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 ...

Installing a new feed system has allowed a pig producer to tailor feeding to individual pens and maximise Feed Conversion Efficiency (FCE). Vet and pig farmer Charlie Thompson took the decision to ...

A new study shows that if the European Union lifted the pigswill ban imposed following 2001's foot-and-mouth disease epidemic, and harnessed technologies developed in East Asian countries for ...

Pig farmer Matthew Rathbone says changing to feeding liquid feed has cut ration costs and improved performance on his 240-breeding sow unit in Rugby. The third-generation farmer, runs 80ha (200 acres) ...