Pig farmers showcase creep feeder inventions

摘要

The days of sows pilfering expensive creep feed are over on two outdoor pig units in Norfolk, which have each designed a feeder to prepare piglets for life after weaning.Both sow-proof creep feeders allow the farms to reap the widely known benefits of creep feeding while avoiding the major headaches of feed being wasted in bedding or soil.In doing so, the contraptions enable the two farms to rise to the challenge of lowering antibiotics and zinc oxide use by weaning older, stronger piglets.