Reducing size and costs ⬇️

🌽 You must already know that feed costs represent 70% to 80% of the total cost of producing swine today… So maximizing the value of raw ingredients and finished feed is a real concern – and grain particle size is key. Indeed, reducing corn particle size may lead to better utilization of the nutrients by the pigs, since there is a greater available surface area for the digestive enzymes to interact (in practice, that means an improvement in metabolizable energy, an alteration in the amount of energy required from other ingredients, and a possible reduction in fat levels). 

🔎 Since particle size is so evidently critical in determining swine feed efficiency, producers should focus on evaluating it through the best testing methodology possible. So here’s a tip: choosing a testing method that can be quick and accurate, as well as increase the frequency of measurements and help identify trends is key for a more consistent corn particle size – and AB Vista’s NIR method, researched, developed, and used in the pharmacological industry for particle size prediction, can now predict corn particle size to the benefit of mill managers and swine producers. To learn more about AB Vista’s NIR services, read this and click here.