Wrapping up April: What’s new in the world of pigs? April was a relatively quiet month in terms of innovations or take-overs in the international swine business....
Pig & Poultry Fair: UK pig industry struggles on The biennial UK Pig & Poultry Fair took place as usual at the UK’s National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh...
Business Update: New pig innovations New services, products, additives and concepts have been launched to the international pig market recently....
New Pig Progress: Where Denmark meets China The 3rd edition of Pig Progress in 2016 paints a colourful picture of a piece of Denmark on the shores of China....
Weekly weighing boosts pig growth rates A simple weighing system has helped Gloucester pig producer Alexander and Angell Farms to revamp its feeding...
Bovine colostrum helps piglets consume creep feed A Canadian experiment, in which bovine colostrum was added to the creep feed of piglets, has shown that it...
Occurrence of mycotoxins in the Beijing region Feed ingredients and complete swine feeds obtained from farms in the Beijing region in China are most often...
Feed intake after weaning key in larger litters Pig litters are becoming increasingly large, which result in smaller, hence weaker, piglets. The time-frame...
Higher creep feed intake? Try butterscotch flavour Adding flavours to creep feed may be a method to stimulate early exploratory behaviour, feed intake and...
Can the US reach 30 p/s/y? - part 2 This is the second in a series of three interviews with industry experts done by Purina Animal Nutrition. In an...
Latest issue of Pig Progress now online Some of the latest developments around the themes of piglet feeding and health are discussed in the latest issue...
US: Swine producers share strategies at Purina event Purina Animal Nutrition hosted its annual Swine VIP event last month in St. Louis, Mo. More than 70 producers,...
Prairie Swine Centre: Research report released Meeting the needs of the commercial pork value chain with new information that - reduces the cost of production,...
Study: Sows’ prenatal diet effect on piglet flavour choices ABSTRACT: A research looked at whether piglets pre- and post-weaning diets are influenced by gestating diets.
Purina Animal Nutrition launches enhanced pig starter feed Purina Animal Nutrition has launched a newly reformulated line of the UltraCare pig starter feed products – and...
Study to enhance acute post-weaning feed intake in pigs Paying closer attention to nutrition in pre- and post-weaning pigs promises to pay dividends for pork producers...
Why extended research matters with pigs No early work on small pigs is complete until the slaughter results are in. Unlike what is usually done, that...
Creep feeding: little and often Once a farm decides to adopt creep feeding, several questions pop up, like: what to feed the piglets and...
Creep feeding does definitely pay off Even though creep-feeding is an old theme, I am quite often asked (especially when producers switch around...
Canola meal in swine nutrition Canola meal can be used as a cost-effective protein substitute for other protein sources such as soya bean meal...
Probiotics in creep feed for piglets With sows being ever more prolific, there is also a growing number of relatively small piglets being born. The...
Creep feeding helps nursery pigs thrive Creep feed is traditionally offered to piglets in their first few weeks of life to allow them to get used to...
Getting piglets off to a good start It is a well-known phenomenon that the gastro-intestinal tract of piglets is in development. What to feed the...
Improve iron status of piglets with phytase Phytases do interact with many other ingredients in pig feed – effects on zinc and phosphorus are well-known....
Role of functional fibres in pre-weaning nutrition One just can’t start early enough with paying close attention to piglet feed. Ingredients present in pre-weaning...
Creep feed: Getting more piglets interested Getting piglets to eat before weaning helps them to ease the weaning dip. Not even 50% of them, however,...
Helping challenged pigs to avoid dehydration With Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) still present in many pig herds in the US, Canada, Mexico and Asia,...
Dairy milk provides much more than just lactose Piglets need high quality milk in their first days of life. In highly prolific sows, providing additional milk...
Pigs and neighbours profit ‘down under’ Pig farming in Australia is known for its animal-welfare character. John Bourke, a pig farmer in Victoria, is...
Many factors affect sow performance at second litter Raising and managing successful sow herds comes with great responsibility and success is dependent on many...
Better sow performance with higher water intake Sows have a high water requirement during gestation and lactation. Clean and fresh water is therefore essential....
Larger pellets to overcome growth check at weaning Providing extra large pellets for creep feeding appears to positively influence feed intake both prior to as...
Commercial nutritionist objective – Profit! During the ABCA Technical Seminar organised in Bangkok on 12 March, ahead of the VIV Asia 2013, Paul Toplis of...
What the textbooks don't tell you about…Creep feeding (1) If you look up the indexes of those pig textbooks published over the past 15 years, you will find that the...
What the textbooks don't tell you about... Creep feeding... My previous article on creep feeds gave reasons why it is essential these days to creep-feed piglets on the sow....
PHOTO REPORT: Agromek 2014 Only two weeks after the world of livestock met in Germany, now it’s the turn for Agromek in Herning, Denmark....