pigs, chickens, and ducks; and set aside over 300 square meters for growing water spinach and bananas to feed the livestock.

Mr. Tu said that he used to work as a fisherman, but due to health issues and difficult family economic circumstances, he decided to go to Dong Nai to learn quail farming. After three months of training, he worked as a quail farmer at farms raising 3,000 to 15,000 quails for egg production. Once he had some capital, he decided to return to his hometown to build a sturdy house and borrowed an additional 50 million VND from the district's social policy bank to build small pens for raising sows, chickens, and ducks.

During the livestock farming process, he actively participated in technical training courses on livestock and poultry farming organized by the district and commune farmers' associations; at the same time, he learned from the experience of those who came before him. Thanks to hard work and good disease prevention methods, for the past 15 years, his family's livestock herd has grown year after year without any outbreaks of disease. Currently, his farm has 20 sows and nearly 180 fattening pigs per batch (2 batches per year). He utilizes the pig manure as fertilizer for his crops, so the plants thrive on the sandy soil.

“Traders who have been buying our produce for a long time know that my family raises pigs organically, mainly feeding them agricultural by-products like water spinach, sweet potato leaves, and rice bran…; and we have good disease prevention practices, so they trust us and buy our pigs at good prices. Therefore, the product's output is always stable, and the price we get is always higher than that of households raising pigs industrially. After deducting expenses, my family earns over 200 million VND in profit from pig farming each year,” Mr. Tu shared.

Besides raising pigs according to VietGAP standards, eight years ago, Mr. Tu's family also chose to raise and breed American turkeys, purchased from the North. According to him, this type of chicken is easy to raise and yields significantly higher economic returns than local chickens. Each adult chicken weighs between 8 and 14 kg. On average, he sells more than 100 meat chickens annually, each chicken priced from 2.5 million to over 3 million VND; breeding chickens cost about 500,000 VND per pair. His family earns approximately 50 million VND per year from raising American turkeys and ducks.

Mr. Tu said: "Thanks to the efficient multi-species farming, my wife and I were able to pay off our bank loans early and have capital to invest in developing the model. In the near future, we plan to reorganize the farm to ensure farming adheres to VietGAP standards."

Raising multiple animals creates a stable income stream, reduces risks in case one type of livestock experiences a price drop, and allows Mr. Tu's family to utilize agricultural waste as feed for livestock and crops, reducing investment costs. Despite his advanced age and declining health, Mr. Tu diligently seeks effective economic development, especially in livestock farming that produces clean products to meet the growing demands of consumers.

His family's livestock farming model has made a positive contribution to the new rural development program and has been emulated by many local farmers.

Ngoc Trang

Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/hieu-qua-tu-mo-hinh-chan-nuoi-da-con-187793.htm