TOPIGS Philippines Imports Top Genetics
PHILIPPINES - TOPIGS Philippines recently imported 1111 top SPF genetics from Canada to set up a new nucleus farm for San Miguel Foods, Inc. (SMFI) in the Isabela province of the country. Thanks to this...

Less Boar Taint with TOPIGS Nador Concept
GERMANY & NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS introduces the Nador concept. With Nador it is possible to select and use finisher boars that produce offspring with 40 per cent less boar taint. With this innovation one...

Stuart Bosworth Pig Farmer of the Year
UK - Stuart Bosworth from Willingale, Essex (UK) is Pig Farmer of the Year 2011.

Feed Training at TOPIGS Danubia, October 2011
CENTRAL EUROPE - In the middle of October, TOPIGS Danubia organised seminars for the Central European Region about the new TOPIGS feeding recommendations.

TOPIGS Imports More Top Genetics to China
CHINA - TOPIGS has imported 500 top breeding pigs into China. This second successful importation comes just one month after a first import of 1,000 animals.

Awards Presentation at TOPIGS Canada
CANADA - TOPIGS Canada hosted the annual Customer Appreciation Night on 3 November 2011.

Westerhof Appointed Director of TOPIGS Nederland
NETHERLANDS - Michiel Westerhof has been appointed as the new director of TOPIGS Nederland.

Less Boar Taint by Selecting Terminal Boars
EU - TOPIGS will soon start selecting finisher boars which have less risk of breeding offspring with boar taint.

SNPs for More Uniform and Bigger Litters Found
NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS researchers have found a series of SNPs that define the region of the genome that explains genetic variation for litter size and uniformity between litters.

TOPIGS Imports Top Genetics into China
CHINA - TOPIGS has successfully imported 1003 top breeding pigs to China. These animals originate from TOPIGS nucleus farms in Canada. The great grandparent pigs are the top of the TOPIGS breeding pyramid...

TOPIGS Boars from Canada to Russia
CANADA & RUSSIA - On 6 April 2011, TOPIGS transported 56 boars from Canada to four TOPIGS clients in Russia.

AI Specialists Come Together in Spain
SPAIN - The annual AI seminar of AIM Worldwide was hosted by AIM Iberica this year.

Czech Republic Farmers Require TOPIGS Genetics
CZECH REPUBLIC - There is a high demand for TOPIGS genetics in the Czech Republic.

First Nucleus Farms Start Collecting Tissue
NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, SPAIN & CANADA - In September, the first TOPIGS nucleus farms in the Netherlands, France, Spain and Canada started collecting tissue samples of sows as part of the extended and structural...

TOPIGS France Innov’space Award Winner 2011
FRANCE - TOPIGS France is one of the Innov’space award-winners 2011. They have won this prize by creating CHRONOS, a supporting tool to calculate the labour productivity of a pig farm expressed in kilogram...

TOPIGS Genetics to Viet Nam
VIET NAM - Vietnamese company Thiên Thuan Tưng will start breeding TOPIGS genetics for the Vietnamese market. With the signing of the contract, top level genetics will now become available for...

TOPIGS and Schothorst Feed Research to Collaborate
NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS and Schothorst Feed Research are going to collaborate. In its stalls, Schothorst Feed Research will do research for TOPIGS. The information obtained will be used for TOPIGS’ breeding...

TOPIGS Introduces New Feeding Advice for Sows
NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS is introducing a new feeding advice for their sows. Nowadays, highly productive sows have different nutritional needs compared to sows a few years ago. Sow feeding guidelines therefore...

TOPIGS: Strongly Improved Results for Belgium
BELGIUM - Pig farms in Belgium with TOPIGS sows weaned an average of 28.2 piglets per sow in 2010, an increase of 0.7 compared to 2009.

Average Gain TOPIGS Finishers 806 Grams/Day
NETHERLANDS - TOPIGS finishers realised an average daily gain of 806 gram in 2010.

SNW-Piétrains and German-Piétrains Compared
GERMANY - In 2010, the German research institute Haus Düsse tested offspring of true-bred sows SNW-Piétrain Select (TOPIGS Top Pi, 238 animals) and German-Piétrain (496 animals).

TOPIGS Around the World
GLOBAL - TOPIGS breeds pigs by deploying the best breeding tools on a global scale, says the company, presenting results from its top-performing clients in the Netherlands, Canada, Russia and Brazil.

TOPIGS Ships Breeding Pigs to Japan
JAPAN - In June TOPIGS shipped 324 breeding pigs to Japan. These animals from the top of the TOPIGS’ breeding pyramid and with the highest SPF health status came from Canada.

Over 30 Weaned Piglets Per Year
US - Cardinal Pork is a farrow-to-wean farm of 2400 sows. Since becoming a TOPIGS multiplier in 2008, the production has improved dramatically compared to the previous genetic line they were using.

New Director of TOPIGS do Brasil Appointed
BRAZIL - TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of Jóster Macedo as director of TOPIGS do Brasil. Jóster Macedo, 37, has broad experience of the Brazilian agricultural industry. He was country...

Renovations in Spanish Zahara Farm
SPAIN - TOPIGS has renovated the Zahara nucleus breeding farm in the province of Toledo near the village Cervera de los Montes.

New Multiplier for Red Willow Colony
SOUTH DAKOTA, US - Red Willow Colony has built a brand new 1,100-sow unit at the new location for Red Willow Colony near White in South Dakota.

Better Piglets and Stronger Sows
NETHERLANDS - Extra balanced breeding can result in sows producing stronger and heavier piglets concludes TOPIGS’ researcher, Rob Bergsma, in his PhD research.

New CTO Appointed for Pigture Group
NETHERLANDS - Hans Olijslagers has been appointed as the new Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Pigture Group. He will assume his responsibilities with effect from 1 September 2011.

TOPIGS: 28.1 Weaned Piglets Per Sow Per Year
NETHERLANDS - Pig farms with TOPIGS sows weaned an average of 28.1 piglets per sow in 2010.