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LifeStart Swine: your hub for early life knowledge and advice

LifeStart Swine is a knowledge platform facilitated by Trouw Nutrition, designed to help pig producers navigate the critical early life stage – from conception to 70 days of age. As a science-driven company, Trouw Nutrition works to help pig producers become more resilient, efficient and profitable, while contributing to a more sustainable industry. We see the early-life stage as a window of opportunity to realise these ambitions. By offering the latest scientific insights, proven practices and expert perspectives, we aim to empower the industry to navigate this critical period of development with the best possible results.

Up-to-the-minute, actionable insights and advice

LifeStart Swine offers the latest scientific insights from leading swine experts as well as real-world advice from practitioners from around the globe. As well as drawing on our own researchers and technical experts, we collaborate with independent professionals and industry leaders. The result is in-depth information that’s balanced, comprehensive and always up-to-the-minute.

This information is carefully distilled and presented as digestible insights, putting you on the fast track to informed decision-making. LifeStart Swine also works in partnership with The Pig Site to help us reach as many farmers, consultants and other industry professionals as possible.

LifeStart Swine articles

  • Thumbnail with text - managing birthweight in today's highly prolific sows
    Pieter Langendijk, senior research scientist with Trouw Nutrition, speaks to LifeStart Swine about how producers can manage low piglet birth weights in today’s large litters. Langendijk has worked for Trouw Nutrition for seven years focusing on sow R&D, specifically looking at how nutrition can improve sow performance.
  • Piglet
    Sarah Mikesell, editor of The Pig Site and in collaboration with LifeStart Swine, interviews Dr. Ruben Decaluwe, the Global Technical Manager of Swine Young Animal Feed at Trouw Nutrition. Dr. Decaluwe is based in Belgium. Prior to working with Trouw Nutrition, his PhD research was focused on colostrum production.

Nourishing animal and business potential

A lifetime of sustainable swine health and productive farming starts with the right decisions at the crucial early-life stage. The LifeStart Swine Online Conference brings together leading industry experts to discuss the latest scientific insights and how to use them in practice every day.