Organic Hogs

Department of Agriculture
AGRICULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
BSU Compound, La Trinidad, Benguet
Tel. Nos. (074) 422-7460; 309-2093; 309-2075
Fax No. (074) 422-2375 e-mail: [email protected];
URL: http://www.ati.da.gov.ph/ati-car
ORGANIC
HOG RAISING
Major Considerations in Organic Hog Raising
• Traits/Types of Various Breeders
• Meat type
• Piglet production
• Meat & Piglet production, etc.
• Characteristics of Healthy Piglet for Organic Hog Raising
• No deformities
• Alert, active, agile
• Good body balance
• Good feeding habits
Resistant to pests & diseases

Common Traits of a Hog for Organic Raising
• The same body size from front to rear
• Good legs and feet
• Skin & hair are shiny/downy & straight
Basic Materials for Hog House Preventive Measures to Protect
• Plump loin and hump, etc. Beddings Stock from Diseases · Use
• Rice hull Personal Protective Equipment
Housing Requirements for Growing Organic Hog • Carbonized Rice Hull (PPE).
• Sawdust • Use OHN as deodorizer and sanitizer.
• Good beddings • Soil • Proper feeding/nutrition.
• Shaded (protection from extreme weather conditions) • Salt
• Complete watering & feeding troughs  Good
ventilation/air circulation
• Good drainage system, etc.
Raise Piglet to Market Age (120 days old after weaning for
slaughtering).
Elements that Make Hog Organic 
All it eats are organic.
• Raised in a natural way.
• Hogs are treated as human, etc.
• When formulating a simplified ration, always
Feeding Guidelines remember that it should always contain sufficient
PROTEIN, ADEQUATE AMOUNTS OF
• Supplement the sow with good ration if the milk supply is inadequate to VITAMINS AND MINERALS.
feed her piglets. There are many available brands (organic origin if • Discard from slaughterhouses as well as cassava,
possible) to choose from. · When the pigs are about 1 week of
age, start feeding them with a good pre-starter ration. sweet potato, corn and corn by-products which are
• Different rations are given at different stages of growth but a shift in abundant in some areas of the Philippines may be
used, provided they are properly cooked and dried.
ration should be done gradually so as not to upset the pigs’ • In commercial operations due to economy in labor
normal feeding behaviour. Always allow transition period of
and in feeding equipment, dry feeding is practiced.
at least 1 week before making changes.
• Clean drinking water must be provided at all times.
• A starter ration is next given to pigs when they are 30 to 35 kgs. or two
months old until they are about 15-20 weeks old.
• Finisher ration is given when pigs reach 60 kgs or are about 20 weeks
old.
COMPONENT SOURCE PERCENT WEIGHT
(%) (KG,gm)
Protein Fish (whole internal organ, 22 2.2kgs
gills, shells)
Soybeans, Mungbean, Madre
FEED Lipids/Fats Coconut meat, Vegetable oil, 8 800 gms

FORMULAT Fish oil
ION TABLE Rice bran, corn bran, cassava, 65 6.5kgs
(HOG Carbohydrates banana, camote tubers
GROWER) Vitamins FFJ, FPJ, OHN, LABS 2 0.2 kgs

(200gms)
Minerals Salt, carbonized rice hull, 3 0.3 kgs
egg/bone calcium, dried soil, (300gms)
charcoal
Total 100 10 kgs

Materials Description QTY(kgs) Cost (PhP) % of mixture
Rice bran (D1) Fine 100 960 61.35
Corn Bran 50 500 15.34
Soya meal 15 126 09.20
ACES-FS Protein meal* – optional 10 310 06.14
Copra Meal 10 90 06.14
Banana Meal 7 56
Salt 2 12 01.22
Additives
PIG FEED - ACES Nutri-balancer* - optional 5g 250.00
FORMULATION - ACES Multi-vitamins* - optional 200g 1kg 50.00 15.00
(GROWER ) - Refine Coco Charcoal
*ACES Polytechnic
Total Weight 200 2,369.00 100%
College Veterinary
Products Concoctions
- FPJ 2 Liters
- FFJ 2 liters
- FAA 2 liters
- OHN 100 ml
- LABS 250 ml
Total 6.350liters 200
Labor 2 Man Days 500
Total Cost 375.00/bag 3,069.00 (15.35/kg)

Days of Kind of Wt. of piglet/ration per day Estimated Live Weight
culture feeds* 5kg 10 kg 15 Kg 5 kg 10kg 15kg
01-07 Starter 150g 260 500

08-14 Starter 250 500 750
15-21 Starter 500 750 1.0
22-28 Grower 500 750 1.0 8 12 20 •Recommended Feeding Ration
29-35 Grower 750 1.0 1.5
36-42 Grower 750 1.0 1.5
•Weaning: 42 days
43-49 Grower 750 1.0 1.5 •Days of culture: Number of days after weaning (43
50-56 Grower 750 1.0 1.5 days)
57-63 Grower 750 1.0 1.5
64-70 Grower 750 1.0 1.5 21 31 46 •Frequency: one or two
71-77 Grower 1.0 kg 1.5 2.0 •Ration: the total feeds for the day
78-84 Grower 1.0 kg 1.5 2.0
85-91 Grower 1.0 kg 1.5 2.0 •Note: Add grass and plant leaves with the feeds to cut
*Organic Feeds cost and to make the meat tastier. Add concoction to the
92-98 Grower 1.0 1.5 2.0
formulated feeds to enhance growth and boost immune
99-105 Grower 1.0 1.5 2.0 42 64 95
106-122 FINISHER 1.5 2.0 2.5
system.
123-129 FINISHER 1.5 2.0 2.5 •FCR – Feed conversion ratio is the amount of feeds
130-136 FINISHER 1.5 2.0 2.5 given to an animal to produce a kilo of meat. The lower
Total FCR=2.0 121 kg 170 236 60 102 118
the FCR, the better for the farmers’ income.
*Organic Feeds
ORGANIC HOG BEDDINGS
• 80% Rice Hull /Sawdust (8 bags rice hull/sawdust)
• 10% Soil (1 bag soil) Care of Pregnant Sow
• 10% Sand (1 bag sand) • Provide separate pen for pregnant sow.
• 1 Kg salt
• Note: Soil is the ideal habitat for microbes to multiply, the role of salt is • Provide with 14% crude protein.
to control ants/centipedes & other insects.
• Always sanitize the pen first before placing the beddings, you may use
• Bath the animal during hot weather.
dried coconut leaves by placing on the pen and burning it, spray LABS • Avoid the animal from stress.
& IMO then leave for 10 minutes.
• Avoid noise in the whole animal pens.
Breeding Techniques & their Advantages

• Up-grading (low quality to a better/high
quality breed).
• Cross-breeding (breeding of two different
breeds to maintain the good characteristics
of each breed, and improve or attain best
Signs/Characteristics of an In-Heat Hog (Sow/Gilt)
quality).
• Pinkish or reddish vulva • In-breeding (to maintain the quality of the
• Swelling of vulva existing breed/same breed from a closely
• Mucus discharge from vulva
• Restlessness related breed but not the same blood line).
• Frequent urination
• Mounting other pigs or allows other to mount her
• Fertility Period of Trained Boar = 6-8 months

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Department of Agriculture

AGRICULTURAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

Resistant to pests & diseases

FEED Lipids/Fats Coconut meat, Vegetable oil, 8 800 gms

GROWER) Vitamins FFJ, FPJ, OHN, LABS 2 0.2 kgs

Total 100 10 kgs

Rice bran (D1) Fine 100 960 61.35

Corn Bran 50 500 15.34

Soya meal 15 126 09.20

ACES-FS Protein meal* – optional 10 310 06.14

Copra Meal 10 90 06.14

PIG FEED - ACES Nutri-balancer* - optional 5g 250.00

FORMULATION - ACES Multi-vitamins* - optional 200g 1kg 50.00 15.00

(GROWER ) - Refine Coco Charcoal

Total 6.350liters 200

Labor 2 Man Days 500

Total Cost 375.00/bag 3,069.00 (15.35/kg)

01-07 Starter 150g 260 500

Breeding Techniques & their Advantages

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