Research conducted in Nebraska clearly suggests that grower pigs are more sensitive to out-of-feed events than finisher pigs
by JANICE MURPHY
Anyone who has had experience feeding grower-finisher pigs can relate to the constant struggle of keeping feed in front of pigs 24 hours a day. Working within modern production facilities presents a variety of challenges, but when it comes to the feeding system, the main culprits are human error, bridging of feed in storage tanks and equipment breakdown.
Human error is commonly associated with empty bins when feed is not ordered, prepared or delivered in a timely fashion. This is bound to happen as operations increasingly rely on external processing of feed and just-in-time delivery.