17/08/2026
Do you want to learn the basics in pig farming? If your answer is yes, then you need to attend our one day on farm training workshop on the 19th of September 2026. Our farm is located in Domboshava 26kms along Borrowdale Road. Call or app 0773200476/0712874576 for bookings. Cost for attendance is $30 per person.
The course will cover the following:
1. Nutrition and feeding
- Types of feeds
- Cost effective methods of feeding
- Pig dietary needs
- Quantities & quality of feeds
2. Pig management
- Piglets birth to Weaning
- The farrowing process
- Vaccinations and medications for piglets
- The Weaning process and how to avoid mortality
- Promoting weaners to growers
- Pushing weights from week 8 up to slaughter
- Sow management
- Cannibalism
- Record keeping
3. Breeding pigs
- Selecting boars suitable for breeding
- Selecting gilts suitable for breeding
- Training the boar
- Culling of ineffective sows and boars
- Pig production lifecycle and replacement of boars and sows
4. Pig housing
- How to construct Pig stys
- Methods of citing Pig sty location
- Farrowing pens for lactating mothers
- Outdoor housing of pigs
5. Diseases
- Causes of diseases
- Vaccinations
- Medications required on the farm
6. Capital requirements for Pig businesses
- Land
- Pig stys
- Water
- Electricity
- Employee wages
Outcomes include:
- Summarized notes
- Certificate of completion
- Free snacks and lunch
- Practical demonstrations on our Large White, Landrace, Duroc and Dallant pure breeds i.e. Breeding, farrowing, milk production etc.
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