Results of a Canadian research project show that pork producers may have a new, safe and low-cost feed source. Researchers with the University of Alberta, as well as the University Autónoma de Baja California and Mexicali, México, set out to establish the benefits of frost-damaged fababeans in pig diets. They found that feeding frost-damaged fababeans […] Read more
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Broken hog feed systems need to be fixed
It’s hard to fix a problem that people don’t realize, or admit, is happening. That’s something the developers of a feed pipe monitoring system realized when they examined data from hog barns they worked with. Hog feeder barns were having many feed supply breakdowns and nobody realized how much production was probably being thrown away. […] Read more
