DanBred strengthens presence in Italy
DanBred is pleased to announce the employment of Mr Andrea Avanzi in Italy. Throughout the past 20 years, DanBred has built an outstanding customer relationship in the Italian market, and together with Andrea Avanzi, we continue our focus on forming and consolidating a strong structure of customer-centric employees, subsidiaries and agents throughout Europe. With […]
DanBred reinforces to increase piglet survival
In DanBred, we are constantly working on how we can improve piglet survival while maintaining the economic progress for pig producers all around the world. Now, the Danish Pig Research Centre, SEGES, invests even more in securing a strong and competitive pig production by putting extra resources into optimising the breeding goal for LP5. […]
Maximising genetic gain while controlling inbreeding
Sustainable breeding strikes a balance between realising the genetic gain and reducing the harmful effects of inbreeding. As selection becomes more intense, and only the very best animals are selected as parents of the next generation, breeding animals will become more related and thus more inbred. DanBred uses the state-of-the-art method of selection – optimum-contribution […]
French Comparison Between Duroc Genetics
The results of the INAPORC study, led by the French Chambers of Agriculture and the French Pork and Pig Institute (IFIP), were finally unveiled during SPACE 2021. The DanBred Duroc offspring clearly stands out with significantly better breeding performance! In this recent French study, three Duroc sire lines were compared: Axiom, DanBred and Topigs […]
The future of slaughter pigs looks increasingly productive
Pig production has experienced a huge progress for daily gain, feed conversion, and lean meat percentage in the last few years. These three traits are important aspects of the DanBred breeding goal, as they are key elements in ensuring a more sustainable pig production – with an improved bottom line for pig producers. Over […]
Large litters and an improvement in finisher pig results
Klasse Ki in St. Oedenrode held its networking days in the beginning of July – with mini sessions focused on outlining the breeding programme. Danish sows with Duroc influence are well known for their high litter size. Another advantage is the improvement in growth per day and desired meat quality in the finisher pigs. […]
