Recent Press Releases
29th August 2012
In terms of number of piglets born alive per sow and numbers weaned per sow. This particular dataset indicates that there has been an increase of up to 0.8 and 0.6 pigs respectively between 2007 and 2011.
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29th August 2012
With the increase in global ethanol production, and an increased availability in ethanol process by-products, what impact can these by-products have on reducing pig feed cost?
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29th August 2012
Formulation of diets should be easy. Any formulation package contains a matrix of information on the nutrient concentration and costs of a range of available feed ingredients. This information is used to calculate the amount of each ingredient that is required to satisfy the nutrient level constraints at the lowest cost.
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29th August 2012
As long as there are pig farms there will always be small/vulnerable piglets. We can research into the facts of how and why these occur, but in actual fact it is quite clear that as performance and production of our sows increase, so will the number of smaller piglets born.
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1st June 2012
Devenish Nutritions Emma Jackson and Donal Faulkner took part in this years Belfast Marathon to raise money for the Northern Ireland Childrens Hospice.
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7th January 2012
Over 250 pig producers, owners and industry figures turned out for the Devenish Nutrition Securing The Future Road show which took place in November and December 2011. The seminars took place in 5 venues throughout GB and Ireland, with shows in East Anglia, the Midlands, Cookstown, Clonmel and Mullingar.
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6th January 2012
PIG and pig feed price fluctuations are largely beyond the control of producers, who can however keep on improving livestock performance, not least at the weaner stage. The key point made by nutritionist Ronan Casserly at the Securing the Future seminar for Ulster producers hosted by Devenish Nutrition.
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6th January 2012
FEEDING a cheap creep ration is an excellent farming example of folk being penny wise and pound foolish. A better quality creep feed can cost an extra £1.49 per pig, but produces a pig weighing an extra 2kg at stage one that goes on to finish faster at less overall cost. This was the key conclusion draw by research nutritionist Dr Marian Scott from on farm trials conducted by Devenish Nutrition.
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6th January 2012
"THE euro has only a 50/50 chance of survival with its demise likely to launch the global economy into an era of economic and political uncertainty on a scale not suffered since the hungry thirties."
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2nd December 2011
Devenish Nutrition are pleased to announce the details of their 3 Pig Sector road shows throughout the island of Ireland. The theme of the talks are Securing The Future and will include presentations on a number of our key products, as well as an insight into the current and future market situation. Guest speaker, Mr Jim power, Chief Economist, will discuss the financial outlook for the Pig Industry.
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