Semen Cardona will start the works of a last-generation AIC in the Segovia area
It will consolidate its growth in the Spanish market.
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The construction of Semen Cardona’s new AIC in the Philippines are progressing apace
The new artificial insemination center (AIC) of Semen Cardona in the Philippines is going to become real during this semester, this current year 2018 the production of high-performance semen doses is going to be started from imported specimens from the best European genetics.
Never miss a heat: Build a better boar bachelor pad
Automated heat detection identifies open sows safely and accurately.
Magapor establishes in the USA and expands its factory in Spain
This new stage in the North American market reinforces the bet and work done in the last 10 years in the United States.
Thompson's tip: Boar stimulation
For optimum results, producers should organise their work so that once stimulated by the boar all the stimulated sows can be served within a 20-minute period.
Advances in AI - the future
Already delivering the ‘best of the best’ genetics and farrowing rates of up to 95%, the role of AI in pig production is assured. But what of the future?
Thompson's tip: AI - take care of semen in cold weather
A weak area on many pig farms, particularly in cold weather, can be where all the doses needed for the morning’s services are taken out and left by the pen.
Productivity fillip for Maltese pig industry
A switch of genetics and a new approach to health and management has revitalised pig production on the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta.
Thompson’s tip: Successful semen storage
Successful AI is an essential part of profitable pig farm performance. AI studs take great care over processing and handling semen to send out a product that is capable of giving results at levels comparable to, or better than, natural service.
Stefan Vermaak new managing director for TOPIGS South Africa
TOPIGS South Africa (TOPIGS SA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Stefan Vermaak as Managing Director of TOPIGS SA effective from 1 January 2011.
New TOPIGS A.I. station in Germany
The German subsidiary of TOPIGS has taken over the Stockhausen A.I station in the east German federal state of Saxony. Following a renovation, the station will provide room in the autumn for 150 TOPIGS breeding and terminal boars.
Intervet-Schering Plough Animal Health - Making money from small change
Small changes in reproductive performance in piggeries can translate into big economic gains, according to Hilduard Swarts, Global Marketing Director, Global Swine Business Unit,
Intervet-Schering Plough Animal Health.
New AI station commissioned in Malta
A new AI station has been commissioned in Malta, using stock, expertise and equipment from Britain.
Pigwatch revolution is taking place now!
Pigwatch, the greatest pig production and AI technological revolution of all times is now being launched onto the market.
Getting gilt integration right
With good returns on finished pigs, attractive cull sow prices and a contracting EU pig herd, many producers are building up their breeding herds again, some of which have been run at below optimum capacity for a long time.
New boar quality assurance scheme
Although AI now accounts for 75-80 per cent of pig services nationally, the boar is still a very important animal on most farms and is used extensively to provide cover for sows both naturally and artificially inseminated on the farm.