DlO—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 4,1984
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The high
price, scarce supply and
sometimes poor quality of com this
summer have prompted many hog
producers to search for cost
efficient, top-performing alter
native rations in their finishing
units, where about 80 percent of all
feed in a typical farrow-to-finish
operation is consumed.
Dr. Gawain Willis, senior swine
nutritionist for Ralston Purina
Company, offers producers
several tips on how to cope with
this summer’s grain situation,
without sacrificing performance.
Feed Wheat
High com prices and scarce
supplies this summer have made
wheat a viable, economical
alternative to corn-based rations.
In wheat-rich areas, when com is
90 percent or more than the per
bushel price of wheat, take ad
vantage of this edge. Wheat may
be used to supply 100 percent of the
gram portion of hog rations.
To attain optimal feed efficiency
with wheat-based rations, grind or
roll the grain to a coarse to
medium particle size. Finely
ground wheat is powdery, and may
cause pigs to reduce feed intake.
Wheat should also be mixed with a
supplement specifically for
mulated to take advantage of
wheat’s higher levels of lysine and
available phosphorus.
Feed Completes
If both com and wheat are
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unavailable, or of poor quality, a f° r leakage and for clogged feeder
top-performing complete feed may holes.
be a viable option. To compare the Let feeders run empty
cost-effectiveness of completes, periodically to prevent stale or
calculate the actual grind and mix moldy feed. Between groups of
manufacturing cost, (including hogs, feeders should be emptied,
producing, storing, grinding and cleaned and refilled with fresh
mixing) as well as performance rations
from grind and mix corn-based
rations, versus the cost and per
formance of a given complete.
Especially in grain-deficit areas,
or where com is of poor quality and
high priced, completes may be
more efficient and less costly.
A complete ration that out
performs traditional corn-based
grind and mix rations like Purina’s
Super High Octane Completes for
grower and finisher hogs, may be
more cost-effective overall. In one
test, this ration delivered average
daily gain of 2.17 lbs., and a 2.12
feed conservation ratio for one
group of boars and raised in total
confinement. The most feed
needed to produce a pound of gain
on this ration so far was 2.87 lbs.,
with a set of market hogs raised on
dirt lots
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It’s critical to control direct feed
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Pigs
Depending on the market, and
corn price and supply, producing
feeder pigs may be an economical
alternative to a farrow-to-finish
operation. Pigs weighing up to 40
lbs. consume a fraction of total
feed in such operations, and thus
require less grain.
Ship Lighter
Hogs
Depending on the packer, lighter
hogs may be in order. Hogs
weighing over 220 lbs. don’t ex
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TOWSON, Md. - Kids under 12
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This special offer is good through
Aug. 19,1984 and is being promoted
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materials at the supermarket
dairy case.
The “REAL” Seal/Kings
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Delaware dairymen to tour
NEWARK, DEL. Delaware
dairy farmers will have a chance
to pick up some useful new
management and housing ideas
when they visit Pennsylvania Aug.
14 and 15 on an overnight bus trip. -
The tour, which is sponsored by the
Delaware Cooperative Extension
Service, will stop by dairy farms in
Lebanon, Dauphin and York
counties.
Among other things, par
ticipants will visit a new maternity
barn, a farm which is managed by
computer, several manure
management systems, and a
unique stanchion barn in which
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cows are raised six to eight inches
higher than normal in a
herringbone arrangement. One of
the farms on the tour uses only
trench silos for storage.
Tour members will spend the
night at the Sheraton Harrisburg
East. Cost of the trip si $55 per
person for transportation and a
double occupancy room, not in
cluding meals.
Registration deadline is
Tuesday, Aug. 7. For further in
formation contact Dave Woodward
or Mary Lou Perry at the Kent
County, Delaware, extension of
fice, (302) 736-1448.
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