If you could leave producers with one clear message about what DanBred stands for, what would it be?

Our philosophy is to help farmers generate profits every year by continuously investing in genetic improvement across all three lines of our genetic portfolio. To this end, we offer farmers technical support in addition to genetics.

Honesty and transparency are fundamental to us. DanBred is the only genetics company that publishes its genetic improvement achievements and forecasts based on our genetic progress every year. Our latest indicator shows an improvement of €5 per finishing pig over the last two years on DanBred nucleus farms. Piglet survival, sow survival, and feed efficiency were the main contributors to this progress. At the production level, we expect an improvement of €2.48 per finishing pig per year over the next three years.

What can you tell us about the DanBred Duroc?

It is the ideal complement to the DanBred sow, as it has been developed to pass on high survival rates to its progeny, and this is one of the keys to the improvement in piglet survival observed in recent years. At the same time, it passes on unrivalled feed efficiency to its progeny: it is common to find finishing barns with daily growth above 1.100 kg and feed conversions below 2 kg, which also makes it number one compared to other Danish lines. It is the boar of choice for those looking for growth, feed conversion, and lean percentage.