San Yuan Pigs

San Yuan Pigs

　　The San Yuan pigs from Qujiang District are renowned for their lean meat and thin fat layers. Not only are they highly nutritious and flavorful, but they are also very suitable for processing into meat products, enjoying a high reputation in the market. Merchants from coastal provinces and cities such as Fujian and Guangzhou come specifically to purchase them. The '99 China International Agricultural Expo awarded the title of "Famous Brand Product" to the "Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs"

　　"Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs" is the commercial name for three-way crossbred pigs such as "Du Chang Jia." Due to their fast growth rate, high feed conversion efficiency, strong adaptability, and high lean meat ratio, they are highly popular among breeders and favored by consumers. The pig farming industry in Qujiang District, which specializes in producing "Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs," fully leverages advantages in breed, scale, technology, and market. By expanding total output, increasing scale, creating brand names, strengthening services, and pursuing an industrialized development path, it provides comprehensive pre-production, mid-production, and post-production services to farmers, leading to rapid development of the pig farming industry across the county. According to statistics, in 1998, the breeding volume of "Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs" reached 1.0584 million heads, with 699,200 market-ready pigs sold. The pig farming industry has become a major pillar of agriculture in Qujiang District.

　　"Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs" has been registered as a trademark with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. To enhance its commercialization level, the Qujiang District Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station has established strict quality standards and breeding specifications for San Yuan pigs, specifying detailed requirements for the breed, physical appearance, weight standards, and disease prevention standards of the pigs. It has also conducted large-scale demonstration applications of the San Yuan pig series standards among pig farmers, implementing standardized management for pigs from breeding to sale. The quality standards stipulate that "Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs" are the offspring of Duroc boars mated with two-way crossbred sows such as Chang Jia or Chang Jin, exhibiting the physical characteristics of three-way crossbred pigs: small head, medium-sized ears with slightly drooping tips, long body, full hindquarters, sturdy and strong limbs, shiny coat, healthy and lively with no diseases. Medium-sized pigs weigh 35–40 kilograms and are raised for 90–100 days. Finished pigs weigh 90 kilograms and are raised for 150–160 days. The carcass lean meat ratio is over 55%. Pig diseases such as swine fever, erysipelas, and paratyphoid are vaccinated against strictly according to the immunization schedule. Pigs that meet the immunization quality standards of San Yuan pigs are marked with a special ear tag on the ear.

　　To accelerate the development of San Yuan pigs, in 1997, Qujiang District established the San Yuan Pig Production and Sales Association, which receives technical and operational guidance from the County Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station. While improving the three-tier technical extension service network, the County Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station has intensified its efforts to focus on the development of systems for introducing and breeding superior breeds, feed processing and supply, disease prevention and control, and marketing and distribution services. Currently, the county has established five breeding sites, with the proportion of superior breed boars and sows reaching over 90%, including about 20% pure exotic bloodline sows, forming a preliminary high-quality breeding system. At the same time, a feed supply network combining state-owned, collective, and private enterprises has also been established. To improve disease prevention quality, the practice of tagging pigs with disease prevention ear tags has been implemented across the county. The pig brokerage market has been standardized. Thanks to reliable quality, in 1998, at the Provincial Exhibition and Evaluation of Famous, Special, and High-Quality New Agricultural Products, "Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs" was awarded a gold medal product.

　　Currently, "Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs" have established 20 authorized distribution points and 80 information outlets in the province as well as in Fujian, Shanghai, and other areas. In Shanghai alone, the annual sales of "Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs" reach 100,000 heads. To further standardize the market, optimize the purchasing and sales environment, and protect the legitimate interests of breeders and out-of-town merchants, Qujiang District has built pig trading markets in five towns—Duzhe, Lianhua, Yunxi, Houxi, and Nianli—with a daily trading volume of up to 15,000 heads. The markets provide customers with comprehensive supporting services including food, accommodation, transportation, purchasing, settlement, quarantine, vehicle disinfection, and transport. The county also guarantees that for pigs purchased with disease prevention ear tags, if they die from swine fever, erysipelas, or piglet paratyphoid within twenty days of departure, and the cause is verified, compensation will be provided according to the standards set in the "Qujiang District Pig Immunization Tag Management Trial Measures."

　　"Qujiang District San Yuan Pigs" are distributed by the Qujiang District Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station and the Qujiang District San Yuan Pig Production and Sales Association.

　　(Quzhou)