Endocrinology: the Answer to Seasonal Infertility?
GLOBAL - For years the annual cycle of infertility has had major implications for the pig industry globally, from indoor producers in Korea to outdoor units in Scotland, writes Stephen Waite, Head of Science...

TOPIGS Boars from Canada to Russia
CANADA & RUSSIA - On 6 April 2011, TOPIGS transported 56 boars from Canada to four TOPIGS clients in Russia.

First Nucleus Farms Start Collecting Tissue
NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, SPAIN & CANADA - In September, the first TOPIGS nucleus farms in the Netherlands, France, Spain and Canada started collecting tissue samples of sows as part of the extended and structural...

Pork Commentary: Pork Demand Phenomenal
US & RUSSIA - This week, Jim Long compares the health of the pork and chicken industries in the US and states that Russia is very short of meeting its domestic pork needs.

Hypor Making Major Progress
GLOBAL - Hypor is growing every day - growing as new markets learn it is are and what it does, growing through the targeted acquisitions of 2008 through 2010 and growing with new technologies, new products,...

Pork Commentary: US Exports Continue Record Pace
GLOBAL - This week's Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

North & Latin America Boost Genus Results
GLOBAL - In its results for the financial year, Genus has reported an increase of seven per cent in operating profit to more than £45 million.

TOPIGS Around the World
GLOBAL - TOPIGS breeds pigs by deploying the best breeding tools on a global scale, says the company, presenting results from its top-performing clients in the Netherlands, Canada, Russia and Brazil.

Chinese Seek Deal for British Pigs
UK & CHINA - British pigs are still the tops, particularly with the Chinese who are looking to buy new breeding stock.

Best Genetics and Cavite Pig City Form Partnership
US & PHILIPPINES - The National Swine Registry (NSR) announces the securement of a partnership between America's Best Genetics - the umbrella organization that represents US breeders who raise purebred...

New Fund for Livestock Biodiversity Management
GLOBAL - Germany, Norway and Switzerland have contributed a first donation of $1,000,000 to a new, FAO-managed fund designed to help developing countries conserve and sustainably use their livestock breeds,...

Genesus Breeding Stock Sold in Russia
CANADA & RUSSIA - Canada's Agriculture Minister Ritz has announced that Genesus breeding stock have been sold to Russia.

Canada & Russia Increase Trade Opportunities
CANADA & RUSSIA - Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz underlined the importance of Canada's growing partnership with Russia in the agriculture sector at the opening of the first Canada-Russia Livestock Forum...

Groupe Grimaud Forms Alliance with Pen Ar Lan
GLOBAL - Continuing the growth of its international pig genetics business, France's Groupe Grimaud, parent company of Newsham, has entered into an alliance with Pen Ar Lan, an international pig genetics...

Groupe Grimaud, PEN AR LAN Form Genetics Alliance
GLOBAL - Continuing the growth of its international pig genetics business, Groupe Grimaud, parent company of Newsham, has entered into an alliance with PEN AR LAN, an international pig genetics company...

PIC Takes Lead in Testing for Profit-Robbing Reciprocal Translocations
GLOBAL - Reciprocal translocations (RTs) are chromosomal rearrangements that lead to the development of genetically ‘unbalanced’ sperm cells that can result in a significant economic impact over the...

Hypor Increases Investment in Feed Intake Recording
GLOBAL - Between 60 and 70 per cent of the cost of production is feed. Now more than ever feed conversion efficiency is critically important in pig production.

World's Fastest Growing Piétrain Lands in N America
NORTH AMERICA - The Hypor Maxter has landed in North America.

Countries Take Action to Safeguard Genetic Diversity
GLOBAL - A growing number of countries are taking steps to catalogue, conserve and better manage the genetic diversity of livestock in order to help safeguard the resilience of the world's food production...

Hypor Acquires Designed Genetics
GLOBAL - Hypor is pleased to announce its acquisition of Designed Genetics. Based in Lockport, Manitoba, Designed Genetics is widely recognised as a leader in Duroc breeding, with a growing share of the...

JSR Appoints New International Sales Director
GLOBAL - Top UK pig genetics company JSR have reinforced their commitment to the global pig industry by appointing Paul Anderson to the role of International Sales Director.

Newsham, Grimaud Further Commitment to Global Pig Genetics
GLOBAL - The current ownership group of Newsham Choice Genetics has agreed that its current European joint venture partner, Groupe Grimaud, will obtain 100 per cent ownership of the company.

First Draft: Researchers Sequence Swine Genome
GLOBAL - A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.

Hendrix Genetics Names Hypor General Management Team
GLOBAL - To oversee the company’s plans for further expansion in the pig breeding sector, Hypor has appointed Antoon van den Berg, Raf Beeren and Enrique Satué as the Hypor General Management Team.

Hypor Inc Forms New Alliance with Mag Inc
GLOBAL - Meeting the breeding needs of both Canadian and mid American producers has lead to the strategic alliance between Hypor Inc. and newly incorporated Mid-America Genetics International Incorporated...

Five Genesus Customer Herds Surpass 30 Pigs
GLOBAL - Five Genesus customers' herds surpassed 30 pigs weaned in 2008.

First Nucleus Stock Sent from Belgium to Ukraine
GLOBAL - Elita Farms and Rattlerow Seghers have signed an agreement to develop Ukrainian pig production, and the first shipment of animals has now arrived in quarantine.

Genetic Associations with Sow Reproduction
GLOBAL - T. Serenius and co-workers at Iowa State University have published a paper indicating that length of productive life in sows is genetically associated with other economically important prolificacy...