Swine creep feed cost per tonne (swine)
Least-cost cost of a swine creep (swine) template formula, re-solved weekly at Feedsoft benchmark prices by market: history, what drove the change, the current mix and the ingredients close to entering it. 5–7 kg. Highly digestible ingredients; the piglet gut is unforgiving.
Nutrient targets (as fed): ME swine ≥ 3.45 Mcal/kg, Crude protein ≥ 20 %, SID lysine ≥ 1.4 %, SID methionine + cystine ≥ 0.79 %, SID threonine ≥ 0.84 %, SID tryptophan ≥ 0.24 %, Calcium 0.8–0.95 %, Phosphorus (available) 0.45–0.55 %, Sodium 0.25–0.45 %, Crude fiber ≤ 3.5 %.
Ingredients allowed: Corn grain 0–55%, Soybean meal 48% 0–28%, Wheat 0–35%, Soybean oil 0–5%, Limestone 0–2%, Monocalcium phosphate 0–2%, Salt 0.3–0.45%, L-Lysine HCl 0–0.5%, DL-Methionine 0–0.3%, L-Threonine 0–0.3%, L-Tryptophan 0–0.1%, Vitamin premix 0.1%, Trace mineral premix 0.1%, Soy protein concentrate 0–12%, Fish meal 62% 0–6%.