The Rural Voice, 2001-02, Page 13Scrap Book
Genex to introduce
Chinese genetics
in prairie pigs
A western Canadian breeding
company expects to have a new
line of pigs using prolific Chinese
genetics in prairie barns by the end
of 200 (.
Genex Swine Group Inc.,
formerly known as National Pig
Development (Canada) Co. Ltd.,
has been working for two decades
at integrating the Meishan genetics
from a Chinese breed of hogs.
Now breeding stock containing the
genetics is in the final stage of
development, said Spish Legowski,
the company's key account
manager for Western Canada.
While the national average
production is 22 hogs per sow per
year, and Genex claims its current
lines produce 26 hogs per sow per
year, the new line could boost the
level to 28-30 hogs per sow,
according to Legowski.
Speaking at the Manitoba Hog
and Poultry Days in December,
Legowski promoted his company's
newest partnership with a La
Broquerie, Manitoba company
called Hytek which is building a
new multiplier barn that will grow
the first generation of Meishan
hogs. Hytek, according to
Successful Farming magazine has
20,000 sows, the 34th largest hog
producer in North America and the
fifth largest in Canada. The
company uses Genex genetics in
its own production and will also
sell to producers outside its
production system.
Genex now controls 25 per cent
of the Canadian swine genetics
market, Legowski said, but the
company hopes to increase its
share to 40 per cent in eight years.
He said the Meishan genetics will
help the company's reputation for
having strong research capabilities.
Legowski said an impending
downturn in the price cycle and
continuing difficulties in siting hog
barns may be hurdles to the
company's ambitions.°
— Source: Western Producer
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