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USSEC Holds Feed Manufacturing and Swine Farms Management Training for Smithfield in Romania

At USSEC’s “Feed Manufacturing and Swine Farms Management” training recently held in Timisoara, Romania, Smithfield Farm delegates had the opportunity to hear about the latest findings in swine feeding and farm management research.

USSEC consultants visited Smithfield’s Romania feed mill facilities and discussed key opportunities for improvements in feed manufacturing
USSEC consultants visited Smithfield’s Romania feed mill facilities and discussed key opportunities for improvements in feed manufacturing

During the first day of training, presentations were focused on demonstrating nutrition knowledge in relation to the benefits of feeding U.S. soybean meal and soy products to modern swine hybrids.
“Soy is the key ingredient in swine diets and when it is properly used, it improves performances while enhancing the economics and sustainability of pork production. It has been a pleasure to share with the technical team of Smithfield Romania the latest knowledge regarding composition of soy from different origins,” said USSEC consultant Gonzalo Mateos. “Besides that, we enjoyed meeting and visiting with Smithfield’s Romania people. They have a state of the art feed mill, probably one of the best at this stage and qualified personnel, which gives the company a competitive advantage.”
On the second day, Smithfield managers and the speakers focused on different aspects of feeding and health of the sows and interactions between nutrition and management. USSEC consultant Josep Gasa Gaso demonstrated that properly fed ratios to gilts and sows increases the potential to obtain an adequate number of pigs per litter at birth, with good growth rates during their productive lives. In this regard, the use of soy products should help in designing optimum feeds for breeding swine.
As a key player in Romania, Smithfield annually manufactures over 360,000 metric tons (MT) of feed compound and is one of the top soybean meal, soy oil and soy protein concentrates users in the Southeast Europe region. Working closely with key customers, organizing common events, and providing education will rebuild the strengths of local pig production and potentially generate U.S. Soy exports.

During conference presentations and breaks, the participants interacted with the USSEC consultants, Dr. Mateos, Dr. Gasa and Dr. Rico
During conference presentations and breaks, the participants interacted with the USSEC consultants, Dr. Mateos, Dr. Gasa and Dr. Rico
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Conference participants listened with high interest to the presentations