The future of swine breeding

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Vincent ter Beek Editor of Pig Progress / Topic: Pigs around the world
Sow farms of 7 layers with 1,000 sows on each floor. Photo: Henk Riswick
Sow farms of 7 layers with 1,000 sows on each floor. Photo: Henk Riswick
This month, Pig Progress featured a great farm visit on a 9-level pig breeding facility in China. Pig Progress editor Vincent ter Beek writes that it is quite unlike anything else in the world, yet at the same time the concept evokes mixed feelings with many readers. Why is that? What will the future of swine breeding be? That question was asked to 4 panel members at last week’s International Technical Meeting of swine reproduction specialists Magapor, in Zaragoza, Spain. In 2 of the 4 follow


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