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.

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...

Tianli Agritech Reports Third Quarter 2011 Results
CHINA - Tianli Agritech, Inc., a leading producer of breeder and market hogs headquartered in Wuhan City, China, has announced its financial results for the quarter and nine month period ended 30 September...

JSR Opens 900-Sow Joint Venture in China
CHINA - A lavish ceremony, attended by over 150 dignitaries, celebrated the opening of The Hubei Liangyou JSR Breeding Limited, a new Chinese joint venture between JSR Genetics and state-owned Hubei Liangyou...

'Strong' Cloned Piglets Developing Well
CHINA - Six piglets cloned from an animal famous for surviving more than a month trapped under the rubble of the Wenchuan earthquake are developing at a steady pace, say scientists.

£1-Million Contract for JSR Genetics
CHINA - JSR Genetics, UK-based international pig breeding company, has signed a £1-million contract with Chinese state-owned import/export company, the China Animal Husbandry Group (CAHG), further accelerating...

JSR Breeding Pigs Fly into China
CHINA - More than 800 high-health, genetically advanced breeding pigs have successfully touched down in China in the last week. The animals were transported from the UK onboard a specially chartered 747...

Danish Breeding Pig Farm Set up in China
CHINA - Danish-owned Scandinavian Farms has started construction of a new pig breeding farm in Jiangsu province.

JSR Signs Contract Within UK-China Business Summit
CHINA - JSR Genetics, the leading UK-based international pig genetics company, has signed a milestone contract for 1,100 animals with the Guangzhou Animal Husbandry Company in Beijing on 8 November 20...

JSR to Build New Nucleus in China
CHINA - JSR Genetics, the UK-based international pig breeding company, has agreed a joint venture to build and stock a state-of-the-art nucleus on a greenfield site in China.

Rattlerow Seghers Expands in China
CHINA - Rattlerow Seghers is expanding its nucleus programme in China.

AgFeed, Hypor Form Pork Joint Venture in China
CHINA - AgFeed Industries Inc. of China has formed a joint venture with Hypor B.V.

Chinese to Install Pig Feed Intake Data System
CHINA - Chinese feed company Shanghai Xinnong Feed will install an automatic data collection system related to feed intake at their research farm located in Xinchang, Nanhui District, Shanghai City, China....

China to Use Harvard Gene Pigs for Transplant Test
CHINA - A Chinese hospital in southwestern Sichuan Province will import four genetically-engineered pigs from Harvard University to carry out pig-to-monkey organ transplant experiments, a doctor said ...

Chinese Scientists Succeed in Pig Gender Selection
CHINA - Chinese scientists have claimed a commercial breakthrough after breeding 10 piglets whose sex was successfully selected before conception, heralding potential higher profits for farmers.

World First: Chinese Scientists Create Pig Stem Cells
CHINA - Scientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells – cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any type of cell in the body....

Experts to Meet in China to Discuss Pig Production
CHINA - The Global Pig Forum is the first industry-wide conference for pig production. The forum brings together international experts the entire pig industry.

Hypor the Choice of China's Largest Producer
CHINA - Hypor announced today that it has entered into a genetics program arrangement with AgFeed Industries, Inc. one of China’s largest pre-mix feed companies and the country’s largest independent...

Genus Increases Porcine Capacity in China
CHINA - Genus, a world leading animal genetics company, is pleased to announce significant advances in its strategy for expansion in China with progress being made in both the bovine and porcine sectors....

Farmer Suggests New Govt. Focus in Meeting with Premier
CHINA - Premier Wen asked stakeholders for their opinion on the government's work. A pig farmer suggested greater focus on improved genetics and compulsory vaccination.

Good Start for First Piglets Born in China
CHINA - The Shandong Hypor Liuhe Breeding Farm team are pleased to announce their first farrowing occurred right on schedule on April 10, 2008. The eagerly aniticipated Large White litter numbered 17 born,...