Thread by @EdwardTruly_me

For the love of farming.
Focusing on hogs/ pigs. #fortheloveofbacon

Feeding you pigs. Two Simple feed rations that works .

1. Sillage making using sweet potato vine.
2. Using grains and seed cakes .

Click link below for step by step guidance.

pelletizermill.com/mxing-your-own…

-Sweet potato vines for example are very nutritious pig feed if well prepared and preserved. To help reduce production costs of pigs and pig products here is a simple effective ration

Cut 60-100kg of sweet potato vines and spread them dry in the sun for about 30 minutes.
Chop the vines into tiny pieces and mix them with 10 kg of maize germ or pig growers mash.
Sprinkle ½ kg of mineral salt and mix thoroughly.
Put mixture into an airtight 250-litre plastic tank

Compress the vines firmly to remove any airspace as you do when preparing silage.
Add some little EM1 and some molasses solution to improve the quality of the silage.
Cover the tank airtight. Let it stay for at least 3 weeks.
Open the tank to check if the silage is ready-

if the silage has a sweet smell and has turned yellow in colour, then it is ready for feeding.
You can feed the sweet potato silage to pigs from four months of age, sows, gilts and boars at any time before or after feeding their usual daily rations.

How to prepare 1 bag of pig feed

48kg of maize germ
12kg of wheat pollard
12.5kg of soya cak
7.5kg of fishmeal
0.75kg of lime
1kg of bonemeal
125g of salt
150g of lysine
150g of feed premix
300g of zinc

This pig feed ration has a Digestible Crude Protein (DCP) content of 22.3 %

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