Techno-economic parameters considered for a pig farm

Techno-economic parameters considered for a pig farm

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

a) Animals

i) Proposed Breed

ii) Age of the animal

iii) Arrangements for vaccination, identification and health certificate

iv) Insurance

v) Cost of Boar/Sows/Pigs

b) Production parameters

i) Age at first Farrowing

ii) Farrowing interval

iii) Farrowing percentage

iv) Number of piglets produced

v) Mortality of adults/young ones

vi) Age at which piglets / fatteners are sold

vii) Body weight of animals

c) Herd projection-For big units only (with all assumptions)

d) Housing

i) Type of housing

ii) Floor space – adults / piglets / fatteners 

iii) Cost of construction

iv) Other civil structures (for commercial units)

e) Equipment needed

i) Water troughs

ii) Feeding troughs

iii) Other equipments

f) Comments on technical feasibility

g) Government restrictions, if any

4. INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES

a) Availability of animals

i) Source

ii) Place of purchase 

iii) Distance 

iv) Type of arrangements for purchase

v) Availability in required numbers

b) Feeding

i) Type of feeds

ii) Source

iii) Cost/animal/year

c) Breeding / Veterinary services

i) Source

ii) Place

iii) Distance

iv) Type of services available

v) Availability of staff

vi) Cost/animal/year

d) Marketing

i) Source for piglets, fatteners and culled animals

ii) Place

iii) Distance

iv) Price realised (Rs.per animal or Kg)

- Culls

- Piglets

- Fatteners

- Pork etc.

E) Other aspects

i) Source of technical guidance

ii) Training facilities

- Source

- Periodicity

- Duration

iii) Other Government support

F) Supervision and Monitoring arrangements available with bankA model economics for pig farming with 20 sows and 2 boars is given below. This is indicative and applicable input and output costs and the parameters observed at the field level may be incorporated

Economics of pig farming - At a glance

1	Unit size	10 Sows with 1 Boar
2	System of rearing	Semi intensive system
3	State	Karnataka
4	Unit cost ()	186,680
5	Bank loan ()	158860
6	Margin money ()	28029
7	Repayment period (years)	5 with one year grace period
8	Interest rate(%)	12
9	BCR at 15% DF	1.54:1
10	NPW at 15 % DF ()	197796
11	IRR (%)	68

Economics of pig farming - Investment cost (10 Sows + 1 Boar)

Sr.No.	Particulars	Specifications	Physical Units	Unit cost (/ unit)	Total cost ()
1	Sheds and other structures
	a) Farrowing pens (4) for lactating sow	100 sft per	400 sft	70	28,000
	b) Boar cum service pen	70 sft. per boar	70 sft	70	4900
	c) Dry sow pens(6)	20 sft per fattener	120 sft		8400
	d) Fattener shed -I	10 sft per fattener	200 sft		14000
	e) Fattener shed -II	15 sft per fattener	300 sft		21000
	f) Store room		100 sft	120	12000
					88300
2	Water supply system (Bore well, electric motor pumpset - 1HP, water tank	Lumpsum			15000
3	Cost of equipment	Lumpsum			2000
4	Cost of breeding stock
	a) Cost of sows		10	1800	18000
	b) Cost of boar		1	2500	2500
5	Capitalisation of recurring expenses for first one year
	a) Breeder feed cost	3 kg per boar 3.5 kg per sow 70% kitchen garbage 30% conc. feed	12208 kg 8545.25 kg 3662.25 kg	0.756	6409 14649 4
	b) Weaner feed cost	0.2 kg per piglet/day	1080 kg	7	7560
	c) Ist batch of fattener feed cost	1.5 kg per fattener/day 70% kitchen garbage 30% conc.feed	1890 kg 810 kg	0.756	1418 4860
	d) Insurance cost	6% of breeding stock cost			1230
	e) labour wages		1	1250	15000
	f) Cost of medicines etc. for breeder stock for weaners/fatteners		117 animal month 240 animal months	53	585 720
	g) Misc. expenses for breeder stock for weaners/fatteners		117 animal months   240 animal months	53	585   720
6	Total financial out lay (TFO)				186861
7	Margin money @ 15% of TFO			say	28029
8	Bank loan @ 85% of TFO			say	158831

ECONOMICS OF PIG FARMING - TECHNOECONOMIC PARAMETERS

1	No. of sows (6-7 months old)	10
2	No. of boars	1
3	No. of batches	2
4	Interval between two batches (months)	3
5	No. of farrowings per year	2
6	No. of piglets per sow per farrowing	11
7	Mortality among piglets (weaners)	20%
8	Mortality among fatteners	10%
9	Mortality among adults is not considered as insurance cover is available
10	Weaning period (months)	2
11	Space requirement (s.ft.)
	Boar	70
	Lactating sow with it's piglets	100
	Dry sow	20
	Fattener of 3-5 months age	10
	Fattener of 6-8 months age	15
12	Store room (s.ft.)	100
13	Supplementary feed requirement (kg./day)
	Boar	3
	Sow	3.5
	Weaner	0.2
	Fattener (3-5 months age)	1.5
	Fattener (6-8 months age)	2
14	Concentrate feed % to total feed	30
15	Kitchen garbage % to total feed	70
16	Cost of construction of sheds (/s.ft.)	75
17	Cost of construction of store room (/s.ft.)	125
18	Cost of boar ()	2500
19	Cost of sow ()	1800
20	Cost of weaner feed (/kg)	7
21	Cost of concentrate feed (/kg)	6
22	Cost of kitchen garbage (/kg)	0.75
23	Insurance (%)	6
24	Cost of medicines and vaccines
	Weaner/fattener (/month)	3
	Adults (/month)	5
25	Cost of power, water, other misc. expenses
	Weaner/fattener (/month)	3
	Adults (/month)	5
26	No. of labourers required	1
27	Labourer wages ( per month)	1250
28	No of piglets sold per sow per farrowing (2 months old)	4
29	No. of fatteners sold per sow per farrowing (8 months old)	4
30	Sale price of piglet (/piglet)	600
31	Avg. wt. of fattener (kg.)	80
32	Sale price of fattener (/fattener)	1700
33	Income from manure
	Weaner/fattener (/month)	2
	Adults (/month)	5
34	No. of gunny bags per ton of feed	13.3
35	Income from gunny bags (/bag)	6
36	Depreciation on sheds (%)	5
37	Depreciation on equipments etc.(%)	10
38	Margin money (%)	15
39	Interest rate (%)	12
40	Repayment period (years)	5
41	Grace period (years)	1