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#42 - When is the best time to remove feed prior to marketing? - Hilario Cordoba

Nov 28, 2022

Video: #42 - When is the best time to remove feed prior to marketing? - Hilario Cordoba

A common practice in the swine industry is to remove feed prior to marketing. This helps with feeder management as you don't have feed to clean out of the feeder, but it also helps the packer as full guts can create problems at the packing plant. In this episode, I talk with Hilario Cordoba about his study testing different feed removal times to find out how soon is too soon and what shifts in carcass weight you can expect at different timepoints.