Aggressive Amino Acid Use Helps Offset High Feed Costs
Rapidly rising feed costs has everyone looking for ways to relieve the pain. Implementing technologies designed to improve feed efficiency or reduce input...
Using Corn Distiller's Syrup in Swine Diets
Currently, dry milling ethanol plants produce primarily two co-products wet corn distiller's grains (WCDG) and corn distiller's liquid solubles (CDLS)...
Lactating Sows Feed Themselves
New feeder design improves sow body condition and helps boost pigs-born-alive average. About three years ago, Iowa Select Farms set out to do a better...
Design Affects Creep Feed Intake, Wastage
Creep feeder design can make a difference in the proportion of pigs that actually consume feed () and the amount of feed that is wasted. Kansas State...
Creep Feeding May Improve Postweaning Performance
Sow and piglet eating patterns could have an impact on their performance in later parities and in finishing, respectively. Creating more creep feed in...
Proper Amino Acid Ratios Cut Costs, Nitrogen Excretion
Determining proper amino acid ratios in growing pigs' diets limits feed expense and reduces nitrogen excretion, according to a research report from the University of Kentucky...
Selenium Source Matters in Sow Diets
Organic selenium is showing superior results to inorganic selenium, reproductively, and especially in enhancing the selenium status of newborn and weanling pigs...
Adding Glycerol Improves Pelleting, Provides Nursery Growth Alternative
A Kansas State University (KSU) research team recently investigated whether glycerol, a byproduct of the biofuels industry, could decrease diet cost by replacing corn as an energy source. They also looked at...
Larger Litters Don't Result in Increased Weight Variability
Increased litter size results in decreased average birth weights. But larger litters do not increase variability in body weight of the pigs in the litter at birth. Carcass quality is also unaffected by litter size...
Rice Provides Attractive Feedstuff for Young Pigs
Research at the University of Illinois suggests that feeding a small amount of rice to each pig in early nursery diets may improve health without affecting growth performance...
