[dizzydexter]

hi all
just been nosey....what are you are you paying for your feed......are you buying in bulk
thanks

[craiglockwood]

£8.90 per 25kg of grower pellets at my local Scats.

Very interested in this post as £8.90 seems a lot when I go through nearly 2 bags per week for just 2 weaners.

[Helencus]

I'm getting mine at £5.99 for 20kg bags but buying by the ton. I was paying £8.49 per 20kg bag at countrywide huge difference

[dizzydexter]

wow........im paying £10 for 50 kilos
its ground up like powder
i get it from local pig farmer
guess ill stick with it then

[Helencus]

That's bargain! Good for you 

[sausagesandcash]

Anybody read the ingredients on cheap feed?? GM this, GM that....

[robert waddell]

I am paying £290 per ton for sow rolls from East Coast Viners Grain. I did contact several feed companies and they were the cheapest. I used  to feed barley, potatoes and some sow rolls but this was costing more than just the roll feed. The pigs finished in half the time with feeding just sow rolls, had very little fat (as barley puts fat on) and I saved several hours of travelling with the tractor and trailer to Humbie, East Lothian to get the potatoes.

[skidley]

Down here in the south east I'm paying £310 for a tonne of sow nuts

[robert waddell]

And as far as feed pricing goes, it is to get dearer, but I hope it dos'nt.

[Fowgill Farm]

In November paid £281/tonne bags (25Kg) for sow nuts In january they had gone up to £309/tonne.
This is from Thompson's of York. No nasties in it. Pigs like it.
Farmway sell grower at £8.50/25kg. I only buy the odd bag as creep for piglets thank goodness!
I dread to think what my next tonne will be but i'll know this week as i need to order another tonne for start of March!
Mandy

[Rosemary]

I agree with sausagesandcash - GM free is more expensive butworth it IMHO. I don't eat GM, so I'm not going to fed it to my animals.

[fifixx]

I'm organic, so more expensive - £10.50 per 25 kg bag from B & W Feeds - good stuff though, can't fault it and the pigs taste good!

[Helencus]

I might just try an experiment as I'll keep boys and girls seperate.. Feed boys organic girls ordinary. Would that be fair experiment do you think as they're not castrated.. Don't want to raise the ugly issue of boar taint so just a thought.. May give more of an informed view as to whether expense feed is worth it.

[Hilarysmum]

Up to Nov. about 200 euros per tonne.  Now 330 per tonne in bulk.  Single bags around 11.33 per 25 k. bag.  Is there a crying smiley here?

[oaklandspigs]

I might just try an experiment as I'll keep boys and girls separate.. Feed boys organic girls ordinary. Would that be fair experiment do you think as they're not castrated.. Don't want to raise the ugly issue of boar taint so just a thought.. May give more of an informed view as to whether expense feed is worth it.

Interesting thought, but uncastrated boys grow faster than girls, so you would need to allow for that.  There should be no difference between organic and ordinary, both will be formulated to provide nutrition to allow to grow.  The extra cost of organic really pays for the higher cost of producing the ingredients (less product per acre = more cost to produce), and certification rather than giving better nutrition for the pigs.