Can you clarify whether or not you can feed raw potatoes to pigs please, I thought that the tryptophan they contain harms them?

Tryptophan can never really harm them – it might help them sleep though! Solanin – the alkaloid poison - could reduce their growth and immunity if at high levels from green spuds however.
Young growers are also known to sometimes choke on whole potatoes so they are best chopped – but the starch source is good and so potatoes can be a good source of DE if cheap.

 


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