# Researchers compare pelleting diets with Dakota Gold, conventional DDG

> University of Illinois researchers found pigs fed pelleted diets with Dakota Gold low-oil DDGS had better gain-to-feed ratios and more backfat than pigs fed meal-form diets. Dakota Gold is a low-oil DDGS produced by POET using a cold-fermentation process.

- Date: 2018-04-01 · published 2018-04-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66124-researchers-compare-pelleting-diets-with-dakota-gold-conventional-ddg
- Commodities: [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Feed-efficiency gains from pelleting and low-oil DDGS could raise demand for these products in swine rations, but the impact on prices is small.

## Sources

- nationalhogfarmer.com: https://www.nationalhogfarmer.com/hog-nutrition/researchers-compare-pelleting-diets-containing-dakota-gold-and-conventional-ddgs

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