Many robust piglets
With one extra liveborn per litter, you can earn 68 EUR more per sow per year.
If you have a herd with 1,000 sows, you will earn:
68 EUR * 1,000 sows = 68,000 EUR more per sow annually.
DanBred has recently updated our balanced breeding goals to increase the focus on robust piglets.
This should increase piglet survival with 1 percentage point per year in the coming years.
More vital piglets
With just one extra weaned piglet per sow per year, you can earn 36 EUR more per sow per year.
If you have a herd with 1,000 sows, you will earn:
36 EUR * 1,000 sows = 36,000 EUR more per sow annually.
If you have a herd with 1,000 sows, you will earn:
36 EUR * 1,000 sows = 36,000 EUR more per sow annually.
Improved feed efficiency for weaner pigs
With a progress in feed efficiency of weaners of -0.1 kg feed/kg gain, you can save 0.9 EUR per pig in feeding costs.
If you have a herd with 1,000 sows, you will save =
30,700 EUR annually.
The past 10 years, feed efficiency for DanBred weaners has improved by 0.1 kg feed per kg gain.
High-growth finishers
If you have a herd with 1,000 sows, you will earn =
49,100 EUR more annually.
Better growth is the key to further reducing the production costs per animal.
DanBred finishers have improved daily gain by 131 g/day over the past 10 years
Superior feed efficiency for finisher pigs
With a progress in feed efficiency of finishers of -0.1 kg feed/kg gain, you can save 4 EUR per pig in feeding cost with current prices.
If you have a herd with 1,000 sows, you will save =
126,000 EUR annually.
Feed efficiency for DanBred finishers has improved by 0.2 kg feed per kg gain over the past 10 years.
This is very good for your bottom line, as feed costs is one of the biggest expenses in pig production.
