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%.

Croatian enterprise Žito starts with TOPIGS in-house breeding system
THE NETHERLANDS - The Croatian-based agricultural company Žito d.o.o. is to start producing sows based on the TOPIGS in-house nucleus system.