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Animal Nutrition Views
The real reason some piglet additives fail in commercial feeds
A good additive placed inside the wrong commercial feed is likely to disappoint.
Brand Insights
Why good purchasing decisions still often lead to suboptimal results
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Disconnected data and siloed systems can cause suboptimal results, despite strong market expertise and sound decision-making by purchasing managers.
Animal Nutrition Views
When does a piglet feed need more acidification, and when it does not?
Acidification works best when it supports a good diet.
Animal Nutrition Views
Are specialty proteins worth their cost in starter feeds?
If the ingredient improves digestibility, helps feed intake and reduces nutritional shock after weaning, the cost is justified.
Animal Nutrition Views
How low can crude protein go before piglet performance slips?
Once protein reduction starts to limit intake, amino acid balance or growth potential, you are no longer formulating cleverly.
Animal Nutrition Views
Feed intake matters more than formula elegance right after weaning
Right after weaning, the best formula in the world means very little if piglets do not eat it.
Animal Nutrition Views
The first piglet diet post-weaning should fix one bottleneck
The first piglet diet after weaning often fails because we ask it to do too many jobs at the same time.
Animal Nutrition Views
The importance of creep feeding for smoother piglet weaning
Creep feed teaches the piglet that feed comes from a feeder, smells a certain way, and can be eaten without the sow nearby.
Animal Nutrition Views
How trypsin inhibitors affect young animals
Piglets are highly sensitive, but broiler chicks and pre-weaned calves may be even more vulnerable.
Antibiotic-free Production
New research aims to refine antibiotic use in beef and swine
The International Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Agriculture has awarded three grants totaling $2,928,257 to promote judicious antibiotic use in beef cattle and swine.
Regulatory Updates
Great Britain modifies organic feed rules for poultry, pigs
To comply with amended regulations on organic production, feeds for young poultry and pigs can contain up to 5% of non-organic proteins — but only for a limited period. Pullets for organic systems can also continue to be reared under non-organic conditions.
Animal Nutrition Views
Consistency is becoming a priority in commercial nutrition
In large-scale production, consistency quietly becomes one of the most valuable outcomes nutrition can provide.
Animal Nutrition Views
When fiber stops being a filler and starts being a tool
Today, fiber is making a quiet comeback as one of the most useful tools in precision feeding.
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