Advanced Phase Feeding for Modern Swine Genetics
From specialized nursery diets to high-energy lactation rations, our swine programs maximize throughput and profitability.
Maximizing Lean Gain and Sow Productivity
Commercial swine production is a game of margins and throughput. To compete, producers need diets that support rapid lean tissue deposition in grow-finish pigs, and maximum milk yield in lactating sows. Melick Aquafeeds provides a complete suite of swine nutrition solutions, formulated using Net Energy (NE) and Standardized Ileal Digestible (SID) amino acids.
The transition from liquid milk to dry feed is the most critical period in a pig's life. Our complex nursery diets utilize highly digestible ingredients like spray-dried plasma, lactose, and enzymatically treated proteins to stimulate feed intake and support gut maturation. As pigs move into the grow-finish phase, we dynamically shift the SID Lysine-to-Net Energy ratio to match their genetic lean growth curve, ensuring you aren't wasting money on excess nutrients.
Nursery Performance
Our multi-stage nursery programs utilize highly digestible, palatable ingredients to drive early feed intake, resulting in heavier pigs out of the nursery and fewer days to market.
Sow Longevity
We focus on targeted vitamin, trace mineral, and fiber inclusion in our gestation diets to support structural soundness, reduce culling rates, and improve weaning weights.
Cost of Gain
By utilizing a Net Energy formulation system, we accurately value alternative ingredients and by-products, lowering your cost per pound of lean gain compared to traditional ME systems.
The Importance of Sow Lactation Intake
The modern hyper-prolific sow faces an enormous metabolic challenge during lactation. If she cannot consume enough energy and amino acids to support milk production, she will mobilize her own body reserves. Excessive body weight loss leads to delayed return to estrus, lower subsequent litter sizes, and premature culling. Our lactation diets are extremely energy-dense and formulated with highly palatable ingredients to maximize daily feed intake. We balance specific valine-to-lysine ratios that have been proven to stimulate milk yield, resulting in heavier, more uniform weaning weights and a healthier sow ready for her next parity.
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