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 standard...

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,...

Free swine artificial insemination workshop to be offered Sept. 7
IOWA - Pork producers can learn how to use artificial insemination (AI) in their swine operation at a free workshop Thursday, Sept. 7, from 3-8 p.m., at the Iowa State University Allee Experimental Farm...

Sperm Sexing Technology Agreement Signed
TORONTO - Several companies providing artificial insemination to the dairy, beef and swine industries, including some of the world's largest, have signed licensing term sheets with Toronto-based Microbix...

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...

Frozen pig semen used for breeding
THAILAND - Pigs with good genetic make-up could be genetically reproduced an unlimited number of times as a result of Thai veterinarians' success in developing a new method of artificial insemination –...

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...