A special marriage to a breeding company

In 2017, Schwartz Farms in Missouri, USA, teamed up with genetics company Choice to become part of its breeding research programme. With the company’s genetics, the farm breeds pigs for monitoring purposes – after all, one needs to test to know how the eventual finishers are performing. Brian Schwartz walks to the end of his grower room, which consists of about six pens plus an aisle. “We divided the pigs in these rooms in two, the boys closer to the door, the girls to the end. That is be