On-farm AI made easy
UK - UltiMate AI system allows pig farmers to set up and carry out on-farm artificial insemination without the need for an elaborate laboratory or purified water process. All that's required is power and a clean working environment.

Slower growth follows copper reduction
UK - Following the dramatic reduction, earlier this year, in dietary copper levels in rations fed to pigs above three months of age, many producers have seen a decline in growth rate in finishers of between 30g and 70 g per day.

JSR Genetics creates new European sales directorships
UK - Due to an expansion in breeding stock sales, JSR Genetics has created two new posts to cope with the increased demand in Europe.

JSR Genetics ships breeding pigs to Japan
UK - Twenty-three high-genetic-merit breeding pigs have recently been shipped to Japan from a JSR Genetics' nucleus unit in Australia.

Malta takes Yorkshire pigs from JSR Genetics
UK - Malta's pig industry is being restocked with breeding pigs from British company JSR Genetics Ltd. Over 300 genetically-advanced gilts and boars have been exported to the Mediterranean island to update the country's genetics following Malta's...

Their daily bread
UK - The term 'well-bred' has taken on a whole new meaning on an outdoor unit in Shropshire. To help keep them up with the demanding requirements of 450 sows the herd's 25 boars are given a slice of bread every day. Their daily bread, however,...

New grading system offers pig producers a route to greater market security
UK - Grading carcases by the AutoFOM system, linked to animals of specific genetic merit, will help the UK pig industry become more competitive by identifying lines which can add value for the processor and retailer, predicts Tim Rymer, chief executive...

Breeding pigs to Korea
UK - JSR Genetics has exported its first consignment of breeding pigs to South Korea since the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001.

Lessons from the poultry industry
UK - World-wide, more pork is consumed than any other meat. At 90 million tons a year it far outstrips the 60 million tons of poultry meat, so of all meat producers, pig farmers have the greatest potential market, Dr Alan Tinch, head of genetics and research...

JSR Farms buys JSR Genetics
UK - JSR Farms has purchased the 50 per cent of JSR Genetics Ltd owned by the Brisby family. Following this acquisition JSR Genetics' headquarters is being relocated from Rothwell in Lincolnshire to Southburn, near Driffield in East Yorkshire.

High-speed semen packing
UK - A new semen packing machine, capable of filling 600 couchettes (flat-packs) per hour has been installed by JSR Genetics at its Thorpe Willoughby AI centre in North Yorkshire.

Japanese see British pig production
UK - UK pig production impressed a group of 15 Japanese producers, agents and advisers who recently completed a study tour hosted by JSR Genetics.

UK Stud Sees Sales Soar
UK - Sales from an East Anglian AI centre have increased by 100 per cent in the last 12 months, according to JSR Genetics.

Big benefits from heavy pigs
UK - Most UK pig producers have an opportunity to reduce production costs by as much as seven per cent by increasing the slaughter weights of their finishers.

European breeding stock boom for JSR Genetics
UK - An unprecedented increase in sales of breeding stock to European countries has been reported by JSR Genetics.

Confident outlook reported by pig breeding company
UK - A year after the formation of the new breeding company, JSR Genetics Limited - launched at the British Pig and Poultry Fair last May - the company reports growth in all areas of its business.

JSR Genetics top ratings in German tests
UK - Pigs from JSR Genetics partner in Germany, JSR Hybrid Hirschmann, have given the highest margin over feed costs according to results from independent product evaluation tests there.

High-health pigs for Dutch double restocking
UK - Nearly 2,000 SPF status breeding pigs have been delivered by JSR Genetics to a farming family in The Netherlands.

JSR Genetics opens two new AI centres
UK - Two new AI centres have been opened by JSR Genetics, at Craven Arms, Shropshire and Garboldisham, Norfolk, following significant growth in demand for semen over the past two years.

New AI cool chain boosts conception rates
UK - A new AI distribution system, designed to maintain semen in peak condition from the laboratory to point of insemination, has been launched by JSR Genetics.