Hey Travis, is this another pig feed post??
If anyone is raising pigs with making a profit in mind the feed has to cost less than the value of the pig when sold. Hogs will eat nearly anything that don't eat them first. It don't mater how great the ration looks on paper, if it costs too much it's gonna loose you money. For those who are growing their table fare, you should feed what you feel will make the best healthiest pork. Granted it may cost you more than what you'd pay for a corn feed pig.
I saw a feeding trial at Purdue.
They had 10 pigs in each group. Some were in a dry lot and some were in one acre alfalfa plots.
They tried several different formulas and gave it to both groups. When the hogs reached 230 lbs average, the cheapest group were feed nothing but shelled corn with salt and mineral. They didn't feed out quite as soon, and their weight varied quite a bit. But charging rent for the alfalfa pigs on pasture still made them cost less per pound to than the drylot pigs. and letting them get their protien from the alfalfa was cheaper than putting any protien supplement with the corn.
Some old farmers didn't do very well feeding hogs. The neighbors would start harassing them when a group of pigs were getting pretty old but still didn't come close to being butcher weight. They always come back with, "What's Time to a hog?"
When it's your pig you can feed it whatever you feel like.
If anyone is raising pigs with making a profit in mind the feed has to cost less than the value of the pig when sold. Hogs will eat nearly anything that don't eat them first. It don't mater how great the ration looks on paper, if it costs too much it's gonna loose you money. For those who are growing their table fare, you should feed what you feel will make the best healthiest pork. Granted it may cost you more than what you'd pay for a corn feed pig.
I saw a feeding trial at Purdue.
They had 10 pigs in each group. Some were in a dry lot and some were in one acre alfalfa plots.
They tried several different formulas and gave it to both groups. When the hogs reached 230 lbs average, the cheapest group were feed nothing but shelled corn with salt and mineral. They didn't feed out quite as soon, and their weight varied quite a bit. But charging rent for the alfalfa pigs on pasture still made them cost less per pound to than the drylot pigs. and letting them get their protien from the alfalfa was cheaper than putting any protien supplement with the corn.
Some old farmers didn't do very well feeding hogs. The neighbors would start harassing them when a group of pigs were getting pretty old but still didn't come close to being butcher weight. They always come back with, "What's Time to a hog?"
When it's your pig you can feed it whatever you feel like.
