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Intensive pig farming is an agricultural industry that operates by raising live pigs for slaughtering which will then be turned into pork for human consumption. Piggeries, as the firm is called, serve as a major food source in the Philippines, with the highest grossing per capita consumption among red meats. The industry is fairly attractive to investors as its high capital requirement and risky nature is effectively balanced out by the steady demand of a readily available market.
The competitive structure of the industry consists of two groups. The first being commercial firms, examples of the biggest are Robina, Monterey and Foremost farms. These firms partake in large scale production of pigs; with herds usually numbering in the thousands and with numerous farms spread throughout a wide geographical area. Backyard farms, which are far more numerous, make up the second group. Backyard establishments raise less than a hundred pigs. Despite being dwarfed in......

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