Efficient feeders

摘要

Feed prices are giving farmers good reasons to look at new efficient feeder technology. THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR most hog farmers this year is the continuing high cost of feed. This has reinforced the fact that feed conversion is the single most important number that is generated ori the farm. " By improving feed conversion even by a small amount you will have saved a significant amount of your total feed costs. Finished feed prices are hovering around $360 a tonne. Buying 25 kg weaners and selling 95kg market hogs adds 70 kg of gain per animal. If the feed conversion is 2.7 kilograms of gain per kilogram of feed then 189 kilograms of feed is required. If that feed conversion can be moved to 2.6 then 182 kgs of feed is required.