China: Swine breeding stock development
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.
The Company has contracted to lease a new 600 sow farm that will be built to PIC’s specification by Benxi Mu Gongshang Co. Ltd, a firm formed by the Benxi Animal Husbandry Bureau and private investors in the north-eastern province of Liaoning.
Construction begun
Construction has already begun on a biosecure site under the supervision of PIC’s project management team and will be stocked by import early in 2009. The herd will function primarily as a sire line nucleus, producing a range of high-performance boars to maximise the rate for multiplication of elite genetics to be used by China’s foremost pork producers.
Two similar projects were commissioned in 2008: a nucleus farm in Jiangxi province by importing pigs from PIC’s nucleus farm in Canada and the acquisition of a nucleus farm in Sichuan. Currently, negotiations are at an advanced stage to build a further nucleus facility dedicated to the development of an integrated pork chain. It will produce one million market pigs a year.
Established source
PIC China’s production base is the best established source of prime porcine genetics in China and, with the Benxi herd, includes five nucleus farms comprising 4,500 sows. Together with a network of contract multiplication farms, PIC controls 10,000 breeding sows producing breeding stock for customers and partners countrywide.
In addition, PIC’s larger customers have their own multiplication farms using PIC grandparents. These supply parent gilts for their commercial farms.
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Construction begun
Construction has already begun on a biosecure site under the supervision of PIC’s project management team and will be stocked by import early in 2009. The herd will function primarily as a sire line nucleus, producing a range of high-performance boars to maximise the rate for multiplication of elite genetics to be used by China’s foremost pork producers.
Two similar projects were commissioned in 2008: a nucleus farm in Jiangxi province by importing pigs from PIC’s nucleus farm in Canada and the acquisition of a nucleus farm in Sichuan. Currently, negotiations are at an advanced stage to build a further nucleus facility dedicated to the development of an integrated pork chain. It will produce one million market pigs a year.
Established source
PIC China’s production base is the best established source of prime porcine genetics in China and, with the Benxi herd, includes five nucleus farms comprising 4,500 sows. Together with a network of contract multiplication farms, PIC controls 10,000 breeding sows producing breeding stock for customers and partners countrywide.
In addition, PIC’s larger customers have their own multiplication farms using PIC grandparents. These supply parent gilts for their commercial farms.
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