Farm visit: Using liquid feed with local ingredients

16-05-2025 | |
liquid feed pigs
The pig farm in Westdorp, the Netherlands includes barns for 250 sows and 2,300 fattening pigs, as well as 22 hectares of arable land. Photo: Hans Banus
Dutch pig farmer Arjan Berghuis chooses to feed his animals liquid feed; the rations are composed of his own grains combined with local products. At the Berghuis family pig farm in Westdorp in the Netherlands, the feeding machine starts making and dosing out the first portion of liquid feed early in the morning. The fattening pigs are the first to be served breakfast: a mix of local grains, CCM and supplementary feed. After that, the feeding machine is busy making rations for all animal cate


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