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Newsletters
February, 2006
BASEPAC®
Swine Base Mix 2000
Hormel BASEPAC Swine Base Mix
2000 is a product that the Hormel Feed Division has
offered to swine producers for quite a few years now.
It has been revised several times, as new nutritional
information has become available, and continues to give
outstanding production performance results. It does
include phytase to help reduce excess nutrients being
fed to pigs from either a cost or environmental standpoint.
It also includes Porcine Meat & Bone Meal, which
is an excellent source of phosphorus, and can alleviate
the need for large amounts of dicalcium phosphate in
the diet. With dicalcium phosphate supplies presently
being tight, it can be a real advantage to have Meat
& Bone Meal included in the diet.
Typical use levels range from
85 to 130 pounds per ton of complete swine feed. It
can easily be used in either grow-finish or sow diets
along with grain and soybean meal.
A typical profile for BASEPAC
Swine Base Mix 2000 is as follows. The levels shown
are equivalent values as phytase alters the amount of
protein, amino acids, energy and minerals that are needed
to meet the pigs' requirements.
| Crude Protein |
32.6
% |
| Lysine
|
2.11
% |
| Methionine
|
0.43
% |
| Crude
Fat |
6.1
% |
| Crude Fiber |
3.5
% |
| Calcium |
12.0
% |
| Phosphorus |
5.65
% |
| Salt |
6.7
% |
| Zinc |
3,200
ppm |
| Vitamin A |
52,500
IU/lb. |
| Vitamin D |
12,750
IU/lb. |
| Vitamin E |
245
IU/lb. |
| Met. Energy
|
1,024
kcal/lb. |
Phytase
|
10,000
FTU/Kg |
BASEPAC Swine Base Mix 2000 typically
includes enough minerals so that grow-finish diets only
need soybean meal and corn added to them to make complete
feeds. Sow diets will require the addition of a sow
mineral pack such as Hormel's Sow Add-Pak 50, which
includes chromium. Grow-finish diets usually start out
with about 120 pounds of BASEPAC Swine Base Mix 2000
(starting at 50 pounds body weight) and concluding around
85 pounds for pigs over 240 pounds. Sow diets usually
include between 90 and 135 pounds per ton. Some producers
also add a laxative to the mix for sows just prior to
farrowing to 2 weeks after farrowing. Hormel has a Sow
Pysllium Pac available for this purpose.
BASEPAC Swine Base Mix 2000 can
be purchased in either bags or bulk, and in meal or
pellets. Most producers usually find that the bulk and
meal combination works well and is the most economical.
If you haven't used BASEPAC
Swine Base Mix 2000, or it has been some time since
you did, it might well be time to consider using this
high quality product to help maximize performance levels.
This is one product that has years of development and
practical on farm use experience behind it.
For More Information
Contact:
Hormel Foods Corporation
Feed Division
1 Hormel Place
Austin, MN 55912
PH: 800-533-2228
Website: www.hormelfeeds.com
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