Commercial producers using Danish genetics are now averaging 30 weaned piglets a sow a year. Denmark is leading the world when it comes to pig herd performance with Danish farmers producing on average ...

HAMBURG, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Prices for breeding (weaner) piglets in Germany have fallen sharply in past weeks following the discovery of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar in the country, traders ...

When it comes to developments in the pig sector, selective breeding and estimated breeding values are held up as two of the technologies which revolutionised the industry. However, the latest ...

It was back in 1986 when Tavistock, Ont., swine breeder Jim Donaldson sold his first batch of breeding pigs to China. "It was a small shipment of 75 pigs to the province of Jilin," said Donaldson, who ...

China importing high quality breeding sows and hogs Country's pig herd decimated by African swine fever More than 150 plane loads of pigs needed - genetics firm Genetics companies jostle for China ...

Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them ...

Wild pigs are breeding at an explosive rate after being set free by farmers and there are fears that they will ruin crops, spread diseases and even pose a significant threat to humans. In 2019, an ...

AUSTIN, Minn. — Mike Williams' auctioneer chant is so fast that, to the untrained ear, it's an incomprehensible mumble with the occasional dollar figure bubbling to the surface. Leading a sale of ...

According to Dr Williams Guma, an animal expert at Bulindi Zardi – Hoima, a Naro institute that recently held the Seeds of Gold Farm Clinic 14th edition, a breed is a group of pigs with similar ...