Genetic improvement got a boost with the cooperation with the integration into the PIC database. And practically coincid- ing with Pedersen joining PIC, the market has been helping a little too. Due to African Swine Fever, demand for high quality breeding animals has grown fast.


Understandably, the doors to the pig houses stayed closed for Pig Progress for biosecurity reasons. The pictures from inside the farm were taken by on-site veterinarians with a camera belonging to Møllevang at the instruction of Pig Progress.


PIC and the new genetics


For PIC, the addition of Møllevang to its team means that the company can provide a different kind of genetic line to its portfolio. Apart from the well-known Camborough sow (a cross of PIC L02 and PIC L03), L04 and L05 are also now available. Pedersen says, “After all, in different parts of the world sometimes there are different requirements as to what kind of animals are needed.” As a consequence of the move to PIC, a lot of Møllevang’s breeding material was also shipped to build additional nu-


cleus and multiplication capacities. That was for two main reasons: to make sure that the increasing demand in other areas could be supplied with local/regional production and to build a robust and reliable supply chain, backed up with sufficient contingency. The two dam lines will continue to exist next to each other. Trials will be carried out to see what improvements in one line can benefit the other. PIC are careful to keep the pure lines of both breeds apart.


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Young Duroc piglets suckling with their mother.


Hallways in the farm are kept very tidy.


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PHOTO: PIC


PHOTO: PIC


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