PIC Opens New AI Research Centre
UK - Pig breeding company PIC opened a gene technology research centre in the UK on Tuesday – believed to be the first of its type in the UK and probably in Europe.

Stressful Spring for Boars
UK - The hot, dry spring has highlighted the issue of heat stress in pigs which can cause fertility problems in boars as well as sows.

BPEX Sets AI Standard
UK - To try and improve the competitiveness of the English pig industry, BPEX and the NPA recognised that the industry needed to focus on improving reproductive performance and spread the costs of production...

Sex Selection Takes Step Forward
WALES, UK - A company has made a scientific breakthrough that will enable livestock breeders to pre-select the sex of pigs.

New Boar Quality Assurance Scheme
UK - Although AI now accounts for 75-80 per cent of pig services nationally, the boar is still a very important animal on most farms and is used extensively to provide cover for sows both naturally and...

New porcine AI products
UK - Innovis Ltd, which is a multi-species operation, works in close partnership with PIC in the operation of two GTCs and supplies all PIC’s AI products and semen processing services.

AI Quality Standard Launched
UK - One of the final links in the assurance chain – from farm to fork – has been completed with the launch by the British Pig Executive (BPEX) of the artificial insemination quality standard. The...

New semen sexing technology
UK - Welsh start-up company Ovasort Limited has signed a global deal with the owners of Danish Bacon for a new genetic technology which could allow pig breeders to pre-select the sex of new-born animals,...

Artificial breeding control repayment charges
UK - Defra has found an error in legislation following a review of the cattle and pigs Artificial Breeding Controls (ABC) Regulations which meant that the department does not have an adequate legal basis...

ACMC Pigs-Tested, approved and recognised
UK - In the 36 months since the launch of its seven new breeds of production pig, Yorkshire, UK, based ACMC has seen demand soar for its genetics, technical support and profitable pigs. Available as live...