Swine Grist
VOL. 2 ISSUE 1 | FALL 2014
A P E R I O D I C N E W S L E T T E R P R O D U C E D B Y G R A N D V A L L E Y F O R T I F I E R S LT D .
Jim Ross, Chairman Dear Friends, Again this past summer Fortified Nutrition Limited (FNL) sponsored a total of seven Customer Appreciation Barbeques across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Our FNL sales teams from each of the 3 provinces were augmented by the addition of Ian Ross, Clarke Walker, Dr. Martin Clunies, Bruce Schumann, David Ross and myself from the Grand Valley Fortifiers head office in Cambridge Ontario. The barbeques were a great time to get to know each other better, to make new friends and to share information on new products and advancements in our companies. We thank all who were able to attend. Grand Valley Fortifiers was happy to be able to introduce our new improved BioSure™ Nursery Feeds and our new BioForce® Piglet Premixes to the attendees. From more information on these products and how they are performing please see below for the latest field data just recently released. Sincerely, Jim Ross
BIOSURE & BIOFORCE NURSERY PROGRAM RESULTS
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he new and improved Nursery Feeds program has raised the bar on nursery pig performance without the use of porcine plasma. Starting in the creep or at weaning, the all new BioSure™ Nursery Feeds product line is designed to provide the most aggressive growth rates and feed conversion ratios in the industry today. The BioSure™ line contains an improved combination of milk proteins, cooked cereals and Bionic® Oil Blend targeted to optimize post-weaning growth and feed efficiency. With the goal of setting the foundation for lifetime performance, BioSURE™ Program Results 8 –12 kg Body Weight
the BioSure™ pelleted starters are designed to get all pigs of various weaning weights and ages off to an amazing start and growing them to approximately 9.5 kg body weight before moving them onto BioForce® piglet premixes made on-farm or at a local commercial feed mill. With the ADG and FCR that is being achieved throughout the nursery feeding period, GVF and Fortified Nutrition’s customers are achieving very competitive cost per kilogram of gain measures while moving heavy, healthy and uniform pigs into their grow/finish barns for fast and efficient grow out. Talk to your Fortified Nutrition Swine Specialist and be sure to try these new, outstanding products in your operation. n BioSURE™/ BioForce® Piglet Premix Program Results 8 –36 kg BW
Performance Achieved # of Pigs Started Average Starting Weight Average Ending Weight
Average 2188 7.9 kg 12.2 kg
Performance Achieved # of Pigs Started Average Starting Weight Average Ending Weight
Average 2188 7.9 kg 35.9 kg
Average Gain/Pig Average # of Days Mortality Average Daily Gain Average Daily Feed Intake Feed Conversion Ratio
4.4 kg 12.9 0.7 % 340.4 g 0.34 kg 1.02
Average Gain/Pig Average # of Days Mortality Average Daily Gain Average Daily Feed Intake
28.0 kg 47.3 2.0 % 592.4 g 0.96 kg
Feed Conversion Ratio
1.64
Feeds used: BioSURE™ Pelleted Nursery Feeds Results averaged over 21 trials
Alberta 1-866-610-5770 Saskatchewan 1-877-242-8882 Manitoba 1-866-626-3933
Feeds used: BioSURE™ Pelleted Nursery Feeds & BioForce® Piglet Premix Results averaged over 21 trials
Ian Ross, President & CEO | Jim Ross, Chairman Clarke Walker, VP & COO Dr. Martin Clunies, Monogastric Nutritionist David Ross/Patti Bobier, Publishers