Nutrition: Time to administer some tough love to your feeding program

In tough economic times, it is important for producers to re-evaluate their operation’s feeding program so as to save money without compromising animal performance

by JANICE MURPHY

Despite the recent decline in oil prices, the realities of feeding pigs remain hard on the wallet. Thanks to increased demand for alternative fuels, the competition for feed ingredients has stretched prices upward.

While pork producers have always been conscious of ways to improve production efficiencies and reduce input costs, it is especially vital during these tough times to take another look at potential opportunities for cost savings. There will be no simple answer, but there are options for producers to get their bottom line back into the black.

Better Pork - February 2009