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It is with great pleasure that we can reveal that the DanBred HQ is moving to a new location with newly renovated offices effective March 1st, 2021. “DanBred is on an ambitious and exiting journey for growth, and our old HQ offices could no longer accommodate our needs in terms of manpower and aspirations for the future”, says Thomas Muurmann Henriksen, CEO at DanBred. “Consequently, our new offices will have room to grow and to think outside the box, which will help take DanBred to the next level and benefit all our global customers.” The team at DanBred are hard …

10 years ago, the DanBred breeding program was the first in the world to implement genomic selection for pigs, and today, genomic information is widely used for selection in most global-reaching pig breeding programs. Since its introduction, genomic selection has revolutionized pig breeding, as it ensures higher genetic gain at the same rate of inbreeding. The specific methods and technologies have undergone comprehensive developments throughout the years, and new breeding technologies are developing to increase long-term genetic gain. By Tage Ostersen, Department Manager, and Lizette Vestergaard Pedersen, Consultant, Danish Pig Research Centre.   Increased genetic gain Genomic information has revolutionized …

During the second half of 2020, DanBred has successfully chartered four cargo aircrafts and delivered almost 3,000 purebred breeding animals to Russia. Keeping a strong and steady delivery schedule, all animals were shipped as planned, and great teamwork from all parties made the execution of the order an unmitigated success.   Earlier this year, RusAgro ordered a total of 2,955 purebred DanBred breeding animals for split delivery between weeks 32 and 50 with the intention of entering the animals into their local breeding and production farms. The company, which is the second largest pig producer in Russia with more than …