Winter Feeding of Organic Sows (WI-FI) Demo
Projektet er en del af Organic RDD programmet, som koordineres af ICROFS. Det har fået tilskud fra GUDP under Fødevareministeriet.
Organic pig farming continues to face challenges to its environmental and economic competitiveness. Low feed efficiency combined with relience on concentrate feed and non-local protein sources increase nutrient losses and climatic footprint, put pressure on land resources and compromise farm economic resilience. WI-FI addresses these challenges by focusing on sow nutrition to develop winter feeding strategies. The project provides new scientific knowledge on 1) Energy and protein requirements of outdoor sows fed two levels of dietary protein 2) Intake and utilisations of two roughage types and how these interact with sow body condition, reproduction and litter performance.