Breeding objectives of the future

Recent years have seen a gradual shift in genetic research emphasis for pigs. Apart from production type traits being important, functional traits are receiving increasing amounts of attention. Which genetic components will constitute the pig of the near future? By Dr Grant Walling, R&D genetics director, JSR Genetics Predicting the future of any industry is extremely difficult and pig production is no different. The association of the industry with other volatile sectors such as global ce