The modern gestating sow has a problem we can all identify with - she really likes to eat but, at the same time, has to watch her weight. Restricting feed intake in gestating sows is necessary to limit excessive...
Whey, which is a co-product from dairy processing plants that extract fat and protein from milk to make cheese, has been used in diets fed to weanling pigs as a source of lactose. Whey powder does not contain much...
Within the last 20 years, soybean meal (SBM) inclusion levels in pig diets have become heavily dependent on pricing. This is at the detriment of overlooking the value of SBM beyond its primary attributes as a source of amino...
Farmscape for August 11, 2021
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The General Manager of the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board expects Saskatchewan to go from the lowest cost region to feed pigs to the highest, as pork producers rely more heavily on...
Every swine producer understands the first few days of life are the most critical time for a piglet. These early days set the stage for the piglet’s growth, development, and overall performance.
Piglets are exposed to a variety of challenges...
Feeding by Flank to Flank Measurement
Procedures for once per day feeding
Procedures for twice per day feeding
Sow Weight Measuring Tape
Sow Weight Measuring Tape Order Form - Updated August 2010
Gestation Feeding Chart
KSU Gestation Feeding Spreadsheet (Updated October...
J. D. Crosswhite, N. B. Myers, A. T. Adesogan, J. H. Brendemuhl, D. D. Johnson, and C. C. Carr 2
Introduction
Feed costs have historically been the single largest cost of pork production. For the past six years, feed costs have...
With the implementation of the ISO 12099 standard for near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR), updated and expanded calibrations for feed raw materials and feeds, along with new functionalities in AMINONIR® Portable, Evonik now offers its customers in the feed industry an...
Feed grains contaminated by mycotoxins hurt feed quality and are detrimental to production in poultry and swine. Some key mycotoxins can induce differential impacts on poultry and swine production performance.
Corn field, photo by Elizabeth Hines
It is not a secret...
Phytic acid is the main storage of P in plants, and most P in plant feed ingredients is bound in the phytate complex. Because pigs do not secrete phytase, an enzyme to hydrolyze inositol bonds in phytate, the utilization...