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.

New Test Facility In France
FRANCE - Just like other sire line nucleus units, the testing facility in Dombras works with Aloka scanners

New B-line Nucleus In Spain
TOPIGS Iberica has started a new B-line nucleus in Galarreta, in the Álava province of North of Spain.

TOPIGS enters Romania
ROMANIA - With the appointment of Genetic Material Ft as distributor of TOPIGS genetics in Romania, TOPIGS has started activities in yet another country.

TOPIGS in Ecuador
ECUADOR - With an export of 20 breeding pigs to Ecuador, TOPIGS subsidiary Deporgen has introduced TOPIGS genetics to a tenth country in its region.

TOPIGS Nederland: semen sales plus 6.5%
NETHERLANDS - In 2006 TOPIGS Nederland sold 3.38 million doses of semen, 6.5% more than in 2005. Over the past 4 years, sales have increased by 14% and TOPIGS market share on the Dutch semen market has risen from 80% to 85%.