Swine farmers groan under weight of rising costs

By THE NATION

 

 

Farmers raising swine are burdened by increasing cost, compounded by recent disease outbreaks, the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand has said.

 

The rise in cost is due to preventive measures against African Swine Fever (ASF) in the past two years and the Covid-19 situation throughout last year for pigs and workers, association vice president Wiwat Pongwiwatchai said.

 

“We estimate that these investments have driven up the cost of swine raising by about Bt300 per animal,” he said.

 

“Furthermore, the cost of animal feed is also rising following the rising price of soybean and soybean meal in the global market where it has reached the highest point in the past five years due to lower global output,” he added. “Domestically produced raw materials for animal feed such as corn, tapioca and rice bran are also seeing an increase in price due to the government’s price guarantee scheme. These factors have put swine farmers nationwide in a difficult position.”

 

Wiwat added that according to Office of Agricultural Economics’ (OAE) data, the average cost of swine raising is at Bt75 per kilogram, while the current swine price at farm as announced by the association is at Bt76-Bt80 per kilogram.

 

“We expect that the OAE will announce the average cost of swine raising for the first quarter of 2021 at Bt78, as the drought could start as early as March and will drive the price of animal feed up even further. We also estimate that the rainy season this year will end sooner and leave us with a longer drought period in the second half of the year.

 

“The association will be working with the Ministry of Commerce’s Department of Internal Trade in keeping the price at farms nationwide at Bt80 per kilogram to help domestic consumers even though the cost is approaching Bt80 per kilogram,” he added.

 

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I cant help but notice how lovely and clean all those little Piggys are in their spotlessly clean homes.

Living in the Country side most of my life, I have never witnessed such cleanliness.

Photo shop at its best

3 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

I cant help but notice how lovely and clean all those little Piggys are in their spotlessly clean homes.

Living in the Country side most of my life, I have never witnessed such cleanliness.

Photo shop at its best

Even the swine are cleaner than some dirty foreigners, listening to the health Minister. 

25 minutes ago, rooster59 said:

Swine farmers groan under weight of rising costs

Pun intended in the headline or not? Yes pork will cost more and create an issue for sales.  Prices in food for them will also increase as time goes and and the economy stalls.

Farming was a lifestyle now it is a business - factory farming even more so. Monocultural industries are subject to the dictates of costs of production and market prices. A good business practice would be having the ability to have more than one rod in the fire - diversify into other products. 

Pork is lower cost in USA than Thailand.

Costs may  be rising...but so is the price of pork in the markets and

supermarkets.many people don't even have a job,think about them.

Regards Worgeordie

2 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Costs may  be rising...but so is the price of pork in the markets and

supermarkets.many people don't even have a job,think about them.

Regards Worgeordie

And farmers get paid almost nothing for their rice harvest. And the suicide spiral goes up. 

 

    The day will come when Thais are happy to clean fish and stop blaming people from Myanmar being poor. 

 

The " New Normal" turns out to be not normal in any regards. 

23 minutes ago, Elkski said:

Pork is lower cost in USA than Thailand.

 

Beer is cheaper in Germany and that's insane. 

The op forgot a few things ,a lot of pig farms in this area are owned by CPF and Betagro ,two of Thailand's biggest Agriculture company's .

Near me Betagro has a big feed mill they are fleets of trucks arriving most days ,coming up from the port in Bangkok ,most of their  raw feed ingredients are imported ,with the Thai Baht rate at this time ,and the big feed company's buying power they are doing ok .

It is the smaller independent farms that are struggling with feed costs, and with the big two squeezing them on  costs, they are not happy. 

Poor piggies.

41 minutes ago, teacherclaire said:

 

Beer is cheaper in Germany and that's insane. 

 

Come to Denmark.

We got cheap beer too compared to Thailand. 

If I write the price in baht it's easier to compare. 

 

A 33cl bottle of Tuborg or Carlsberg is 15 baht each if you buy a case with 30 on sale. 

 

That has been the price for like 30 years or so... 

 

And pork is cheap too. 

Bought 2,5 kilo of pork fillet the other day and it was about 175 baht on sale. 

 

The standard price for 3 whole pork tenderloins are about 500 baht and its been the price for quite some years too.

 

But I would still prefer to sit on a beach in a Thailand and pay more money for my Chang and dish of pork ????

27 minutes ago, voulez vous said:

Poor piggies.

 Poor pigs. ( The real two legged ones excluded) In small villages, they kill pigs for a merit meal with a shovel while all the others have to watch and hear them screaming until they die. 

 

And that can take a while. Way too long. 

 

      When I saw this animal cruelty. I had to leave, went to a nearby rice field , sat down and I had tears in my eyes what human beings are capable of. 

 

   The shown image is a joke, pigs live under much different circumstances, unable to move freely in their own excrements.

 

 The photo seems to be Photoshopped. 

 

    

 

 

 

           

33 minutes ago, teacherclaire said:

 Poor pigs. ( The real two legged ones excluded) In small villages, they kill pigs for a merit meal with a shovel while all the others have to watch and hear them screaming until they die. 

 

And that can take a while. Way too long. 

 

      When I saw this animal cruelty. I had to leave, went to a nearby rice field , sat down and I had tears in my eyes what human beings are capable of. 

 

   The shown image is a joke, pigs live under much different circumstances, unable to move freely in their own excrements.

 

 The photo seems to be Photoshopped. 

 

    

 

 

 

           

Of course its photoshopped.

"Our pigs are so clean,  not like your foreign pigs"

Sad mentality really !

22 minutes ago, Nsp64 said:

Of course its photoshopped.

"Our pigs are so clean,  not like your foreign pigs"

Sad mentality really !

Well, let's give them the title of the cleanest pigs on the planet then!!!! They always wanted to become a hub.

 

  What about a "World Class Standard Piggy Country"?

1 hour ago, Virt said:

 

Come to Denmark.

We got cheap beer too compared to Thailand. 

If I write the price in baht it's easier to compare. 

 

A 33cl bottle of Tuborg or Carlsberg is 15 baht each if you buy a case with 30 on sale. 

 

That has been the price for like 30 years or so... 

 

And pork is cheap too. 

Bought 2,5 kilo of pork fillet the other day and it was about 175 baht on sale. 

 

The standard price for 3 whole pork tenderloins are about 500 baht and its been the price for quite some years too.

 

But I would still prefer to sit on a beach in a Thailand and pay more money for my Chang and dish of pork ????

 

Not trying to start a fight which beer's better now. But Germany has plenty of outstanding beers. Most people might only know Becks, or Hefe Weizen from Weihenstephan/Munich.

 

A bottle of Hefe Weizen in Thailand at Makro 160 baht?

 

Dirt cheap, or?

 

   Considering what people earn for a living in Thailand, a bottle of beer for 60 baht is way too expensive.

 

   It wasn't like that 18 years ago, but the governments are the thieves with their taxes. Cigarettes were dirt cheap too, but now they sell <deleted>_y brands for over 100 baht a pack?

 

Please look at the Photoshop thingy, the piggish even have a mirror to have more fun when they  reproduce. Only the finest. 

 

    

 

  

17 hours ago, teacherclaire said:

 Poor pigs. ( The real two legged ones excluded) In small villages, they kill pigs for a merit meal with a shovel while all the others have to watch and hear them screaming until they die. 

 

And that can take a while. Way too long. 

 

When I saw this animal cruelty. I had to leave, went to a nearby rice field , sat down and I had tears in my eyes what human beings are capable of. 

         

Where I come from we keep pigs as pets. The thought of a pig 'merit meal' makes me want to throw up.

 

Onions and garlic are more healthy.

Are some pics bald?  What a fake picture.