According to the data released by the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas, the price of pigs has fallen for six weeks. In the third week of March, the average price of pigs in China was 12.62 yuan / kg, down 2.0% from the previous week and 55.7% year-on-year. Pig prices continue to decline. What is the current business situation of pig farmers? The reporter visited Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province.
Ganzhou, Jiangxi: loss of four or five hundred yuan for raising a pig retail investors speed up marketing
Kang Weixiang, 51, borrowed 340000 yuan last year to build a pig house at his home, but he has never made up the fence since he bought more than 100 piglets when he first started raising pigs. Kang Weixiang said that he was confused by the continuous losses caused by the continuous decline of pig prices, he estimated that the cost price of raising pigs was about 8 yuan per kilogram, but now the purchase price of pigs has fallen to 6 yuan per kilogram
Kang Weixiang, a pig farmer in Nankeng village, wenwuba Town, Huichang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province: now raising a pig costs about 500 yuan, or at least more than 400 yuan. If this continues, the pig will not be raised if it is raised and sold.
Kang Jianming, another farmer, told reporters that he returned home from the timber business last year and spent more than 800000 yuan to build a pigsty. The maximum number of pigs in his pigsty can reach more than 500. When he raised the most, he also raised more than 300, but now there are only 70 or 80 pigs left.
Kang Jianming, a pig farmer in Nankeng village, wenwuba Town, Huichang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province: he started raising pigs in June last year. At that time, he thought the price of the pig was OK. Now the price of pigs is the same as that of cabbage.
The reporter saw that Kang Jianming also raised more than ten sows in his pig farm. At present, two of them have just given birth to 15 piglets. He said that he was going to buy piglets after applying for a loan, because he was looking forward to the bottom recovery of pig prices in the second half of the year.
feed cost increase
pigs spend 0.8 yuan more per kilogram of meat
It is estimated that the feed cost accounts for about 50% to 70% of the pig breeding cost. Since November last year, the price of feed raw materials, especially soybean meal, has increased greatly, which has a great impact on the cost of pig breeding. Both retail farmers and large-scale breeding enterprises are facing no small cost pressure.
Kang Weixiang told reporters that due to the rise in feed prices, he now only feeds pigs twice a day, using about 7 packs of feed. If he feeds three meals, he has to use 9 packs of feed.
Kang Weixiang, a pig farmer in Nankeng village, wenwuba Town, Huichang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province: now it costs more than 30000 yuan a month to buy feed. Pig feed rose sharply again, almost more than 100 yuan per ton.
Wens Foodstuff Group Co.Ltd(300498) Board Secretary Mei JinFang: last year, the price of feed raw materials in China increased significantly, which also affected the cost. In the next two and three quarters, it will be difficult for the whole pork price to increase significantly, because the overall supply still exceeds demand.
Since the beginning of this year, the prices of feed raw materials corn and soybean meal have continued to rise. Since the beginning of the year, the price of compound feed for fattening pigs has increased by about 300 yuan per ton. According to the calculation of the feed meat ratio of one kilogram of pork for every three kilograms of feed, pig will increase the breeding cost by about 0.8 yuan for every kilogram of meat . For the trend of pig price in the second half of the year, people in the industry are still cautious.
Ministry of agriculture and rural areas: Research on stable production and supply of live pigs
On the 22nd, the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas held a coordination meeting to analyze the current situation of pig production and study measures to stabilize pig production. The meeting held that affected by the relationship between supply and demand, the price of live pigs has entered the downward range of the cycle, coupled with the recent rise in the price of bulk feed raw materials and the continuous loss of breeding, many farmers have operating difficulties, which need the joint efforts of relevant departments around the country to help farmers tide over the difficulties. Take multiple measures to stabilize pig production and ensure stable and orderly supply in the market.
Yi Jiantao: predict and regulate the “pig cycle” in advance
financial commentator Yi Jiantao: the management began to prepare measures to stabilize production and supply when the pork supply was sufficient, because pork is the most basic meat consumer goods of the Chinese people. Stabilizing pig production and ensuring the stability and order of the market are related to the development of “agriculture, rural areas and farmers” and the stability of people’s daily life.
Judging from the past “pig cycle”, once the supply of pork is reduced, the price of meat will soar, seriously affecting the quality of life of the people ; And once the supply of pork is in excess, the price of pork may plummet and bring great economic losses to producers
At present, in the downward stage of the “pig cycle”, pig farmers have to face both low pig prices and high feed prices. The dual pressure will lead to the instability of the development of the pig industry.
In order to cope with market changes, positive measures have been taken at the level of national policy support and industrial regulation. Including the government’s collection and storage of pork, guiding credit support, etc.
On the producer side, they are also constantly innovating ideas to deal with problems, mainly in the two aspects of “opening up sales” and “saving costs”. For example, some enterprises have launched new products for pork finishing products to meet new needs. Some enterprises make efforts to sell meat online, covering all community group purchase platforms, live broadcast platforms, etc; In terms of cost saving, some places guide farmers to make full use of local advantageous raw materials and reduce their dependence on soybean meal; Guide the joint procurement of small and medium-sized pig farms to reduce the cost of feed raw materials;
Generally speaking, the cyclical change of pig production industry is normal. Stabilizing production and ensuring market stability requires both market mechanism regulation and appropriate government intervention. This can make consumers and producers eat “reassurance”.
