When someone mentions feed costs, thoughts typically gravitate towards what is happening in the fi nishing barn, simply due to the influence it has on the cost of production. If we take a look at feeding the breeding herd for a moment, what are some of those things producers can implement to reduce feed costs, while maintain or increasing sow productivity?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When someone mentions feed costs, thoughts typically gravitate towards what is happening in the fi nishing barn, simply due to the influence it has on the cost of production. If we take a look at feeding the breeding herd for a moment, what are some of those things producers can implement to reduce feed costs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14948,1],"tags":[20623,20624,9561,20685,1465,5454,1060,3550,2349,20955,20560,20555,1441,2817,163,190,2883,583,25737,20712,9922,20595,286,20572,20604,8725,6242,26997,46,108,20470,22757,14688,20462,20706,20557,962,109,9307,26876,26662,72,20778,20549,20539,20779,20811,20792,20576,20791,67,20541,3261,20775,20774,422,20494,20474,5205,6117,8263,20653,20783,20820,7825,20475,20675,22808,15416,14068,20591,23229,25824,5835,13280,22172,2365,396,26860,20593,68,20912,104,20195,96,20468,431,20608,7284,20911,20537,91,1304,2446,20757,5164,2770,766,1301,20672,20465,20471,20487,10806,20707],"class_list":["post-14115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-swine-innovation-pork-insight-articles","category-uncategorized","tag-annaul-report-1993","tag-annaul-report-2012","tag-annual-report","tag-annual-report-2012","tag-average-daily-gain","tag-ball","tag-barn","tag-barn-design","tag-breed","tag-breeding-h-n-s-sows","tag-cacheoqd31r8h_vijhttpwww-prairieswine-comliterature-review-and-needs-assessment-of-housing-systems-for-gestating-sows-in-group-pens-with-individual-feeding-online-housing-system-literature-revi","tag-cachepb8tgpsltd4jwww-prairieswine-comnutriotnal-strategies-to-recue-hog-odours","tag-canola-meal","tag-cla","tag-colostrum","tag-cost","tag-cost-of-production","tag-costs","tag-designs-of-a-600-sow-barn","tag-disadvantages-to-the-lacombe-pig","tag-dr-egan-brockhoff","tag-dr-mark-whitney","tag-dust","tag-economic-evaluation","tag-egan","tag-egan-brockhoff","tag-faba-bean","tag-fababeans-analysis","tag-feed","tag-feeding","tag-feeding-management-of-market-hogs","tag-feeding-pen","tag-feeding-sow","tag-feeding-sows","tag-focus-on-feed-efficiency","tag-free-space-utilization-of-sows","tag-global-warming","tag-group-housing","tag-group-housing-sows","tag-hog-breed-at-conner-prairie","tag-hog-finishing-cost-of-gain","tag-horse","tag-how-much-does-a-grow-finisher-eat","tag-hutch","tag-iberian","tag-ileitis","tag-improving-feed-to-gain-ratio","tag-influence","tag-james-shaw","tag-kryvoruchko","tag-lameness","tag-laterme","tag-liquid-feeding","tag-low-bushel-weight-wheat","tag-low-test-weight-wheat","tag-methane","tag-moving-breeding-pigs","tag-mullan","tag-net-energy","tag-omega-3","tag-omega-6","tag-organic-content-of-manure","tag-overheads","tag-pan-cover-paririe-swine-center","tag-patience","tag-patience-j-f","tag-phase-and-split-sex-feeding-of-growing-finishing-pigs","tag-pic","tag-pomar","tag-pork-interpretive-gallery","tag-pork-meat","tag-prairie-swine-egan-brockhoff","tag-prairie-swine-management-egan-brockhoff","tag-pre-slaughter","tag-raelene-petracek","tag-reduce-feed-cost","tag-risk","tag-safety","tag-saskatchewan-extrapro-nutrient-profile","tag-seddon","tag-sheep","tag-some","tag-sow","tag-sow-feeding","tag-sows","tag-st-denis","tag-survey","tag-swine-fever","tag-swine-nutrition","tag-t","tag-temperature-of-conservation-semen","tag-transport","tag-vaccine","tag-variability","tag-vision","tag-vitamin","tag-voluntary-feed-intake","tag-waste","tag-weight","tag-why-use-feed-additives","tag-withdrawal-of-vitamin","tag-withdrawal-of-vitamins","tag-yellow-bone","tag-zijlstra","tag-zijlstra-and-htoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14115"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14118,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115\/revisions\/14118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}