Top 5 swine nutrition topics shaping 2025

1. Organic acids: Chemical structure, mechanism of action and benefits of their use

January 3 - This data sheet by Marta Fornós and David Solà-Oriol describes the chemical structure of organic acids, their mechanisms of action, and the benefits of their use in swine nutrition. Read more.

2. Precision feeding for lactating sows: The path to sustainability and efficiency

July 15 - María Aparicio Arnay describes how implementing precision feeding through the use of electronic feeders improves sow and piglet performance while providing economic, environmental, and animal welfare benefits. Read more.

3. Feeding the DanBred gilt for prolificacy and longevity (1 of 2)

November 3 - Gunner Sørensen reviews the feeding recommendations to meet the DanBred objectives at first mating, stressing the importance of reducing the protein supply to control weight gain and ensure the development of back fat reserves. Read more.

4. Feeding the DanBred gilt for prolificacy and longevity: gestation and transition (2 of 2)

November 24 - The best DanBred sow farms in Denmark have sow mortality as low as 5%, showing that management, including feeding strategies, is the key. Gunner Sørensen finishes his review of feeding recommendations. Read more.

5. Nutritional requirements for pigs and an update of the Brazilian Tables 2024 (I): Energy and amino acids for growing pigs

March 7 - Melissa Izabel Hannas, Gabriel Ribeiro Braga, and Horacio Santiago Rostagno present the foundations of amino acid and energy requirements for growing pigs and the updates in the Brazilian Tables for Poultry and Swine (TBAS) 2024. Read more.