Smart Feed Use Pays Dividends
UK - Being smarter with feed not only improves the bottom line of a pig business but also pays dividends when you need to present your unit in the best environmental light to customers, neighbours or authorities.
30 December 2011
2 minute read
Feed accounts for around 60 per cent of
the cost of pig production and a similar
percentage of its greenhouse gas
emissions.
Producers should aim to:
- Improve FCR and growth rate
- Reduce wastage and poorly-digested feed
- Pay attention to precise formulation.
Improved feed use can reduce odours,
ammonia emissions, nitrate leaching,
phosphate build-up in soils, carbon
footprint and, importantly, it benefits
pig health.
For more advice, you can download 2TS Action for Productivity
no.18: Efficient feed usage by clicking here.
