| So, you enjoy raising pigs as pets, but did you know | | | | stand for around a week, then you can sell it out to |
| you can also make money out of them? Pig raising | | | | another farmer or an interested member of a |
| can be a very lucrative source of income when your | | | | fertilizer company. You can make some money out |
| pigs are taken care of in high quality conditions, using | | | | of your pets' by-products! |
| only natural materials for its nutrition, hence freeing it | | | | 3. Auctions - By learning how to properly mate your |
| from diseases harmful not only to the pig but to the | | | | pigs (if you have a set of mixed genders), you can |
| consumers themselves. What are the ways of raising | | | | let them produce offspring or mixture of pig breeds |
| pigs for profits? This article will give you some light | | | | and auction these piglets on a farm fair or annual |
| on this question.. | | | | auctions on your locality. However, make sure that |
| 1. Pig meat - Of course, its meat is its valuable | | | | the piglets are healthy. Feeding them well and |
| byproduct! You can just imagine the high demand for | | | | providing them vitamins or supplements will enhance |
| meat from all over the world, as it is a common food | | | | its saleability. |
| for everyone. As a pig farmer, you can make invest | | | | 4. Go Organic - In our modern times when people are |
| on plumping up your pigs by feeding it with | | | | more conscious with their health, manufacturers find |
| commercially produced feeds as long as you ensure | | | | alternative ways to yield products that will enable |
| that the feeds are pesticide-free. Since pigs aren't | | | | customers to enjoy pig meats with less effects on |
| choosy animals, household scraps can be also used to | | | | their health. Organic pigs are defined as animals that |
| plump them up. Bathing them regularly and making | | | | are tended to using the highest grade of feeds and |
| sure no pests will invade the pigs' bodies will ensure | | | | procedures highly accepted in the animal welfare. Of |
| you of higher income once they are butchered. | | | | course, organic pigs (and meats) sale higher in the |
| 2. Fertilizers - Pig manure can be subsequently | | | | market. You can research more about the policies |
| collected and turned into an important component of | | | | that can license you as an organic farmer, and your |
| fertilizers. Remember the hay you use to line up the | | | | produces as organic meats. |
| flooring of your pen? Collect them and let them | | | | |