Resources: Swine

Pig Creep Feeding 101

Brooke Anderson, Account Manager, Innovative Solutions The purpose of creep feeding is NOT to gain extra weaning weight (this sometimes happens in studies but not always). It is to help prepare the piglet for the Nursery 1 diet and the ...

Supplemental Chromium in Kent Nexgen^® Advanced Pig Starters Study

Thomas E. Weber, Ph.D., Technical Director, Innovative Solutions Michael Edmonds, Ph.D., Vice President, Swine and Poultry Nutrition, Kent Nutrition Group Chromium is a trace mineral that helps with cellular uptake of glucose, which provides energy to support biological processes such ...

Development of New NexGen^® Advanced Starter Crumble Base

Thomas E. Weber, Ph.D., Technical Manager, Innovative Solutions Michael Edmonds, Ph.D., Vice President, Swine and Poultry Nutrition In some swine operations, there can be a number of factors involved leading to a scenario where pigs may have a loose stool ...

Efficacy Of A Newer Phytase Source (HiPhorius^™) In Kent NexGen Advanced Pig Starters

Michael Edmonds, Ph.D., Vice President, Swine and Poultry Nutrition, Kent Nutrition Group dsm-ferminich’s new, fourth-generation phytase, has numerous benefits in both pig diets and in helping farmers achieve sustainable and profitable animal protein production. Plant-origin feed ingredients such as corn, ...

Development of New NexGen^® Advanced Pig Starters Without Fishmeal

Michael Edmonds, Ph.D., Vice President, Swine and Poultry Nutrition Fishmeal has become an expensive ingredient to use in early pig starters. Because we have evaluated and researched several high-quality ingredients such as cheese proteins, poultry meal and soy proteins (Hamlet ...

Effect of NutriVantage^® and/or Chromax in Grow-Finish Pigs

Developing products and feed programs to help producers raise pork more efficiently to feed a growing population is an ongoing effort at the Kent Research Farm. NutriVantage® Nutrition Optimizer® for swine is a research-driven feed supplement developed to help animals ...

Supplemental Chromium Sources in Grown-Finish Pigs

Developing products and feed programs, to help producers raise pork more efficiently, is an ongoing effort at the Kent Research Farm. Chromium is a trace mineral that helps with the cellular uptake of glucose, which provides energy that supports growth ...

National Pork Month: A product for every producer

Kent Nutrition Group is committed to the success of pork producers — and we have research-driven products for all types of operations. Here's a look at how we use different formulas to help all producers raise healthier pork more efficiently: ...

Amino Acid Imbalance with Excess Methionine in Late-Finishing Pigs: Effects on Performance and Carcass Quality

The outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the spring of 2020, resulted in the shutdown of numerous pork harvest facilities across the country. This resulted in many complications in the hog production supply chain with one key area involving slowing ...

Supplemental Chromax ^® in Grow-Finish Pigs

Michael Edmonds, Ph.D., Vice President, Swine and Poultry Nutrition Developing and evaluating products and feed programs to help producers raise pork more efficiently is an ongoing effort at the Kent Research Farm. Chromium is a trace mineral that helps with ...