Tiny slivers of ear tissue snipped from hours-old piglets offer valuable clues for the team at Best Genetics Group (BGG) as it strives to improve the genetics of China's hog herd to produce cheaper meat for the world's top pork consumer.
Breeding pigs that have larger litters, reach slaughter weight quicker and require less feed can make a big difference in a market producing almost 700 million hogs a year.
"Only then can we provide high-quality seeds, or breeding stock, for our market and break this need for everyone to go to foreign varieties," she added. Genetic improvements for cheaper meat are thus in high demand. But so far international companies have been better at this. "In a commercial farm, it doesn't matter if you use two different boars during a sow's heat. Here, it has to be same."1/6
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