Question

1. Go to the Sow and Starter Pak Premix Tag below and determine what the CP, Ca, and P of the three diets listed under the Feeding Instructions would be. You will need to go to Payback Nutrition online to find the nutrient content of Grolean Concentrate, Grolean Premix, and Grolean DDG Premix in order to complete this assignment. HINT: These are just checks!!!

Hint: Always use the calcium maximum as calcium is cheap.

Again, you will have to find the nutrient content of these premixes online.

                                    Grolean Concentrate            Grolean Premix        Grolean DDG Premix

% CP                          _________                              __________                _________

%Calcium                  _________                              __________                _________

%Phosphorus            _________                              __________                _________

Now find the Sow and Starter Pak Premix below. This item would be bought to be

added to your homegrown or purchased energy and protein feeds.

Sow and Starter Pak – Premix

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS

Calcium	not less than	12.5	%
Calcium	not more than	15.0	%
Phosphorus	not less than	9.4	%
Salt	not less than	7.0	%
Salt	not more than	8.0	%
Copper	not less than	170	ppm
Iron	not less than	3,000	ppm
Zinc	not less than	1,600	ppm
Vitamin A	not less than	75,000	IU/lb
Vitamin D	not less than	7,500	IU/lb
Vitamin E	not less than	900	IU/lb
Biotin	not less than	5	mg/lb
Vitamin B12	not less than	0.5	mg/lb
Choline	not less than	12,500	mg/lb
Folic Acid	not less than	38	mg/lb
Vitamin K	not less than	50	mg/lb
Niacin	not less than	550	mg/lb
Pantothenic Acid	not less than	250	mg/lb

FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS

Sow and Starter Pak is designed to be mixed into Grolean Concentrate, Grolean Premix and Grolean DDG Premix rations to manufacture Complete Breeder (a 15.5% protein and 0.9% lysine product). Do not feed Sow and Starter Pak undiluted.

                                                            DIET ONE                    DIET TWO                   DIET THREE

Ingredient	Pounds/Ton	Pounds/Ton	Pounds/Ton
Corn	1,435	1,450	1,130
Soybean Meal (Hi Pro)		460	380
DDG			400
Grolean Concentrate	525
Grolean Premix		50
Grolean DDG Premix			50
Sow and Starter Pak	40	40	40
Totals	2,000	2,000	2,000

Answer 1

	Grolean Concentrate	Grolean Premium	Grolean DDG Premix
%CP	15.5	15.5	15.5
%Calcium	Not less than:2.75 Not more than:3.75	Not less than:22.0 Not more than:24.0	Not less than:21.0 Not more than:23.0
%Phosphorous	Not less than:1.2	Not less than:3.5	Not less than:0.8

	CP	Calcium	Phosphorous
Diet I	15.5%	Not less than:15.25% Not more than:18.75%	Not less than:10.6%
Diet II	15.5%	Not less than:34.5% Not more than:39%	Not less than:12.9%
Diet III	15.5%	Not less than:33.5% Not more than:38%	Not less than:10.2%