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Preliminary Results from Grinding Barley and Wheat for Pigs

Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

Michigan swine growers feed quite a large proportion of small grains to their pigs. Much of the state can produce barley more economically than corn, and more communities ship in corn than produce it in surplus. Barley is regularly substituted for corn in pig and fattening hog rations, and wheat has been extensively used for swine feeding in recent years. General recommendations have been that these small grains should be ground for hogs, but when the price of grains came down, grinding costs have not been lowered in proportion. Even as low an increase in value as 5 per cent for grinding the grain would amount to 10c on grain worth $2.00 per hundredweight. But, if this same grain is worth only 50c per hundredweight, a 5 per cent increase would amount to only 2 1/2c which is far below the customary charge for grinding.