Cutting Pig Feed Costs down by 75% - Cape Town South Africa

Pig farming is a challenge anywhere in South Africa.

I have compiled some tips to get your feeding cost down, and to control some deceases.

If you are fortunate to be one of the few pig farmers with plenty land, why not use the land to feed your pigs. I took 7 hectare and made 15 camps.  I bought a Gallaghar Power Plus B180 shock machine for R2400.00 ($250) and made the camps about 70 square meters. 

Sixty pigs feed outside on the pasture and I let them stay there for 3 days. 

After the rotation is completed (15 x Camps at 3 Days) they will be back on camp one, 45 days later. This is enough time for the
pasture to grow back and provide feed for another 3 days.

To save further costs I have made my own droppers with building blocks and post's that I have cut into 600mm pieces. This works out around R30.00 (3$)per piece and you can move it freely and effectively as needed.

If you are not fortunate to have a bigger piece of land you go to the closest Farmers store and try to buy the following.

White Maize 100kg @ R360.00 ($36.00)

Yellow Maize 50kg @ R240.00 ($24.00) 8 Bags of Bran 25kg x 4 @ R560.00 ($54.00)
Grower R50kg @ R270.00 ($27.00)
Wheat Sifted 100kg @ R70.00 ($7.00)
 

The total for half a ton will be R1500.00 ($150.00) at an average of R3.00 ($0.30) per kg.

When your pigs has scabs on their backs you can treat it with Decotmax. It is rather expensive, but very effective. You can substitute it by rubbing their backs with old car oil. That will smother the bacteria, but does take a bit longer.

Finally, when your pigs appears to be sick or starting to form lumps on it's backs or sides you can use Terramycen La. They will be back on their feet in no time.

You have to clean your camps on a daily base to avoid diseases and other unwanted bacteria.

Somali shops where plundered in Phillippi Cape Town

Two people were shot dead yesterday as hundreds of locals plundered Somali shops in Philippi, Cape Town, after violent clashes earlier in the day.

The two people killed were allegedly shot by "foreigners" during the rampage. One shopkeeper said stock worth R70000 had been looted from his shop, in Marikana, while police looked on.
Western Cape police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Traut said: "Reports of two males who were allegedly shot by foreign shopkeepers were received; however, the victims are yet to be traced. Reports also suggest that the alleged suspects fled the scene."
Traut said police had been deployed and arrested looters.
Some of the looters were among the throngs who descended on Bellville Magistrate's Court earlier yesterday to support Ses'Khona leaders Andile Lili, Loyiso Nkohla and seven others on trial for contravening the Aviation Act.
The group clashed with Somali shop owners in Bellville CBD and pelted them with stones and bottles. A heavy police contingent was called to disperse the crowds.
The fight began after a Somali apparently struck a member of the movement with a car and drove away.
Some Ses'Khona members who sustained injuries vowed to attack Somali shop owners in retaliation.
"About 200 people arrived at my shop around 4.30pm and broke the burglar gate and started looting my shop," said Abdurrahman Mohamed, who owns Bis Millah shop in Marikana informal settlement.
"They took everything, meat, cigarettes and drinks. The stuff was worth more than R70000."
Mohamed said it was the third time his business had been looted since he arrived in South Africa in 2010.
"I ran away from a civil war at home but I am yet to find peace. I am working hard to feed my children," he said.
His shop is one of several in the area owned by Somalis that were ransacked. Residents in the informal settlement were seen carrying crates of soft drinks, plastic bags full of groceries and DVD players.
A few police officers came to monitor the situation but residents continued to loot undeterred. They also used burning tyres to close the road and threatened journalists.
One of the residents, Thozama Botile, shouted: "We are going to attack your brothers in the townships. You cannot come here and knock us with cars and beat us up. They must go."
Lili condemned the looting, but said, "Somalis also need to respect the laws of the country.
"Somalis provoked our members and attacked them in Bellville - some of them got injured.
"They drive around without driver's licences and one of them knocked one of our members. Instead of respecting the laws, they still went on and attacked our members."
Lili, Nkohla and seven others were found guilty earlier this month. They were arrested in June 2013 after they strewed human waste at the airport in protest against the portable toilets the City of Cape Town provided at informal settlements. Sentencing procedures were postponed until April 16.

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