What are the categories of pig feed?

Pig feed is usually composed of protein feed, energy feed, roughage, green fodder, silage, mineral feed and feed additives, which are divided into full price feed, concentrated feed and premix according to category. Let's take a look!

Full price material

The full price material is composed of protein feed, energy feed, roughage and additives. the full price material sold in the market is mainly granulated by machine processing, and part of it is puffed granule, which can be directly used to feed the feeding object and can fully meet the nutritional needs of the feeding object.

Concentrated material

The concentrated material is premixed with protein raw materials and additives, and the energy material needs to be added during feeding, which has the advantage of convenient use and is suitable for farmers with large scale, especially for farmers who have their own energy feed such as corn. at present, there are at least 50 kinds of concentrated materials on the market.

Premix

Premix is the abbreviation of additive premixed feed, which is the proportion of one or more trace components (including various trace mineral elements, vitamins, synthetic amino acids, some drugs and other additives) with diluents or carriers according to the requirements. the intermediate compound feed product made by uniform mixing is an important component of full-price formula feed.

Nutrition classification

1. Roughage: refers to a kind of feed with more than 18% crude fiber in dry matter, including hay, straw, agricultural and sideline products, dregs and leaves with more than 18% crude fiber in dry matter.

2. Green feed: refers to a class of feed with a natural moisture content of more than 60%, including forage, leafy vegetables, non-starch root melons and fruits, aquatic plants, etc. The contents of crude protein and crude fiber after drying were not considered.

3. Silage: silage made of fresh natural plant feed and silage with appropriate amount of bran or other additives, including semi-dry silage with a moisture content of 45% to 55%.

4. Energy feed: refers to a kind of feed in which the content of crude fiber in dry matter is less than 18% and the content of crude protein is less than 20%. It mainly includes cereal seeds, bran bran, starchy root melons and fruits, oils, grass seed trees and so on.

5. Protein supplement: refers to a kind of feed with crude fiber content of less than 18% and crude protein content of more than 20% in dry matter, including plant protein feed, animal protein feed, single cell protein feed and so on.

6. Mineral feed: including industrial synthetic or natural single mineral feed, mineral feed mixed with many kinds of minerals, and mineral additive premix with carrier or diluent.

7. Vitamin feed: refers to a single vitamin or multivitamin synthesized or purified, but does not include a natural feed with more vitamins.

8. Additives: refer to all kinds of non-nutritional additive raw materials and their prepared products which are used to strengthen the feeding effect and are beneficial to the production and storage of compound feed. Such as a variety of antibiotics, antioxidants, anti-mildew agents, binders, colorants, flavor enhancers and health care and metabolic regulation drugs and so on.