Investing in a pig’s early life pays off

Early life nutrition influences the overall performance of a pig, with the results being seen in the grower/finisher phases. Investing in early life quality nutrition will translate into positive economic results and a better health status of the animals. Offering a milk replacer next to a sow’s milk in the first two weeks after birth and investing in a premium pre-starter diet around weaning (such as the LifeStart programme) provides short, middle and long term benefits; heavier finisher pig