USA - Use low-phytate barley or lose it, breeder warns
A feed barley variety that allows hogs to use dietary phosphorus rather than lose it to manure will now need enough hog producers to use it so as to encourage more seed production.
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Germany - Germany joins GMO maize ban
Germany has banned the only type of genetically-modified crop grown there, the highly insect-resistant MON 810 maize. Germany is the sixth EU country to introduce a provisional ban on the US biotech corn, after France, Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg and Greece.
Whey Products in piglet diets
A large body of research data exists on the response of pigs to whey. Good quality whey protein contains all the protective components of milk protein.
A tryptophan-enriched diet improves feed intake and growth performance of susceptible weanling pigs orally challenged with Escherichia coli K88
Tryptophan supplementation of piglet diets may help to reduce the negative impact of E. coli at weaning
Effect of feeder adjustment on growth performance of growing and finishing pigs
In dry feeders/hoppers feed should slightly cover more than half of the feed pan to avoid limiting pig performance
Effect of crude glycerol on pellet mill production and nursery pig growth performance
The inclusion of crude glycerol in nursery diets may reduce feeding costs by
enhancing feed mill efficiency
Carcass, meat quality, and sensory characteristics of heavy body weight pigs fed ractopamine hydrochloride
Dietary ractopamine supplementation in pig diet during the fattening period may improve carcass and primal cuts without affecting pork qualty
Energy requirements of growing pigs: Practical implications
Practical diet formulation takes into account more than the response of the pig to increasing dietary energy. Available feed ingredients, feed processing capability, and economic value of average daily gain also have an impact on determining the most economical dietary energy level.
Performance and carcass traits of pigs submitted to different programs of feed restriction from 30 to 118 kg
A feed restriction protocol of 21 days in the finishing phase followed by ad libitum feeding programme since to slaughter may improve efficiency in growing-finishing pigs
PROMOTE PR 70 – Replacement for animal plasma
EW Nutrition is pleased to announce the release of PROMOTE PR70, a complete replacement for animal plasma for all types of piglet diets.
Effect of lactation feed intake and creep feeding on sow and piglet performance
Increasing total feed intake of sows during lactation may improve litter gain and sow productivity
The finance crisis: Grain prices will rise as production falls off
Experts expect price increases in second half of 2009 with wheat in the Paris exchange rising to 200 €/t. Recommendations include forward selling when prices high.
Feeder adjustment - how to get barn workers involved in the daily adjustment process
The research data suggests that feeders designed for ad libitum feed access with diets in the mash form should have approximately 40% of the feeder pan covered with feed.
PorkCheckoff - Pigs are hungry too
Modern pork producers use a variety of feed ingredients in proper proportions to produce balanced diets for pigs at each stage of their lives.
Effect of sweeteners on individual feed intake characteristics and performance in group-housed weanling pigs
Dietary sweeteners in piglets diets may reduce the starvation period after weaning