Strategic alliance for a strong future

In 2004 Hülsenberger Zuchtschweine GmbH entered into a genetic collaboration with the French breeding company ADN – ALLIANCE DE DIFFUSION DES NUCLEI. The voint venture between two partners with similar objectives guarantees a strong position in the pig market of the future.

By joining forces the companies have increased their genetic resources, enabling low heritable traits to be successfully included in the breeding programme. The result is superiority of the lines in prolificacy through hyperprolific selection. It also means that sufficient funding is available for research projects such as embryo transfer, molecular genetics and MAS.

The division of responsibilities in the areas of multiplier production, production management and sales is clearly laid down in a Cooperation Agreement. Under the terms of the Agreement, Hülsenberger Zuchtschweine GmbH is responsible for sales of breeding animals as before, including technical production advice for multipliers, while ADN focuses on breeding work.

The communications centre between breeding and sales is farm concepts GmbH & Co. KG, which is located in Germany and also runs the EU-accredited Hülsenberg boar station. This PRRS-free station supplies multiplier farms in Germany and Austria as well as franchise operations in Europe with sperm from the top boars from the Hyperprolific Programme. Being affiliated to the national database (INRA), farm concepts does all the data processing and checking.

Distribution of breeding progress