Hypor

A Hendrix Genetics Company

Hypor Weaning Capacity

The true measure of reproductive performance

Research suggests that the benefits of increased litter size could easily be outweighed by the negative effects. Hypor’s approach to this dilemma is to focus on a combination of traits, which balances many aspects of sow productivity in a composite selection index in order to give the best economic outcome. Find out more about how we define Weaning Capacity...

Hypor News

April 13, 2008 : Good start for first piglets born in China

April 3, 2008 : Polish distribution for Hypor pigs

R&D News

June 12, 2008 : Hypor sows are here to stay! In recent research, Hypor R&D analyzed various new traits. One of them was Stay-ability. This trait is defined as the ability of the sow to stay in the breeding herd. This trait combines robustness and production potential of the sow, i.e. for a sow to stay in the breeding herd she has to produce large enough litters and wean large numbers of good quality piglets. Read the full article...

Technical Articles

Market Oriented Pork Quality : Production of pork is nowadays becoming more and more market driven whereas in the past it was mainly production driven. For a market oriented production of pork it is important to know what consumer and retail / food service organizations want / what they consider as important, as they together decide which pork products are being sold.

Tailoring boars for more uniformity in finishing pigs : Uniformity is most probably one of the most important traits determining the quality of a batch of finishing pigs. It has a large influence on throughput of pigs in finishing barns and value of pigs for a packing plant.

Breeding Divisions