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CANADA'S NATIONAL SWINE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

PROUD TO BE PART OF IT

• Combining the best of genetics, health and practical pig farming
• Big gains from Genetic Improvement:
  • In the last five years, genetic improvement in Canada has been responsible for 80% of all progress in backfat thickness and 67% of all progress in growth rate.
  • Reap the full benefits of genetic improvement. Use the Canadian System.

Program Benefits

• one of the world's largest super-nucleus populations to bring you faster genetic gains for the traits the market wants;
• predictable results from stable genetic sources through the use of well defined breeds with traceable pedigrees;
• independent and verifiable public information on genetic quality and health status, so you can trust the results;
• internationally recognized as a first class program and evaluation system;
• reliable, high performance breeding stock which have been the popular choice in over 50 countries world wide.

To remain competitive, you need to continually improve the economic performance of your operation. The National Swine Improvement Program gives you the edge you need to make the breeding program decisions that pay off.

Picking the Right Genetics

Choosing breeding stock with top genetics from the Canadian National Improvement Program can put extra profit in your pocket. Genetic evaluations are computed for back fat, age at 100 kg and pigs born per litter. These evaluations general Estimated Breeding Values, or EBVs.

Taking the Guesswork out of Genetics

EBVs are your evidence of genetic performance. EBVs allow you to compare all pigs in the National Program. It is one of the biggest super-nucleus populations in the world. Its sheer size gives you the choices for profitable breeding decisions and the flexibility to adapt to changing market demands.

Not all EBVs are created equal. Some programs compute EBVs or EPDs that do not allow for genetic comparisons between herds. The National Swine Improvement Program does these comparisons across the entire population automatically.

Improved Financial Performance from Improved Genetics

Selecting boars from the Program that reach 100 kg 10 days earlier than average is worth almost $6,000 a year from reduced feed costs for a herd producting 2,500 market hogs. Similarly, each 1 mm reduction in back fat results in extra carcass value and feed savings worth $6,100. Therefore, putting better growth and back fat together gives you an additional annual return of more than $12,000 if you market 2,500 hogs.

The Sire Line Index, or SLI, which combines back fat and age into a single index is available for each animal evaluated. Each index point is worth about 7.4 cents in each progeny. Buying 130 index boars (the average is 100) to produce 2,500 market hogs per year will net you an extra $5,500.

For improved commercial sow lines, choose pigs with a higher Dam Line Index, or DLI. This index combines litter size, back fat and age EBVs. Each DLI point above 100 is worth about 6 cents per market hog. Gilts indexing 120 produce F1's that return an extra $6,000 per year for a herd of 2,500 market hogs.

Pork production systems based on accurate EBVs, good management and effective cross breeding have consistently produced 24 or more fast growing, high indexing pigs per sow per year.