Swine - Feeding and Nutrition

• Ingredients
  • Corn and Coproducts
  • Soybeans and Coproducts
  • Water
  • Water Management
  • Pulses
  • Small Grains and Coproduct
• Processing/Quality Control
• Molds and Mycotoxins
• Mycotoxins and Swine
• Regulations
• Strategies/Niche Opportunities
• Antibiotic Free
• Natural/Organic
• Functional Food

• Formulating Farm-Specific Swine Diets (University of Minnesota)
• Feeder Management in the Grower-Finisher Barn
• Feeding the Herd

Feed Cost Management

• Investing wisely in on-farm trials
• Feeding Management - Show Me the Money
• Feeding Value of Low Test Weight Corn for Pigs
• Tendering Feed Requirements
• Dealing with High Feed Costs

• Creep Feeding
• Peat Moss for Piglets at Weaning
• Shedding Light on Newly-Weaned Pigs
• Influence of Feed Flavour on Preweaning Pig Performance

Sows

• Dry Sows Looking for Satisfaction
• Feeding Sows RIGHT All the Way Through
• Lean Sows Need to "Pig Out" Prior to Lactation
• Summer Lactation Feed Management
• Sow Feeding Considerations

Grow-Finish

• Growth Models for Commercial Pork Production
• Feeder Management in the Grower-Finisher Barn (Order No. 12-035) pdf 1.28 MB

• Nutrient Requirements of Swine (National Research Council)

• Advances in Swine Nutrition to Address Nutrient Management Issue
• Nutritional Strategies to Decrease Nutrients in Swine Manure (Order No. 04-035)
• Reducing the Nutrient Excretion and Odor of Pigs through Nutritional Means (LPES, US Department of Agriculture)

• Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Update
• Feeding Vitamin D3

Health

• Preventing and Treating Disease through Improved Intestinal Function

Resources

• Oklahoma State University Swine Nutrition Publications (Oklahoma State University)

Nutrition Guides

• Tri-State Nutrition Guide

• Swine Nutrition Guide (KSU)

Additives

• Additives for Swine Rations - Evaluation (University of Missouri)

   

Ingredients

• Comparative Feed Values for Swine (Order No. 03-003)
• Nutrient Testing (Order No. 03-007)
• Relative Value of Feedstuffs for Swine

Corn and Coproducts

• Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles and Grower-Finisher Diets
• Low Test Weight Corn - Feeding Value for Pigs
• Low Test Weight Corn - Summary of Research on Feeding to Pigs
• Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles for Swine (University of Minnesota)
• The Value of Distiller's Dried Grains with Solubles in Swine Feeding Programs (University of Minnesota) (PDF Format 650.74 KB)

Soybeans and Coproducts

• Soymeal InfoSource (Iowa Soybean Association)
• Feeding Roast Soybeans
• Feeding Green Roasted Soybeans Does Not Affect Growth
• Performance and Carcass Quality of Finishing Pigs
• Green Soybeans - Can They Be Fed?

• Water Quality and Pig Performance (Order No. 91-071)
• Water Quality Issues and Pork Production

• Pulse Canada

• Flax - The Health-Giving Facts
• Sprouted Wheat for Pigs

Processing/Quality Control

• Common Mill Calibration Problems: How to Avoid Them on Your Farm
• Particle Size - Guidelines for Swine Operations
• Quality Control of On-Farm Swine Feed Manufacturing (University of Minnesota)
• Avoiding Drug Carryover During Feed Processing and Delivery (KSU) (PDF Format 86.36 KB)
• Effects of Diet Particle Size on Animal Performance (KSU) (PDF Format 44.11 KB)
• Testing Mixer Performance (KSU) (PDF Format 26.16 KB)

• Dwarf Bunt Infected Wheat for Pigs
• Establishing Tolerable Ergot Levels for Weaned Pigs
• Gilts Are More Sensitive to Vomitoxin Than Barrows
• Molds and Mycotoxins - Effects of Mycotoxins on Swine
• Molds and Mycotoxins - Feeding Mold and Mycotoxin Contaminated Corn to Swine
• Molds and Mycotoxins - Feeding Mold and Mycotoxin Contaminated Wheat to Swine
• No Easy Answers to the Mycotoxin Dilemma
• Mycotoxins in Feed, Grains and Ingredients (KSU) (PDF Format 51.38 KB)
• Laboratories

• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) - Federal Feed Regulations (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
• Compendium of Medicating Ingredient Brochures (CFIA) (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)

Strategies/Niche Opportunities

Antibiotic Free

• Exploring Alternatives to Antiobiotics

Natural/Organic

• Natural and Organic Pork Production - Designing Feeding Programs (University of Minnesota)

Functional Food

• Is There a Market for Selenium-Enriched Pork?