Research in Action Video: Precision Feeding with Dr. Aline Remus

Feed remains the largest cost for Canadian pork producers, making efficiency gains more important than ever.

At the same time, the industry is working to reduce its environmental footprint while addressing labour shortages and meeting evolving sustainability expectations.

Precision feeding offers a practical solution to these challenges. Rather than feeding every pig the same diet, the technology adjusts nutrition to better match the needs of individual pigs or groups of pigs, reducing waste while maintaining performance.

In the first video of Swine Innovation Porc's Research in Action series, Dr. Aline Remus, Research Scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, explores how Swine Cluster 4 Activity 8 is helping bring precision feeding closer to commercial adoption.

From research to on-farm solutions

Swine Cluster 4 Activity 8, "Decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, feeding costs and labour requirements by using precision feeding techniques in commercial pig farms," is focused on developing technologies producers can confidently adopt on their farms.

Research has shown precision feeding can reduce feed costs by 8 to 10 per cent while lowering greenhouse gas emissions and improving nutrient efficiency. The project is also advancing group precision feeding, allowing diets to be tailored for pens of pigs using commercially available equipment.

Led by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and supported through collaborations with researchers across Canada and internationally, the project aims to deliver practical tools that improve profitability, reduce environmental impacts and strengthen the long-term sustainability of Canadian pork production.

Watch the video to learn how Dr. Remus and her team are helping move precision feeding from the research barn to commercial farms across Canada.