Breakthroughs in pig nutrition

Last month I was honoured to be part of the conference ‘Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition’ in Armidale, Australia. One of the speakers was Tony Edwards from ACE Livestock Consulting who took sometime to highlight significant breakthroughs in pig nutrition science. By Emmy Koeleman He elucidated that growth in pigs has increased from 450 grams per day in the 1970s to 680 grams per day now. Sows have increased their litter size to 25 piglets per year, up from an average of 16 piglet