Feeding Pigs

 

CopRice provides a full range of high quality pig feeds designed for the producer who wants the results to meet today’s market.

Protein concentrates, supplements and premixes are available to meet all home mixing requirements.

 

Pig Starter - Piglets to 4 weeks
Pig Grower - Pigs from 12-18 weeks
Pig Creep - Piglets to 8 weeks
Pig Finisher - Pigs from 18 weeks to market
Pig Weaner - Pigs from 8-12 weeks
Pig Breeder - Wet/dry sows and boars.

 

CopRice Pig Performance Guidlines*

* assumes mixed sex growing herd with some feed intake reduction in early grower phase and late finisher stage as occurs widely under commercial conditions.

Live birth weight  1.4 kg
Weight at 12 weeks  35.0 kg
Weaning weight at 28 days  7.0 kg
Weight at 18 weeks  70.0 kg
Weight at 8 weeks  18.0 kg
Weight at 22 weeks  90.0 kg

 

Feed Intake (kg)

Period

 To date

0 - 4 weeks 2.6
2.6
4 - 8 weeks
17.5
20.0
8 - 12 weeks
44.0
64.0
12 - 18 weeks
100.0
164.0
18 - 22 weeks
81.0
245.0
Birth - 22 weeks
245.0
245.0

FCE

Period

 To date

0 - 4 weeks 0.45
0.45
4 - 8 weeks
1.59
1.20
8 - 12 weeks
2.59
1.90
12 - 18 weeks

2.86

2.39
18 - 22 weeks
4.05
2.77
Birth - 22 weeks
2.77
2.77


 

Feed used per sow (with allowance for part boar)
per year
1160 (kg)
Feed used to produce 20 pigs per sow per year
4900 (kg)
Herd feed used per kilo carcase meat produced
4.48(kg)

 

 

 

 

 
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Contact Us


CopRice Leeton Mill

Railway Avenue
PO Box 561
Leeton NSW 2705

Freecall: 1800 029 901
Phone: (02) 6953 0422
Fax: (02) 6953 0299