Smart pig farms boost pork quality, production

The highly intensive and intelligent pig farming facilities in Neixiang county, Henan province have significantly improved pig production efficiency and pork quality.

Yuan Hebin, deputy general manager of Muyuan Group, China's pig farming giant based in Henan, told China Daily on Monday that the Neixiang Muyuan Meat Industry Complex, the company's largest and most technologically advanced smart pig farm, is estimated to produce over 1.7 million pigs in 2024.

The roughly 187-hectare facility, which integrates feed processing, pig farming and slaughtering, has 21 six-story buildings, each capable of producing 100,000 pigs per year, he said.

"Compared to traditional single-story hog houses, this facility increases land utilization rate by 4.3 times," Yuan said.

Yuan said an intelligent feed processing center next to the breeding area produces 720,000 tons of feed annually, which is transported to the hog houses through an intelligent pipeline system. Once ready for market, the pigs are directly transported to the slaughterhouse within the complex by unmanned transport vehicles.