Feed Alternatives Not A Quick Nutritional Fix
Producers often get excited when they locate a source of feed alternatives at a reasonable price. But Joel DeRouchey says there's a lot to be considered...
The Right Diet At the Right Time
Diet formulation and feeding programs traditionally formulated for group averages short suits the lighter pigs and overfeeds the heavies. Driven by high...
More Efficient Use of Feed
Living through the volatility of feed prices over the last two years has heightened producers' awareness of the need for continual improvement in the...
Feeder Adjustments Optimize Growth, Reduce Feed Wastage
Recent studies at Kansas State University took a closer look at how feeder adjustments affected pig performance and feed wastage. In those studies, pigs...
Optimizing Feed Manufacturing, Transport Options
Rising ingredient, energy (petroleum) and transportation costs are changing feed manufacturing practices across the U.S. pork industry. Feedmill and production...
The Costs of Switching from Sow Stalls to Group Housing
Study estimates the cost of transitioning the U.S. breeding herd from widely used gestation stalls to group housing. Voters and government are increasingly...
Trickle Feeding Fits Sow Housing Remodel
The gestation housing option offers some new challenges and presents some hard lessons. Ten years ago, Sean Dolan and his father, Jim, hooked up with...
Sows in Groups Preferred
Electronic feeding system Just over 10 years ago, Bryan Ruwe decided it was time to move his breeding herd from dirt lots and the hot and cold temperature extremes common to northeast Nebraska to a more controlled environment. The options ranged from individual sow stalls, the most popular choice of the day, to...
Study Tracks Feeder Settings' Impact on Growth Performance
Feed intake and daily gain increased as feeder openings increased, but feed efficiency improved......
Feeder Design Impacts Growth Performance, Carcass Traits
Wet-dry feeders improved finishing pigs' feed intake by close to 9% and growth rate by 6-7% compared to conventional dry feeders in two recent Kansas State University research trials...
