Feeding by-products to pigs – how do the Dutch do it?

The Netherlands and surrounding countries have a strong potato processing industry, e.g. for the production of chips. The skins can be a good basis for pig feed. Photo: Jan Willem Schouten
The Netherlands and surrounding countries have a strong potato processing industry, e.g. for the production of chips. The skins can be a good basis for pig feed. Photo: Jan Willem Schouten
In the past, pigs were mainly fed leftovers from food or household production, to add value to by-products. On an industrial scale, well-organised and monitored, that is still happening in the Netherlands. Which are the most common by-products converted into pig feed? These days, moist feeds are linked to the vicinity of industrial production of foodstuffs and ingredients from grain, potatoes, beets and seeds. After all, a large part of moist by-products finds its destination as a moist animal


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Redacteur 1

Vincent
ter Beek

Redacteur 2

Kees van
Dooren

Redacteur 3

Treena
Hein

Thielen Secretary Netherlands Consultative Group Of Prod