# Histidine research may help lower cost of pig diets

> Kansas State University researchers set nursery pig requirements for histidine, using studies with more than 700 pigs to find the best histidine-to-lysine ratio. The findings let nutritionists add feed-grade amino acids in place of some expensive protein.

- Date: 2018-06-01 · published 2018-06-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/64858-histidine-research-may-help-lower-cost-of-pig-diets
- Commodities: [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md), [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

If adopted, using more feed-grade amino acids could reduce demand for soybean meal and fishmeal in swine diets, a modest bearish pressure on those proteins.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bearish ▼
- LYSINE: neutral
- FISHMEAL: bearish ▼

## Sources

- feedstuffs.com: https://www.feedstuffs.com/nutrition-and-health/histidine-research-may-help-lower-cost-of-pig-diets

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