Chinese Pig Mega Farm

unlacedgecko · Oct 25, 2022

26-storey pig house under construction in China

In recent months, various websites have reported about a 26-storey pig house. This was taken into use in Ezhou, Hubei province, China.

www.pigprogress.net

Woolless · Oct 25, 2022

Might be true, I wouldn't believe a word they say!

Bald Rick · Oct 25, 2022

This from a nation that buried live pigs after a suspected outbreak of swine fever …

Video: Swine fever pigs buried alive in China - Farmers Weekly

WARNING: video below includes graphic footage Disturbing footage which appears to show pigs buried alive in China highlights the need for consumers to

www.fwi.co.uk

Woolless · Oct 25, 2022

Bald Rick said:
This from a nation that buried live pigs after a suspected outbreak of swine fever …

Video: Swine fever pigs buried alive in China - Farmers Weekly

WARNING: video below includes graphic footage Disturbing footage which appears to show pigs buried alive in China highlights the need for consumers to

www.fwi.co.uk

They really do not give a f**k about animal welfare.

Bald Rick · Oct 25, 2022

Woolless said:
They really do not give a f**k about animal welfare.

Can say the same about the Spanish tbh

Woolless · Oct 25, 2022

Bald Rick said:
Can say the same about the Spanish tbh

My dad has just finished reading 'Death in the afternoon' by Hemingway. I would agree!

delilah · Oct 25, 2022

If you look at it dispassionately, does it matter that it is high rise ? The pigs wont know or care. If it's more energy efficient than an identical set up being spread out single story over 26 times more land, why not ?

delilah · Oct 25, 2022

Better or worse than a factory producing fake meat ?

Woolless · Oct 25, 2022

delilah said:
If you look at it dispassionately, does it matter that it is high rise ? The pigs wont know or care. If it's more energy efficient than an identical set up being spread out single story over 26 times more land, why not ?

True enough, similar story to 'mega dairies' here, I suppose.

neilo · Oct 25, 2022

delilah said:
If you look at it dispassionately, does it matter that it is high rise ? The pigs wont know or care. If it's more energy efficient than an identical set up being spread out single story over 26 times more land, why not ?

Could make for a very efficient slurry system, powered entirely by gravity.

It wouldn’t be my cup of tea, but I can see why it needn’t necessarily be any worse for animal welfare than any other indoor pig unit.

Bury the Trash · Oct 25, 2022

Woolless said:
They really do not give a f**k about animal welfare.

Thats disgusting , how could any reasonably intelligent Human being do that sort of thing ?

unlacedgecko · Oct 25, 2022

Woolless said:
They really do not give a f**k about animal welfare.

They're not that keen on human welfare either.

delilah · Oct 26, 2022

Woolless said:
True enough, similar story to 'mega dairies' here, I suppose.

Farm down the road now milking 1500. Pretty as a picture they are. There's loads of reasons to be concerned about fewer and bigger farms - critical mass, food miles, disconnect between producer and consumer - but animal welfare isn't one of them.

Hilly · Oct 26, 2022

delilah said:
Farm down the road now milking 1500. Pretty as a picture they are. There's loads of reasons to be concerned about fewer and bigger farms - critical mass, food miles, disconnect between producer and consumer - but animal welfare isn't one of them.

Watch a guy on youtube has thousands of cows in America, says everyone hates large farms and wants any excuse to get them into trouble so he keeps his welfare as high as possible and very diligent, says they can never get passed a certain numer of cows per employee ,,, 1000cows ten staff 1000 cows ten farmers , surpose 1000 cows ten staff more efficient ,,,, maybe

Woolless · Oct 26, 2022

Biggest problem with these mega farms must be getting rid of the slurry?

Woolless · Oct 26, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
They're not that keen on human welfare either.

Good point!

unlacedgecko · Oct 26, 2022

Woolless said:
Biggest problem with these mega farms must be getting rid of the slurry?

Gravity fed to the bottom, then presumably pumped out on to crop land.

Woolless · Oct 26, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
Gravity fed to the bottom, then presumably pumped out on to crop land.

Yes, just a big volume to deal with but I suppose NIMBYs aren't a big problem in China.

S J H · Oct 26, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
They're not that keen on human welfare either.

They really just don’t give a f*#k.

China tears down tower blocks in effort to boost stalling economy

Beijing has adopted a “build, pause, demolish, repeat” strategy, experts warn

www.telegraph.co.uk

neilo · Oct 26, 2022

unlacedgecko said:
Gravity fed to the bottom, then presumably pumped out on to crop land.

From 26 storeys high you wouldn't even need a pump. Be a bit of back pressure for the poor fella that has to clear the dead pig out that's blocked the pipe though.

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