Marketing swine

• With proper feeding disease control, it is possible to have pigs ready for market in 5 to 8 months.
• Pork products are on a competitive market. People, in general, prefer poultry and mutton. The fast growing broiler industry is a serious competitor.
• Pigs with more lean meat must be produced and they must be marketed at a reasonable weight.
• To get best returns, a hog breeder must choose the market carefully. A number of factors are involved in the selection of a market. Distance, transportation, problems, shrinkage, method of grading, handling & selling charges, dependability, and price quotation are perhaps the most important.