Hypor News
April 13, 2008 : Good start for first piglets born in China
April 3, 2008 : Polish distribution for Hypor pigs
March 31, 2008 : Hypor en Hogenkamp-Fokvarkens bundelen hun krachten
March 26, 2008 : Hypor breeding pigs land in South Korea
Careers
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R&D News
April 21, 2008 : Hendrix Genetics and Hypor R&D team visit Universidad Autónoma de Barcelonato to establish further synergies after the success of the "Tailor Made Pork Concept" project.
Slaughter Pigs and Weaners
Prices for May 2, 2008
Technical Articles
Gilt Pool Management for Improved Production : The efficiency with which gilts are managed in the gilt pool and introduced to the breeding herd has a major impact on breeding herd efficiency.
Key Factors for Meat Quality : In most pig production systems, then emphasis is on performance traits like growth, feed efficiency, litter size and lean meat percentage. These are seen as most important because they determine the cost-benefit-ratio for the farmer. Unfortunately, some of these traits are correlated with meat quality in an unfavourable way that has led to a deterioration of pork quality in the past decades.