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Swine - EnMax™ Technology


EnMax™ helps Bret Lindaman use DDGS in his hog operation

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When soybean meal prices jumped a few years ago, Bret Lindaman turned to dry distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS) as an economical ingredient in his hog feed. Lindaman grinds his own feed, and the incorporation of DDGS into rations allowed him to back off on both the amount of corn and soybean meal he needed to feed. After Lindaman began feeding DDGS he noticed that the gut health of his herd improved. DDGS along with Regano® from Ralco Nutrition, and the EnMax™ feed program has improved the health of his hogs and added profit to the bottom line.


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EnMax™ is the most technologically advanced swine feed program in the world. EnMax™ employs net energy formulation, crystalline amino acids and supplemental enzymes to improve diet digestibility. The diet provides pigs more energy from corn, reduces soybean meal use, and precision amino acid formulation means pigs do not waste energy breaking down excess amino acids they do not need.


EnMax™ is a revolutionary product that boosts lean gain for the new generation of swine. In an environment of high ingredient and energy costs, instead of stripping ingredients from feed rations to lower costs, EnMax™ maximizes the available energy of the ingredients.


EnMax™ has been the culmination of decades of work with net energy formulation. Net energy is the actual energy pigs use to build muscle tissue. Far more precise than digestible energy or metabolizable energy, net energy places a higher value on ingredients that have a lower heat increment, which makes for a “cooler diet.”


Today’s lean hogs are much more susceptible to heat stress, but with EnMax™ the detrimental effects of heat are greatly reduced.



EnMax™ Basemixes:

GroMax™ 50 Standard with EMT™ (#5500)

  • Use at a rate of 50 pounds per ton.
  • Specifically designed for use with corn and soybean meal based diets.
  • High synthetic amino acid formulation to reduce soybean meal and increase energy.
  • Enzyme blend to improve amino acid, energy, and mineral digestibility.
  • Precision formulation to improve growth performance, efficiency, and lean gain.
  • Contains vitamins, trace minerals, salt, calcium, phosphorus, phytase and three synthetic amino acids (L-Lysine HCl, DL-Methionine, and L-Threonine).

GroMax™ 50 DDGS with EMT&trade (#5501)

  • Use at a rate of 50 pounds per ton.
  • Specifically designed for use with corn, soybean meal and DDGS based diets.
  • High synthetic amino acid formulation to reduce soybean meal and increase energy.
  • Enzyme blend to improve amino acid, energy, and mineral digestibility.
  • Precision formulation to improve growth performance, efficiency, and lean gain.
  • Contains vitamins, trace minerals, salt, calcium, phosphorus, phytase and three synthetic amino acids (L-Lysine HCl, DL-Methionine, and L-Threonine).

GroMax™ 7.5 XE3 with EMT&trade (#5502)

  • Use at a rate of 7.5 pounds per ton early grower.
  • Use with GroMax™ 50 Standard and GroMax™ 50 DDGS.
  • Precision formulation to improve growth performance, efficiency, and lean gain.
  • Contains three synthetic amino acids (L-Lysine HCl, DL-Methionine, and L-Threonine), electrolytes, and enzyme blend.


EnMax™ VTM Premixes:

EnMax™ G/F VTM 7.5 (#5509)

A small inclusion premix (7.5 lbs/ton) for use in growing-finishing pig diets. This product contains vitamins, trace minerals, and some integral components of Ralco’s EnMax™ Technology. To be used in a diet formulated by a Ralco nutritionist.


EnMax™ G/F VTM 16.7 (#5508)

A slightly larger growing-finishing VTM premix that also incorporates EnMax™ technology. To be used for growing-finishing feed according to Ralco formulation. This premix is designed to be included as a 50-lb bag into a 3 ton batch of feed.


EnMax™ Nursery VTM (#5510)

An EnMax™ premix to be used at the rate of 10 lbs per ton of late-nursery feed typically for pigs weighing 25-50 lbs.