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Stockcroft works with over 80 farmers to contract finish pigs.\u00a0 Some of these are sole fattening units and others are new wean to finish units.\u00a0 We pay farmers to raise our pigs on a daily rate in the farmers own buildings.\u00a0 Each month farmers receive an income, with a self billing invoice, that is very similar to a monthly milk cheque.<\/p>\n

Stockcroft owns the pigs and pays for the feed, haulage, vet bills and provides field staff to offer technical assistance.\u00a0\u00a0 The farmer\u2019s inputs are buildings, labour, equipment and straw.<\/p>\n

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In previous years Stockcroft has worked with farmers looking to diversify and typically redundant dairy buildings have been converted into modern rearing units.\u00a0 Increasingly now we are working with farmers to install new purpose built buildings for pig rearing.\u00a0 These buildings keep 1,000 pigs and are 50 foot by 200 ft.\u00a0 They are straw based with a scrape through system, automatic ad lib feeders and drinkers and pigs are in pens of 50 from start to finish<\/p>\n

Our new build package is a 5 year contract where Stockcroft<\/p>\n