jompa67

45 bath/kg, How can it be so low. Any1 know when we can expect normal prices again? And why is it much lower in Isaan?

Hi guys,

6 years ago i start build a farm i Phimai, north of Korat. Today we have 80 sows and about 600 pigs on our farm. We discovered that feed manufactures price is way to high. So we decide to mix our own feed. It was a huge problem in the beginning because we had no experience of either pigs or feed mixing.

In the beginning, we used an excel sheet to calculate the calories and proteins. Our pigs did not grow fast enough and we realized there was something missing. After some research I realized that there are several other substances that also must be included. I then built a software where I gathered all the information I have received over the years. I have also started a web site where you will be able to exchange information about pigs, etc.

http://www.feedlab.eu

Its a free software. Please try it and give me feedback so i can improve it.

Post a question on the forum if you have questions about pigs, how to mix food or medicine, and I'll try to help you.

Here is an example of what we have in our pig food. I can also provide you with info about where to buy it.

http://www.feedlab.eu/Formula.html

BetaGro has come to us a few times to tell us that our feed is not good enough. The last time they were three people who came, including one doctor who spoke English and worked as a dietician. After we talk for a long while, we agreed that we would buy betaGro's feed if they could produce evidence that our food was not good enougth. We gave them several different samples of our feed. After a week I received a letter from an independent lab in Bangkok showed that we met all the requirements could be imposed on a professional feed mixture. After that, we have not heard anything more from betaGro.

/Jonny