Next steps Assessments will be carried out to determine the financial impact of feeding silage to pigs. The following things will be investigated to see what the differences are between feeding regimes: Weight gain the amount of kilos the pigs gained in weight – Killing out percentage how much of the carcass (as a % of the weight of the live animal) is sale-able meat – Cost per gram of liveweight gain what did the different rations actually cost, in terms of how the pigs performed – (i.e. put on weight) on them Carcass grade what was the quality of the carcasses, did they meet the or did they – abattoir’s specification, receive a penalty because they did not meet the specification Several of the people involved in the field lab are looking to scale this up as a much larger research project with Newcastle University.
Next steps Assessments will be carried out to determine the financial impact of feeding silage to pigs. The following things will be investigated to see what the differences are between feeding regimes: Weight gain – the amount of kilos the pigs gained in weight Killing out percentage – how much of the carcass (as a % of the weight of the live animal) is sale-able meat Cost per gram of liveweight gain – what did the different rations actually cost, in terms of how the pigs performed (i.e. put on weight) on them Carcass grade – what was the quality of the carcasses, did they meet the abattoir’s specification, or did they receive a penalty because they did not meet the specification Several of the people involved in the field lab are looking to scale this up as a much larger research project with Newcastle University.