Hi Dennis,
Great questions! Here’s a link to a post I wrote a while ago when I dug into some of the anti-nutrient literature out there on Moringa. You can also read the discussion on Dr. Mark Olson’s page which is a great overview.
Some nutritional information on moringa can be found in ECHO’s Research Note 1 or on Feedipedia (a database for nutrient analysis of forages).
Another great resource to read is the info from our Asia office which does a lot of research and trialing of different on-farm feeds. Here’s their recent poster on on-farm pig feed: http://edn.link/mhdhmx @Patrick_Trail may be able to speak more directly into his experiences with on-farm feeds with you.
I have been working on a project to balance out feeds for a variety of animals all in one calculator. It’s not done yet, but I can take a stab at getting you a starting place for your feed if you can answer a few questions for me.
What is the desired end-weight of the breed of hog that you have? Is it a local breed or a domesticated breed?
Are there any other ingredients you would like to include or have available in the region?
I see that you will use:
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Madre de agua (nacedero)
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sweet potatoes fermented - will you use tubers or leaves or both? What color sweet potatoes?
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Moringa leaves
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duckweed (possibly)
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water spinach (kang kong)
With moringa leaves, nacedero, white sweet potato tubers (I need to search for data on fermented nutritional values), duckweed, and water spinach I got a feed to meet the needs for growing, young hog (need more concentrated protein). My concern though is that this is a high ratio of labor-intensive forages to harvest (duckweed and moringa especially) - that would be so much work! Do you have access to a bran (maize, rice, wheat ect.) or a meal (fish, soybean, maize etc.)?
I can rerun the feed calculator if you let me know what you will feed wet vs. dry and what ratios you have of the different feeds - I just randomly took a stab at it. Let me know if any of it doesn’t make sense.
Here’s running it for 1, young hog (all green totals mean you have hit the requirements):
