The transition period of sows, a week before and after farrowing, has unique nutritional requirements for fetal growth, mammary development, and milk production. During this period, a sow's energy requirements can increase by over 200%, while lysine (amino acid)...
Having a daily feed supply available for sows, piglets, and market pigs is important for their growth and general well-being. Whether feed is manufactured on-farm or off-site, feed delivery dates must be determined ahead of time to allow for...
Haley Oliver, professor of food science in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, has been awarded $10 million in funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a five-year extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for...
BinSentry partnered with Hanor, one of North America’s top pork producers, on a year-long study that aimed to better understand the connection between out-of-feed events and feed conversion ratios.
From July 2022 to August 2023, 200 BinSentry sensors were installed...
Farmscape for November 18, 2024
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The Manager of Knowledge Transfer with the Prairie Swine Centre says, when it comes to management, little things done right add up.
Taking Care of Basics, Measuring on-farm best management practices...
An out-of-feed event on a farm can cause major problems in just a short amount of time. Having a back up plan can allow for feed to be manufactured, delivered, and placed in feeders in a timely manner during...
Feed costs comprise approximately 65-70% of the cost of pork production. While most U.S. producers think of strictly corn and soybean meal (SBM) when feeding pigs, they need to realize that pigs require amino acids, energy, vitamins and minerals,...
Farmscape for November 5, 2024
Full Interview 18:03
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The Saskatchewan Research Chair in Feed Processing Technology says the biggest challenge with including high levels of pea starch in swine rations is the issue of flow. An increased use...
Velayudhan, Deepak E., Manik M. Hossain, Jinyoung Lee, Hans H. Stein, Charles Martin Nyachoti. 2024. Standardized total tract digestibility of phosphorus in canola meal fed to gestating or lactating sows without or with a multi-enzyme complex. Animal Feed Science and Technology 316...
Most of the P in corn and soybean meal (SBM) is stored as phytate. Phytase consists of one hydroxylated inositol ring with six phosphate groups. Therefore, phytase is often included at a standard level of 500 units (FTU) per kg...