China produces half of the world's pork in guangong they build high-rise buildings for pigs just to save space in the larger area of Guang SE they raise pigs in a combination of pens pastures and hills and to many Chinese people pigs from this region make the best melting your mouth pork belly ever the Journey of pigs begins with breeding SS these SS must meet the standards for breeding they must weigh 100 to 120 kg and be between 8 and 10 months old after being purchased the SS are marked with electronic tags for easy monitoring and management the gestation period of a sour is around 114 days when small small amounts of colostrum drip from the teets the SS will give birth within 24 hours before being placed in the fing pen the S abdomen and uter are washed with warm water the spacious farrowing pen is cleaned and disinfected carefully 5 to 7 days before the farrowing cells are transferred normally pigs give birth to about 13 to 15 piglets per liter each weighing around 2 to 3 lb the technician will check on the number and condition of the piglets cut the umbilical cord and apply antiseptic to the cut the piglets are weaned after 21 to 28 days of age after that they are divided into lots and herds for vaccination and easy care and feeding this pig farm in Gangi Province raises BMA pigs a local specialty Pig breed free range amongst many trees many people in the other mountainous provinces of China also raise free range pigs on the Hills it is estimated that tens of millions of pigs are raised this way across the country raising pigs this way produces high quality meat with a lean meat ratio of nearly 100% China has nearly 400 million pigs raised for meat each year free range pigs don't eat normal pig feed like this they are free to roam and forage on hillsides and grasslands providing them with a rich and abundant source of natural food including grass trees insects and spring water Farmers Only build simple pig pens on the mountain in order to shelter the pigs from bad weather the pigs prefer to be in the outdoors much more thanks to a diverse diet and regular exercise free range pigs are often healthier less susceptible to diseases and have good resistance to harsh weather condition conditions about 1 week before being sold Farmers gather them into a big barn in order to get them ready for fattening here straw bedding is changed daily because the whole process is natural farming the growth rate of the pigs is quite slow taking more than 10 months to be ready for Market of course the price of freerange pigs is 2 to three times more expensive than that a traditional pigs kept in cages although it is the world's largest pork producer China also consumes a lot of pork around 58. 1 million tons each year Hunan and sishan Province are currently the largest pig production areas with a capacity of 129 million pigs these provinces are the hump of the pig farming industry accounting for a total of 20% of China's pork [Music] Supply China accounts for 20% of the world's population but is only 7 to 9% of its arable land therefore in late 2022 the Chinese government inaugurated a model of pig farming in highrise buildings helping to raise more pigs on smaller plots of land as of early 2022 Guangdong Province alone has more than 170 highrise pig farms these high-rise pig farms are usually 4 to 26 stories high with a floor area of 400,000 square m the 26 story pig farm located on the outskirts of ESU hube province is the world's largest independent pig farm with a capacity of 1. 2 million pigs per year equivalent to around 108,000 tons of meat each year the total investment of the project is more than $570 million us and they decided to use the Heat from the cement factory next door to heat the pig farm in the industrial elevator with a low capacity of up to 40 tons dozens of pigs are pulled at the same time to the upper floors here they will reside from insemination until the piglets are grown normally there are three main types of pens and they are the feeder pen for fattening meat pigs the breeding pen for breeding SS and the nursery pen for newborn piglets according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture China has about 30 million medium and large Farms about 26 million small pig farms because the number of pigs raised on a farm is so large Chinese farmers use ear tagging technology at a cost of around 30 cents per pig to be able to precisely monitor the physical condition food intake growth cycle and weight of each Pig each floor functions like a Clos Loop farm for different stages of the Piglet's lives they are all monitored by technicians using high resolution cameras from a command center there are more than 30,000 sensors throughout the building that tell them exactly how much food food each Pig needs Chinese Farmers often integrate fully automated Pig feeding and watering feed is fed into giant tanks that can deliver more than 450 tons of feed through huge pipes to the floors below each day each Pig ration contains 14 to 18% crude protein and ranges from 3,000 to 3,300 KCAL the pigs are washed weekly to ensure hygiene in addition the pig pans are also regularly cleaned by this fully automatic manure cleaning machine even the pig manure is checked for indicators collected and reused the methane gas collected from the tri pig manure will be used to produce biog gas and electricity in China usually distribute about 1 to 2 pigs from 40 to 120 kg per square m the floor of a pig pen is raised about 30 cm above the ground and it is a slope of 7 to 10° to help the pen stay dry clean and minimize the risk of spreading diseases the pig pens are enclosed by walls have separate entrances and disinfection pits at the door of each row of pens the temperature in the pens is usually maintained from 15 to 26.
7 De C by lighting air conditioning fans and ventilation after an average rearing period of 5 to 6 months the pig reaches a weight of around 90 to 100 20 kg and is slaughtered the industrial pig slaughtering process begins with resting and stunning the pig to lose its ability to perceive but still maintain respiration and circulation this helps the animal not to Panic or be stressed during Slaughter ensuring the safety of the slaughterer currently the most popular stunning device is electric shock then the worker quickly proceeds to cut the throat the peig will be hung on a conveyor belt to be torched and then thoroughly shaved after the worker has processed the internal organs workers will use a big cutting machine to cut the pig into two halves like this from here the pork will be cut into small portions minced or made into meat balls the final product will be packaged labeled and sold in 2023 China raised and produced 57. 94 million tons of pork with a total of 72662 million pigs sold China's pork demand is estimated to rise from 51. 77 million tons to 60.
