Farm visit: Aiming for higher litter homogeneity

23-10-2020 | |
Every breeding animal in the herd at Dortheasminde has its own selection index, describing its production value. - Photo: Dortheasminde
Every breeding animal in the herd at Dortheasminde has its own selection index, describing its production value. - Photo: Dortheasminde
Danish swine producer Søren Kjær Poulsen has a strong focus on multiplication of Landrace pigs. With his experienced staff and a new protein strategy, he achieves top performance as well as high levels of animal health. Søren Kjær Poulsen, located in Lunderskov, Denmark, is counted among Denmark’s most successful DanBred breeders in Denmark. With around 850 purebred sows, of which 160 are Landrace, he breeds around 26,000 piglets/year at his farm Dortheasminde. Poulsen says, “Our breedi


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