How Much Does It Cost to Raise a Pig?

It’s encouraging to see how much of daily life can now be broken down into numbers. Take pig farming, for example: the cost runs about $15 per kilogram, meaning it takes roughly $15 to raise a pig to add one kilogram of meat. (One kilogram equals two jin, or about 4.4 pounds.)

Consider that pork sells for $15–30 per jin, which implies a profit margin of around 100%.

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