Cost to maintain a 5-sow level

[nemo]

ito po ay isang halimbawa ng gastos ng pagpapatayo ng 5 sow level na babuyan.

62 500=5 gilts (12 500 isa)
70 000=farrowing pen=5 farrowing pen (14 000 bawat isa)
27 500= feeds for 5 months
 5 000=medication and vaccine for gilts and piglet
20 000=5 gestating pen
20 000=2 pen for piglet and housing for all.
 8 000=4 month labor cost at 2 000 per month
 2 000=water and electricty for 4 months
 =215000
   43000=20% emergecy fund
=258 000

maaaring mapababa ito kung gagawing 3 farrowing pen na lang ang gagamitin imbes na 5 at iproprogram nalang nila ang panganganak ng mga inahin para hindi magsabay sabay.

[nemo]

This is asssuming na haggang breeding part lang sila at ibebenta nila ang knailang mga kulig. Kung itutuloy pa nila ito haggang fattening mas malaki pa ang magiging gastos nito.

[mr hog]

Hi what about your cost for your septic tank?You said it cost you 70,000p for 5 farowing pens is this right?We are building 80 sow cages right now and with the sepitic tank 6 feet deep 14 feet long and 8 feet wide.We already have 26 sows right now..But fighting battle is the feeds,with everybody asking for a discount its tuff.all help would be great and thankx

[nemo]

About septic tank i do not have a clear idea about how much it would range.

Yes it is around 70,000 if you will build it.  Currently there are some who sells around 17t for one farrowing crate around bulacan area. Just try to shop around.

If you are a cash buyer of feeds you  can ask for around 30-50 pesos discount. Try to contact the area managers of different feed company so they can help you in terms of bulk discount.

[kingzion]

hi, ilang months po ang sow.. para sa 12.5k na presyo at maganda na po ba ang lahi ni2?

[nemo]

Usually an 12.5k sow is about 6-8 months old.

[mikey]

Dr. Nemo,okay 258,000.00 for 5 sows,so someone with 30 sows would be a investment of 1,548,000.00,wish I had known earlier,okay this works out to approx. P50,000.00 per sow.On the face of it,a person would need alot of capital to start such a venture,It looks like we will have to wait maybe 5 years for our R.O.I.  Good Day To You Doc.                    mikey

[nemo]

Yup that is my sample computation and that is until weanling only. If you intend to maintain your piglet up to fattening it would cost you more.

To be honest with you this computation is a little bit conservative, if others would do this simple ROI it would cost more.

But in my assumption whether you start at 10 sow or 30 sow the return of investment would be the same at 2-3 years. This is due to the fact that the more pigs you have the less you are paying for feeds medicine etc, because of bulk discount.

You could start from a few then gradually increase your stocks. Most of semi commercial farm started that way.

[mikey]

Dr.Nemo,okay we understand,we will not make our R.O.I. is 3 years,because of the capital needed to invest,we started out bigger than we should have,looks like it would have been better if one has the capital in the bank first rather than paying as you go along,we see our mistake now.We are making payments every month into the hog operations and pumping any or all profits back into the hogs,this should get interesting jumping up to 60 sows by years end,so P3,000,000.00 plus for a 60 sow operation,will need some overtime at work lol.Hope Mr Hog red this forum,maybe he and I are in the same boat.
Good Day To You Doc.                                 mikey

[nemo]

Charged to experience Mikey...

 The ideal set up is you have the money in the bank then gradually realease the funds. It is a headache when your relative will call you and say "Please send some money, our hogs do not have feeds to eat" hehehe.

[mikey]

Dr.Nemo,thanks for the info:okay my wife and I bit off more than we can chew(english saying).I was always a lucky person so am sure we will work around this lol.        Good Day To You Doc.                mikey

P.S. Mr Hog,you have been quiet lately lol,are you in the same boat as us??

[nemo]

It is better to bit off more than you can chew rather than to dream and never take action. At least you have taken the first step to self employment.

[mikey]

Dr. Nemo, should have stayed a goat farmer lol.
Good Day To You                               mikey

[nemo]

Both industry is promising. The swine operation is capital intensive but income is also very good.
Goat is low capital intensive but income wise it is just good.

Like they said you need big bucks to earn big bucks.

[mikey]

Dr. Nemo,business 101,do not spread yourself out too thin,will come back to bite you in the ass,lol,a little miscalculation on my part.
Good Day To You                          mikey