Selection for Piglet Vitality Pays Off
THE NETHERLANDS - A decision taken in 2002 to select for piglet vitality is now showing more piglets per litter and less mortality, says breeding company TOPIGS

Business Support Manager for South Asia and Russia
GLOBAL - TOPIGS has appointed René ten Brinke to its international team.

Social Behaviour Now Included in Selection
NETHERLANDS - Sociable pigs can now be bred thanks to a method developed jointly by the Institute for Pig Genetics (IPG) in Beuningen and the Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre of Wageningen University. It's the first time such a trait has been included...

Taking the Helm in Italy
ITALY - Gian Giacomo Grandi (1958) has taken the helm of TOPIGS Italian subsidiary HBI.

TOPIGS and Yurun Food Group Partners in Nucleus Farm
GENERAL - Thanks to a new partnership between TOPIGS and Yurun Food Group, a nucleus farm will be set up to supply TOPIGS genetics to an integrated pig production chain producing 3 million slaughter pigs per year. The aim of the partnership is to improve...

Gian Giacomo Grandi New Manager Italian TOPIGS Company HBI
ITALY - TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of Gian Giacomo Grandi (1958) as manager for HBI, with effect from 1 January 2008. HBI is the Italian subsidiary of TOPIGS.

José Antonio Gómez New Manager TOPIGS Iberica
SPAIN - José Antonio Gómez has been appointed manager for TOPIGS Iberica.

New SPF Nucleus in Germany
GERMANY - The opening of the new breeding farm at in Western Germany, gives TOPIGS SNW has a new nucleus source in the region.

High Health Unit Opts for Own Transport
THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch SPF Nucleus breeder Hendriks has purchased its own truck to transport feed from the mill to its breeding farms.

New CEO For Pigture
THE NETHERLANDS - Martin Bijl has been appointed as new general director of Pigture Group, the parent company of TOPIGS.

Piglet Protocol Gives Insight into Dam Performance and vitality
NETHERLANDS - Piglet vitality and mothering abilities are two key items in the TOPIGS breeding programme.

Summer export business thrives for TOPIGS
EUROPE - Market difficulties have not halted TOPIGS export business. The company widened its activities in Romania and Brazil during the summer months.

Dutch delegation visits Chinese TOPIGS farm
NETHERLANDS - A Dutch delegation representing the meat trade, was in China on a fact finding tour of it's pork industry. The group visited a local pig farm which using TOPIGS high-health genetics.

Romanian Agrisol starts with TOPIGS
ROMANIA - Romanian company Agrisol has populated its first pig farm with TOPIGS genetics.

TOPIGS populates new project in Mexico
MEXICO - Mexican company OJAI populated a new 4800 sow project with TOPIGS genetics.

TOPIGS genetics in Brazil: 27.5 piglets weaned per sow per year
BRAZIL - In 2006 Brazilian farms using TOPIGS 40 sows weaned 27.5 piglets per sow per year, which is 0.5 piglets more than in 2005.

Rik Verweij New Manager For TOPIGS Russia
RUSSIA - TOPIGS is pleased to announce the appointment of Rik Verweij (41) as manager for TOPIGS Russia, with effect from 15 July 2007. Mr Verweij will be responsible for the further development of the activities of TOPIGS in Russia and other countries...

TOPIGS genetics: 25.7 weaned pigs/sow/year in the Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - In 2006 TOPIGS sows in the Netherlands weaned on average 25.7 pigs per year. TOPIGS gathered the technical results of 768 farms with in total almost 290,000 sows.

25.7 Weaned Pigs/Sow/Year In The Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - In 2006 TOPIGS sows in the Netherlands weaned on average 25.7 pigs per year. TOPIGS gathered the technical results of 768 farms with in total almost 290,000 sows.

New at TOPIGS
CHINA - TOPIGS welcomes several new colleagues.

More TOPIGS Sows In The Netherlands
NETHERLANDS - In 2006 TOPIGS Nederland sold 2.8 % more gilts. In total 215,000 gilts were sold.

TOPIGS present at VIV Russia
RUSSIA - TOPIGS CIS will make its first official appearance at VIV Russia.

Depop-Repop In Belgium
BELGIUM - TOPIGS België has populated a farm with 1000 SPF sows.

New Nucleus For Parma-Boars In Italy
ITALY - TOPIGS in Italy has completed stocking its new nucleus unit for sire line production in Reggio newll Emilia. The boars here are specially bred for Italy's world-famous Parma ham production.

First Piglets Born At Russian Nucleus
RUSSIA - At the end of April the first TOPIGS A-line piglets were born at the TOPIGS nucleus in Kursk, Russia.