Time to bin paper-based records?
UK - Paper-based records can no longer easily provide herd managers with the up-to-date detailed analysis that is essential for today's pig producers, according to Ed Sutcliffe, technical director of Yorkshire-based pig breeding company, ACMC.

Absence makes the heat grow stronger!
UK - A change in service house design to limit sows contact with boars immediately after weaning may help improve breeding herd productivity, new research has shown.

ACMC steps into German market
UK - Fast-expanding international pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd has appointed two agents in Germany, a key European market with a national herd of 26.3 million pigs, the largest in the EU.

Watch Out For Autumn Infertility
UK - Although the nights are only just starting to draw in, pig producers should not delay in taking steps to guard against autumn infertility. This syndrome can result in a drop in conception rates of up to 20 per cent and a reduction of one pig per...

High culling herds do better
UK - Pig producers who keep up-to-date with replacement rates in their breeding herds achieve higher productivity than those who are less rigorous with their sow culling policies.

Breeding companies to select for welfare and environmental factors?
UK - Since animal welfare and protecting the environment are now such major concerns to the general public, some means of addressing these issues may have to be incorporated in future selection programmes by pig breeding companies, even though they have...

Chinese Genes Can Boost British Pig Productivity
UK - An extra pig a litter - worth over £100 per sow annually - could be achieved by commercial pig farmers with the use of stock containing Chinese genes. This could help put British farmers back on top of the European 'productivity league', according...

Farmer partners required
UK - Due to unprecedented expansion in sales of breeding stock, Yorkshire-based international pig genetics company, ACMC, is seeking UK farmers in isolated locations to set up a new high-health-boar nucleus unit.

Smithfield Foods Takes Stake In ACMC
UK - Smithfield Foods Inc - the world's largest integrated pig company - has taken an undisclosed equity stake in UK-based international pig-breeding company, ACMC Ltd.

Use Your KPIs Pig Producers Advised
UK - Not making use of IT through computerised recording systems is costing pig producers thousands of pounds a year.

ACMC sets up first Scottish multiplier unit
UK - Scotland's first multiplier unit for international pig-breeding company, ACMC Ltd, is being established this month by well-known pig farmer, Paul Duxbury and family, from Rothienorman, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.

AI - it looks the same but...
UK - Switching semen supplier could save pig producers more than £12.50 per litter - or over £14,000 per year for a 500-sow herd, according to Ed Sutcliffe, technical director of Yorkshire-based pig breeding company, ACMC.

ACMC Launches New Website
UK - Rapidly-growing international pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd, based in the UK, has established a new website: http://www.acmc.co.uk.

Gilt Sales Soar As Breeding Company Records Rapid Growth
UK - Against a contracting national herd in the UK, pig-breeding company ACMC has reported a sharp increase in sales of breeding gilts, between January 2005 and January 2006.

Reg Joseph Appointed Consultant by Yorkshire Pig Breeding Company
UK - Well-known industry figure, Reg Joseph, has been appointed consultant to East Yorkshire-based international pig breeding company, ACMC Ltd.

Prize-Winning Pork Pies Fly Off The Shelves
UK - Sales of home-made pork pies have soared by over 50 per cent since a Yorkshire butcher scooped a major award.

ACMC Appoints New Management Team in Thailand
UK - Following rapid growth of its business in Thailand, UK-based international pig-breeding company ACMC has appointed a new team to manage its Asian subsidiary, ACMC (Asia) Co, based at Ampur Muang, in Pathumthani Province in the Bangkok region of the...

ACMC Secure Italian Contract
UK - East Yorkshire pig breeding company ACMC has secured an order worth over £126,000 for 800 replacement gilts and boars for a 1,000 sow commercial herd in Italy.

Triple win for ACMC at Hull Market Christmas Show
UK - Beeford-based international pig breeding company ACMC Ltd have not lost their local touch.

Eats meats west - Japanese visit Yorkshire pig-breeding company
UK - With a distinct lack of sushi bars in the East Yorkshire village of Beeford, international pig-breeding company ACMC treated a delegation of Japanese visitors to a buffet luncheon, which included a very traditional British delicacy - ham sandwiches!...