Research conducted by the Prairie Swine Centre shows pork producers can reduce their feed costs and their carbon footprint by increasing their inclusion of high fibre by-products in the diet. "Diets for Growing Pigs: Can we reduce feed costs and the carbon footprint?" will be discussed as part of Saskatchewan Pork Industry Symposium 2021 set for November 16-17 via Zoom.
Dr. Denise Beaulieu, an Assistant Professor with the University of Saskatchewan and an Adjunct Research Scientist Nutrition with the Prairie Swine Center, says as monogastrics pigs don't have a large enteric output of greenhouse gases so the carbon footprint is already realtivly small but about 60 percent of that footprint comes from the diet.
Clip-Dr. Denise Beaulieu-University of Saskatchewan:
What we were really interested in was how we can reduce the carbon footprint of pork production by modifying the diet. A lot of the work is done with modelling. We know for example the inputs that go into growing that crop.