Feed has always made up the largest share of total outgoings, recently rising from about 70% to at least 80%. To help mitigate ongoing, high raw material costs, producers and their advisers need to be ...

DanBred delivers genetics worldwide with the purpose of ‘producing more pork for less cost’. It focuses on targeted breeding, ...

Pig farmers should avoid viewing feed efficiency as simply feed conversion ratio and consider how it is affected by health, mortality, and wider inefficiencies through the whole production chain. By ...

The arrival of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Spain market has negatively affected the profitability of pig farmers across the ...

AMES, Iowa – Research conducted at Iowa State University is dispelling myths about the practice of breeding pigs to improve feed efficiency, a measurement of how well swine convert the feed they ...

A new study found that, contrary to widely held assumptions, farmed fish and shrimp convert protein and calories in feed to edible seafood at rates similar to livestock (i.e., cattle, pigs, and ...

Getting newly weaned pigs to eat several times per day is a first step toward profitable finishing. Crack an egg, and you’ll understand why. A 21-day-old pig’s stomach is approximately 2 ounces, or ...