• I am struggling to achieve consistent results from my 7-15 kg weaned pigs on the wet feeding system that I have recently installed. Can you help?
• I am looking to reduce the amount of Soya that I am including in my homemixed rations each month. What are the alternatives?
• Does Feedex Nutrition cover all of the UK?

I am struggling to achieve consistent results from my 7-15 kg weaned pigs on the wet feeding system that I have recently installed. Can you help?

Yes. This is an area of pig nutrition that has been shrouded with an air of mystery and many nutritionists have failed to deliver consistent performance from pigs on these types of systems. At Feedex Nutrition we believe that after several years of careful research, we have a feeding regime that consistently delivers nutritional performance at this vital stage whether the pigs are being fed on a meal and water ration or if co-products are being used. Growth rates that can be achieved using wet weaning systems can be quite breathtaking compared to traditional dry feed systems and the effect that this has on reducing days to slaughter can be phenomenal. Drop us a line at info@feedex.co.uk and we will look at your individual system and design a feeding protocol that really does deliver consistently high performance.

I am looking to reduce the amount of Soya that I am including in my homemixed rations each month. What are the alternatives?

The most cost effective and easily obtainable source of protein as an alternative to Soya is Rapeseed Meal available from London or Liverpool. Rapeseed Meal can be a very cost effective alternative to Soya but a spare bin is obviously required and to buy efficiently then enough needs to be used to purchase it in bulk loads of around 24T at a time. Rapeseed Meal is a very valuable source of protein but has suffered from a poor reputation. Modern varieties of Rapeseed are low in Glucosinolates which were the cause of palatability problems in the past. You should check that you are buying low Glucosinolate (double zero) Rapeseed Meal to avoid any problems with feed intake. 

If you are an arable farmer you may consider introducing either Peas or Field Beans into your crop rotation. Both of these will help to replace some of the Soya in your rations and reduce the total level of Wheat which may also be of benefit. There are limits to the amount of Peas or Field Beans that can be included in pig diets but as a general guide an inclusion in the range of 10-15 % would be appropriate. Other alternatives to bought in Soya would include White Flowered Lupins which can be used in a similar fashion to Field Beans. Home grown Soya may be an option for some in the Southern Counties of England although the varieties on offer at present can be quite variable in yield. It is to be hoped that with improved varietal selection over the next few years Soyabeans may become a much more common crop in the UK in the same way that Forage Maize varieties have been selected to give reliable yields over much of the UK.

Does Feedex Nutrition cover all of the UK?

Yes. We are able to supply the nutritional requirements of homemixers throughout the UK and provide the necessary on farm technical advice whenever this is required.