The trend in pig-farming in South Korea has been that of moving towards the hyperprolific sows that produce more piglets per litter. As a result, the birth weight of each piglet has been falling. This has led to a smaller bodyweight at the time of weaning and a longer days to market weight. This can have a negative impact on the profitability of the farming household. Growth of the piglets can be further undermined during the weaning period, as they are faced with many stress factors including the conversion from liquid feed to solid feed, a gap in their immune system, mixing and fights over hierarchy within their group.
To address such issues, a nutritional solution tailored to piglets is needed. Such a solution would meet the needs of the piglet, based on where they are in the development of their digestive system, excretion of digestive enzymes and their required nutrient levels. Moreover, to prevent PWD or post-weaning diarrhea, high quality ingredients are used in these solutions. If all these aspects are not taken into account, the growth of piglets and their health can be severely undermined. In other words, providing feed tailored to the bodyweight and days of age of the piglet is the way to maximize their growth.
As the animal industry in South Korea continues to progress, the total number of pigs bred in the swine industry has also been on an increase. This has led to consistent growth in the overall market for swine feed, as well as for piglet feed. In addition, with the emergence of swine breeds developed by programs based on natural selection and genetic principles that can achieve high growth in a short period of time while require more amounts of energy and nutrient in feed, the demand for specialized piglet feed providing a higher nutrient and energy content has surged with the times.
In line with these developments, I-feed has built a plant dedicated to the production of piglet feed and launched in 2004 South Korea’s first ever brand for piglet feed, establishing a brand image of high quality and high efficacy. By providing a wide range of solutions that meet customers’ needs, it has now become South Korea’s number one brand for specialized piglet feed.

During the early 2000’s in South Korea, ‘PMWS’ had a devastating effect on pig-farmers. The disease would always appear around 45 days since birth and was seen as a curse in the industry. Many thought long and hard on how to fight this disease and many attempts were made but the answer seemed out of sight.
Then one day, we were reminded of what our mother used to always say to us.
“You have to eat well to get better. Make sure to eat plenty.”
The same thought process was applied to the development of I-feed. It was as if the words of our mothers that we’ve always heard since childhood, offered a golden key to success. Becoming a ‘golden key’ that can solve all the problems in the pig market is the world that I-Feed dreams.