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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Genetics
Thursday, November 24, 2011
UK Genetics and Support Win German Franchise GERMANY - World class genetics, backed by advanced technical support, has clinched a major franchise contract for UK based JSR Genetics, in the form of a new breeding company, JSR Hybrid Deutschland GmbH....
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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).
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Maxgro Progeny Set a New Record GERMANY - Maxgro progeny from Hermitage Genetics have set a new record for growth rate at an independent test station in Germany.
Friday, June 03, 2011
JSR Signs Key German Contract GERMANY - JSR, one of the world's leading pig genetics businesses, has made further strides in Europe by signing a key distribution contract with Premium Pork Farms GmbH, based in Neuenkirchen, Westphalia,...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Hermitage Deutschland GmbH Successful Partnership GERMANY - Franz Kratzer started his Bavarian pig production in the early 90's with a small herd of breeding sows and specialized piglet rearing with 3,000 fattening places.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Placid Sow Answer to European Stall Ban at EuroTier GERMANY - Many European farmers could face problems when sow stalls are banned by the EU on 1 January 2013, says Matthew Curtis, managing director of pig-breeding company ACMC.
Monday, August 23, 2010
New TOPIGS AI Station in Germany GERMANY - TOPIGS SNW is starting up an SPF AI station in Germany. The German subsidiary of TOPIGS has taken over the Stockhausen AI station in the east German federal state of Saxony.
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
PIC and GFS Partnership Grows to 400 Boars GERMANY - After signing of the contract in December 2009 and following completion of building regulations in March 2010, the joint venture between GFS (Genossenschaft zur Förderung der Schweineproduktion)...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Hermitage Appoints New General Manager in Germany GERMANY - Hermitage Deutschland GmbH has appointed Dr Walter Vaitiekunas as its new General Manager, effective 1 January 2010.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
TOPIGS and SNW Collaborate on Piétrain Breeding GERMANY - Breeding organisations TOPIGS and SNW will now collaborate in the breeding of Piétrain terminal boars. The merging of the two breeding programmes will result in more rapid genetic progress...
Monday, March 23, 2009
European Scientists Honoured for PCV Research GERMANY - Dr Lars Erik Larsen from the Danish National Veterinary Institute in Copenhagen, Dr Nicolas Rose from the French Agency for Food Safety in Ploufragan and Dr Gerard Wellenberg from the Dutch Animal...
Friday, September 12, 2008
New Aspects of Boar Semen Freezing Strategies GERMANY - Research paper published by R. Großfeld and colleagues at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute in Neustadt, Germany. They successfully investigated ways of improving fertility after cryopreservation...


