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based on the old system of farrow -to -
finish on one site. Many of the barns
are beyond the point of renovation.
Donaldson had first visited Russia
10 years ago but soon realized the
Russians were not ready for
Canadian advice. Having lived in a
closed system for decades, many of
the people in the swine industry had
never travelled abroad and had no
way of comparing the pigs they
produced with other countries. Under
the Communist system they had
convinced themselves they had the
best pigs.
Donaldson points out the
Russians aren't alone in
fooling themselves. Our
American neighbours, for instance,
were sure they were world leaders
until U.S. packers adopted a new
meat grading system that regarded
lean yield. Suddenly they were able
to compare truckloads of Canadian
commercial pigs with local
truckloads and found there were
differences of 7-8 per cent in lean
yield. Canadian pigs also have a very
uniform carcass. "The difference
blew them away."
Canada's grading system has
rewarded quality for more than 30
years, Donaldson pointed out. That
has meant 30 years of selection to
produce quality, uniform animals.
"At the same time the American
genetic selection program was based
on BS baffles Brains," he said. "It
was the show ring mentality, with no
emphasis on performance trials."
By 2002, one Russian company at
least, was ready to listen. The fourth
largest processor in Moscow, the
company was dissatisfied with the
supply of market pigs they were
receiving from within the country
and were not totally pleased with the
carcasses of pigs they had imported
from Brazil, either.
The company approached
Donaldson wanting to establish a
constant supply of quality, uniform
hogs.
Representatives of the company
visited Donaldson and Groenestege
in Ontario in April 2002. They
travelled with Groenestege for
several days visiting modern, multi -
site Canadian barns. They also
visited Total Swine Genetics Al Unit
to see what a modern artificial
insemination unit looked like, at the