Embrace loose housing of sows: Danish experiences with DanBred genetics
As North American pig producers adapt to the new standards set by California’s Proposition 12, they can look to the Danish pig producers’ experiences with loose housing of sows for guidance and inspiration. Proposition 12 will inevitably mean more loose housing of sows in the US. American pig farmers can ease their concerns by […]
Easier management through strong relationships with the sows
At Overgaard Gods, they focus on the well-being of the sows, which makes management that much easier. The manager in the farrowing unit has noticed that the piglets are more robust after piglet survival was implemented in DanBred’s breeding goals. Having loose sows can be challenging. At Overgaard Gods, they focus on ensuring that […]
New DanBred breeding goal strengthens sow robustness
Today, DanBred takes another important step towards increasing the productive lives of sows. Sow survival is a new trait in the breeding goals for DanBred Landrace and DanBred Yorkshire. From today, future generations of DanBred sows will be even more robust. For decades, DanBred has focused on longevity and conformation in the balanced breeding […]
Breeding is part of the solution to many of the challenges facing pig production
Breeding must be part of the solution to the major challenges facing pig production: community concerns for the environment, climate, and animal welfare. Breeding can ease these concerns by providing pigs with genetics that are suited to the production systems of the future. This was the message of Mark Henryon’s (Senior Scientist in DanBred’s […]
Balanced breeding for the future
There are many wishes and requirements for livestock production today, including pig production. Sustainability, efficiency, health and welfare for the pigs must all come together. Here, breeding goals play an important role in improving the pigs’ genetics to suit the future pig production. There are high demands for pig production, which is expected to […]
Piglet survival increases with DanBred genetics
In the summer of 2022, we implemented two new piglet survival traits in the breeding goal. Results from DanBred breeding and multiplication herds already show an increasing survival in all three DanBred breeds. The new traits for piglet survival are bearing fruit. This new approach can improve the piglet’s own ability to survive, […]
