Feed Intakes
Spreadsheet to
analyse feed costs and usage
Approximate daily feed intakes:
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- A growing pig eats approximately 4% of its body weight per
day.
- An adult eats approximately 1-2 % of its body weight per day.
- Value of improving daily gain by 1g = 5p.
- Improving FCR by 0.01 = 20p per pig or 0.6 kg of feed saving.
- Value of improving killing out % by 0.1% = 10p.
Age
of Pig |
Weight |
Daily
live-weight |
Food
consumption |
FCR |
Weeks |
Days |
kg |
Gain (g) |
grams/day |
4 |
28 |
7 |
215 |
280 |
1.3 |
6 |
42 |
12.5 |
395 |
500 |
1.3 |
8 |
56 |
21.3 |
630 |
852 |
1.4 |
10 |
70 |
30.5 |
660 |
1200 |
1.8 |
12 |
84 |
40.5 |
715 |
1620 |
2.3 |
14 |
98 |
51.5 |
800 |
2100 |
2.6 |
16 |
112 |
65 |
965 |
2600 |
2.7 |
18 |
126 |
80 |
1000 |
3200 |
3.2 |
20 |
140 |
95 |
1100 |
3800 |
3.4 |
22 |
154 |
110 |
1100 |
4000 |
3.6 |
Average feed intake of each age group of pig:
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