[WinslowPorker]

Bloody hell Wiz 30 score were they saddleback cross indian short eared elephant 

GreenerLife that seems a lot of money, where do you live coz if you may be better to ask Heygates direct. The pig Arcs a got from a huy called James http://www.pighuts.co.uk/ fortunately he is local and was advertising some for repair on Ebay and we got two of them delivered for £50. sometimes he has a few that need some basic repairs so may be worth speaking with him.

the butcher is just my local bloke who i get my meat from anyway and he normally charges £25 for cutting but did them all for £20 each cash and an extra £10 for sausaging.

[Wizard]

Nah WP the old fashioned Large Whites we found they did us proud.Really good eating and keeping.Never had any go wrong

[Anke]

You did a good deal from your butcher, ours are more than double that!

I am a bit concerned though about this getting the cheapest pig food that is going - do you actually know what is in it? After all if you sell your meat as being a cut above supermarket meat then you would need to be sure that it is actually better! We buy Allen & Page stuff, and yes it is lot more expensive, but I know that its not full of organic chemicals that were used as extractants! (I used to be a chemist in a former life).

[WinslowPorker]

I am not 100% sure on the food ingredients but locally Heygates have always been known as good supplier of flour and animal feeds, so i would hope that it is all good stuff left over from flour production?

[Greenerlife]

There seems to me to be a lot of smoke and mirrors with food for pigs.  I tried looking at the composition of all the types I have used, and have got thoroughly confused by everybody involved in the process!  My local animal feeds place says to use Heygates creep grow for the duration whereas Heygates web site says to move them on to something different after 11 weeks, and I see that WP did the former.  The pig nuts I used last time around were much bigger, and this also seems to be an area for confusion.  Nothing is straightforward is it?  I am not too bothered with getting the cheapest Anke, but I do get annoyed when I hear that someone is getting exactly the same product for 30% cheaper! Ho hum - more research.  This also seems to be one thing that the internet seems to fail on - anyone else found that?

[Fowgill Farm]

I have just this quandry going on now.
I use sow/weaner nuts 16% protein from conception to slaughter!! My GOS do well on this.
But Hi-Peak are stopping doing their 'Natural' range which i have used for sometime now, no GM nasties or dodgy by-products. They are going completely organic which would add £100/tonne to my usual order!
I have had great trouble finding a new supplier that does not use any GM ingredients particulary soya. It looks like the Farmgate range by BOCM Paulls might be my answer but we shall see. Farmgate also only do 20kg bags as opposed to 25kg bags i normally get so i think its going to work out more expensive. i will have to do some sums.
Just when you think you've got it right............... 
Farmgate is sold @ £7.75/20kg bag so makes it £387.75/tonne,so puts my cost up by £91/tonne Might as well buy the organic!!!!!!!