China Wants to Improve Genetics of Its Pigs So They’re Fatter and Eat Less
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(Bloomberg) China will work to improve the genetics of its hog herd and other livestock in the coming decade with the aim of breeding animals that produce more meat and – at the same time – consume less grains.
Sow herd productivity is about 30% lower than in developed countries and dairy cows produce only 80% of the milk than their peers in some leading markets, Shi Jianzhong, an official with the agriculture ministry’s National Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources Committee, told reporters on Wednesday. China has to rely on overseas stock to produce white-feathered broiler chickens, he said.
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By Global Times Published: Apr 28, 2021 06:58 PM
An owner of a hog farm in Qiongjie county, Shannan, Tibet autonomous region, vaccinates a piglet on April 21, 2020. Photo:Xinhua
A Chinese official on Wednesday sought to allay rising concerns over reported sharp declines in the domestic pig breeding industry and overreliance on foreign supply, saying that China has cut reliance on foreign imports as local supply is guaranteed.
China now imports fewer than 10,000 breeding pigs a year, accounting for less than 10 percent of the total herd, Chen Yaosheng, chief scientist of the State Swine Reproduction System Project, said at a press conference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Wednesday.