tobbe20

Tobbe20,

Welcome to the forum.

The sty you show was built by a member here looking to the future and he is set to expand his operation, good starting point to select. If you send him a PM I am sure he will give you an idea of the costs. In my case I was lucky enough to be able to use an existing sty while I built mine.

In your circumstances I would suggest you start somewhat differently to us both. You and your wife are not going to operate the farm is my assumption and further you do not have experience with pigs. You may not even be living on site.

I would suggest you look firstly at the cost of operation and the likelihood of success before you worry too much about the sty. There may be complaints about smell or noise if the pigs are neglected, or if you have jealous extortionistic neighbours. These issues most Thais settle by paying the list of complainers off. Dont do it ever!

As an example. You buy quality 10 piglets for the family to grow out. Currently 2 to 2,400 baht each. Then you fund the feed to 100kg at around 3,500 each. Your total investment will be 60,000 and the gross profit around 20,000. As far as the first sty is concerned, pick a number and then let the family build it. I would suggest around the profit potential that is 20K. You hand that over and thats that. When its is finished you buy the piglets. Paying for the feed every week needs to be controlled as it can easily be diverted and your pigs fed rubbish which ultimately means no profit as the pigs die or grow slowly. The modern pigs here are not native pigs but hybrids and they simply do not thrive on a poor diet.

So after 4 of 5 months (who pays for the labour?) the pigs are sold and suddenly 80,000 baht is in family hands. 100% return? No no. It doesnt work that way here normally. You are out 80K and you have an empty sty. This is the important bit, how you handle the next step. You either step away and say it is up to them as they have 20K profit and enough money to repeat the exercise, or you anti up again. But you get the chance to really know who you are dealing with, without getting in any arguments.

Assume everything has gone well after two batches, then think about expanding or increasing the capital investment in infrastructure.

Isaan Aussie

I appreciate you taking the time to provide information / advice, thank you.

Money is sent to Thailand every month without that I feel it helps them noticeably. money disappears somehow in midair. I do not complain but perhaps it is better for all parties to put money into something concrete that can pay off and eventually develop.

Is correct that you assume that we have not the slightest experience with pigs. I have sought information on this forum and elsewhere around the web. I have come to understand that it is not always the straight road to be a pig farmer. The challenge is perhaps just as much to transfer the little knowledge I sit with the father in law.

Think i need to get her father to focus on quality food, cleaning the pig pen regulary and let them have plenty of fresh water available. Disease in the herd will as I understand to be a disaster and cut back profit.

My wife and I go to Thailand in 6 days and will then sit down and discuss. Consideration for other neighbors, I have no sacrifices a thought before you mentioned the problem.

When I ask papa how big the farm is the answer varies from time to time but other than rice fields, they have so I can judge very area in connection to the residential house

Regardless, unless there are obvious reasons that speak against it, we are willing to give it a try. Starting up the way you outline to build a pig pen and then buy about 10 piglets.

There might be some mistakes in the beginning but think it may be worth a try.

Is there strictly license to operate a pig farm in Thailand?

Again thanks a lot.

Iam impressed by isaanaussie`s farmer building but that is out of my range.

Iam thinking about helping my wife`s papa/mama to start up a smal scale pigfarm.

A member posted this pic showing his pigpen. I wonder if he read this or perhaps

other members can suggest what it will cost to build a pigpen same scale as this?

I will soon be in Thailand and will start to check how much a cementplant charge

for cementdelivery and so on but if someone could give me a clue it would be fine.