Mouldy Corn Hit Tianli's Business in Q4
CHINA - Tianli expects 2011 revenue and net income in the range of US$28.5 to $29.5 million and $8.2 to $8.8 million, respectively. Its fourth-quarter results were impacted by contamination of the feed...

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...

Tianli Acquires Land Use Rights, Facilities for Hogs
CHINA - Tianli Agritech, Inc. has acquired land use rights and facilities in the Osmanthus Village Industrial Park, Xiangfeng Town in Laifeng County, on which it also intends to build a 50,000-ton feed...

£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...

Sen Yu Sees Strong Growth in Pork Market
CHINA - Sen Yu International Holdings, Inc., a leading commercial hog breeder and supplier in the People's Republic of China (PRC), has announced that it anticipates strong demand for its commercial hogs...

China Promotes Rearing of Local Breeds
CHINA - On 29 March 2011, a ceremony of Present Farmers with Quality Breeds was held by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in Jixi county of Anhui province to launch a number of such activities to benefit...

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...

Netease CEO's Pig Farm Settles in Zhejiang
CHINA - Chinese Internet tycoons are showing growing interest in agriculture. A pig farm project started by Netease CEO William Ding nearly two years ago finally settled down in Anji County, Huzhou City,...

Tianli Agritech, Inc. Acquires Tenth Hog Farm
CHINA - Tianli Agritech, Inc., a leading producer of breeder hogs and market hogs based in Wuhan City, China, yesterday announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Hengdian...

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.

Tianli Agritech Announces Closing of IPO
CHINA - Tianli Agritech, Inc, a hog breeding company based in Wuhan, China, has closed its its initial public offering of 2,000,000 common shares at $6.00 per share.

Inner Mongolia to Sell Breeding Pigs to Mongolia
INNER MONGOLIA, CHINA - North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region has secured its first ever deal to export breeding pigs to the Republic of Mongolia, with a shipment of 60 animals set for August,...

China to Continue Swine Breeding Subsidy
CHINA - An official from China's Ministry of Agriculture said the ministry will allocate more subsidies nationwide in a bid to build more standardised pig farms, aiming to stabilise live hog production....

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.

China Invests in Pig Breeding
CHINA - China has earmarked 3 billion yuan (€322 million) this year to support the large-scale breeding of pigs and cows in a bid to stabilise agricultural development and help raise farmers' incomes,...

Govt to Invest $439m on Pig and Cow Breeding
CHINA - China has earmarked 3 billion yuan ($439 million) this year to support the large-scale breeding of pigs and cows in a bid to stabilize agricultural development and help raise farmers' incomes,...

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....

Research Report on Chinese Hog Industry
CHINA - As the first special research report (please follow the link below) of hog industry situation and forecast for trends in the overall hog industry chain in China, it will focus on pig breeding,...

Genus Advances its Porcine Strategy for China
CHINA - Genus' porcine genetics subsidiary, PIC China, has signed an agreement to add more nucleus herd (great-grandparent) capacity to its nationwide network of breeding stock production.

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,...