AMES, Iowa – Research conducted at Iowa State University is dispelling myths about the practice of breeding pigs to improve feed efficiency, a measurement of how well swine convert the feed they ...
Pig farmers should avoid viewing feed efficiency as simply feed conversion ratio and consider how it is affected by health, mortality, and wider inefficiencies through the whole production chain. By ...
Research conducted at Iowa State University is dispelling myths about the practice of breeding pigs to improve feed efficiency, a measurement of how well swine convert the feed they consume into mass.