May 5, 2016 | Farm Management, Swine
It may be hard to believe, but summer is just around the corner. Now is the time to think about ways to minimize the negative effects of hot weather on sow feed intake during lactation. A summer lactation diet can keep nutrient intake up even when feed consumption is...
May 5, 2016 | Feed Ingredients, Swine
Wheat is mainly grown for use in human food production. The use of wheat in swine feeds is restricted to times when wheat is competitively priced with corn or other grains. The high price of corn has increased the discussion about the potential use of other grains,...
May 5, 2016 | Farm Management, Poultry, Swine
Water is the largest component of all living things. It composes 70-75% of lean tissue. It carries nutrients to cells for metabolism, carries waste products from the body, regulates body temperature, and lubricates joints. For animal production, both water quantity...
May 5, 2016 | Feed Manufacturing, Research, Swine
Pelleting is the most common method of thermal processing used in the feed industry today. A summary of research conducted by university and industry researchers mainly in the 1980’s and 1990’s suggests feed efficiency is improved 3 to 10% during the grow-finish...
May 5, 2016 | Research, Swine
This experiment was completed in Wenger Feeds Swine Research Barn. Background: Distiller’s Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) are a byproduct of ethanol production. The increased demand for ethanol in the U.S. has dramatically increased the availability of DDGS to the...
May 5, 2016 | Feed Ingredients, Poultry, Research, Swine
Distiller’s Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) is a by-product of the distillery industries and is the dried product remaining after grain (mainly corn) is fermented with yeasts and enzymes to convert starch to alcohol. More than 95% of the DDGS in the U.S. comes from...
