The impact of grinding technology on pig diets

Grinding is a feed technology, used to reduce the particle size of a feed ingredient. What type of grinding technology to choose depends on the goal: all grinding choices have an impact, for instance on nutritional value, digestibility and feed use by pigs. Grinding is performed using different types of mills including roller mills and hammer mills. Roller mills improve energy efficiency and provide a more uniform particle size, but a hammer mill system can be installed for about 50% of the c