Pig Feed Calculator
How much feed to raise pigs to market weight: bags, cost and days.
Coming soon to Google Play In review at Google Play; the link appears here when it is live.
What it is
Pig Feed Calculator works out how much grower-finisher feed it takes to raise your pigs from feeder weight to market weight, how many bags that is, what it costs and roughly how many days it takes.
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Built for homesteaders, 4-H and FFA families, and small farms raising a few feeder pigs a year. Defaults are typical figures (35 to 118 kg, or 50 to 260 lb) and every value can be changed.
This is a purchasing estimate, not a feeding programme. For rations by growth stage, speak to your feed supplier or vet.
- Plans feed by weight gained, the way pig producers do
- Editable feed conversion ratio (3.0 average; 3.3 to 3.5 is common for backyard pigs)
- Days to finish weight from your average daily gain
- Feed per pig, total feed, bags and optional cost
- Works in kilograms or pounds
- 100% offline: no internet, no account, no data collected
How it works
Feed is planned by weight gained, the way pig producers do it: the gain per pig times the feed conversion ratio (the feed it takes to put on each kilogram or pound), times the number of pigs. The default ratio is 3.0; 3.3 to 3.5 is common for backyard pigs. Days come from your average daily gain.
Honest limits
- This is a purchasing estimate, not a feeding programme. For rations by growth stage, speak to your feed supplier or vet.
Questions
How much feed does it take to raise a pig?
Multiply the weight to be gained by the feed conversion ratio. Taking a pig from 35 to 118 kg (83 kg of gain) at a ratio of 3.0 needs about 250 kg of feed.
What is a feed conversion ratio?
The amount of feed it takes to put on one unit of body weight. Around 3.0 is average for grower-finisher pigs; backyard pigs are often 3.3 to 3.5.
Is Pig Feed Calculator free?
Yes. It is free with ads and works offline.
Private and offline
Runs entirely on your phone and works offline. No account, no sign-up, and your data stays on your device. The app shows ads through Google AdMob; see the privacy policy. Privacy policy.
Free, with ads.
Coming soon to Google Play In review at Google Play; the link appears here when it is live.
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