Soybean meal is the most economical source of protein for pigs, but the complex carbohydrates (stachyose, raffinose) and ...

Pork is one of the cheaper protein sources that can contribute towards food security in Africa. Pigs are omnivores, and as such are ideally suited to convert non human edible feed stuffs into high ...

Why regulators treat pig feed as a national security issue Long before microplastics entered the conversation, veterinary authorities were already treating pig feed as a biosecurity flashpoint. In ...

New research suggests that feeding our food waste, or swill, to pigs (currently banned under EU law) could save 1.8 million hectares of global agricultural land -- an area roughly half the size of ...

First, thank you for being an ardent reader of Smart Harvest. I am sure many other pig farmers are going through the feeding challenge you have highlighted. In pig-rearing, feeding gobbles 80 per cent ...

Copper is a natural antimicrobial material that, when added to pig feed, may promote the growth and health of the animals. Since pigs can tolerate high levels of the metal, researchers recently ...

For decades across Europe, human food waste (table scraps, that kind of thing) had been recycled into food for pigs. From a 2013 BBC article: “As recently as the 1990s ‘pig bins,’ into which uneaten ...

In 2022, pig and poultry farmers in the European Union will be able to feed their livestock purpose-bred insects, following the European Commission’s decision in 2021 to amend a ban on farm feed made ...

There have been concerns among stakeholders as pig producers battle high feed prices. Speaking with The Nation, Managing Director, PigFan Nigeria Limited, Femi Malomo said the cost of feeding a pig to ...