National Swine Nutrition Guide Diet Formulation Software v2.0
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National Swine Nutrition Guide • 35 Factsheets on swine nutrition and management published in 2010 All available on the USPCE website http://www.usporkcenter.org/
• 300 + page bound NSNG book • NSNG least cost diet formulator software New version 2.0 released in 2012 Cost = $50 https://store.extension.iastate.edu/ProductList.as px?Keyword=NSNG 2
Diet Formulator v2.0 Committee • • • • • • • •
Eric van Heugten, North Carolina State University Joel DeRouchey, Kansas State University Garland Dahlke, Iowa State University Bob Thaler, South Dakota State University Brian Richert, Purdue University Scott Carter, Oklahoma State University Marcia Carlson Shannon, University of Missouri Mark Whitney, University of Minnesota
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Diet Formulator v2.0 • Major additions include: 1) Expanded ingredient library to include ingredient values from Europe, China, and Philippines. Individual libraries included on new v2.0 CD
2) Formulator now available in metric (v2.1). 3) Numerous minor improvements as suggested by v1.0 users
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Diet Formulator v2.0 • Major additions include: 4) Excretion model to provide level of intake, retained and excreted nutrients for each diet. Provides level of excreted nutrients, does not formulate on economic value of excreted nutrients relative to feed ingredients selected for formulation
5) Development of a new manure output module. Allows for individual or multiple diet comparisons of nutrient excretion and manure value Can evaluate economics of manure relative to commercial fertilizer cost Total nutrients excretion by group reported, can be used in nutrient management plan development. 6
National Swine Nutrition Guide Diet Formulation Software v2.0
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Diet Impact on Corn Acres Planted • ASSUMPTIONS • 150 lb average pig • 2400 hd barn • 355 day/year of use • Manure injected (98% N retained) • Three Diets – Control – Phytase – DDGS
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Diet Impact on Corn Acres Planted • ASSUMPTIONS • 175 bu/acre yield • No N or P in the soil • Need 210 lbs of N/acre – 71% available (cell C34 on Manure Sheet)