'Even though it is very costly and difficult to rear pigs yet I want to encourage all to go into the business because it is now lucrative. 'Pig farming is very wonderful and rewarding. It can help to boost the livelihoods of citizens,' Oriaku said. He said a piglet is sold for N50,000 while the grown up goes for at least N80,000. Oriaku added that most farmers rear the foreign breed of pig because it does not have too much fat.
' Oriaku however explained that, due to the current high inflation rate in the country, the prices of pigs had been jerked up, a development which he attributed to high cost of feeds and veterinary services. 'We used to buy 'wheat over', one of the feeds for the pigs at N5,000 per bag two months ago. Today, it goes for N15,000 per bag. And a bag of PKC we mix with the wheat over now sells for N10,000.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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