Nature Pork

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Nature Pork

• February 27 2006

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Structure of the presentation

• Who is Hypor and relationship to Genex Ontario
• The current product and performance
• The future of the dam line in Canada
• RD

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About Hypor

• Owned by Nutreco and part of the Euribrid
  division Hypor, Hybrid Turkey and Hybro
• Head Office Saskatchewan, Canada
• 250 employees worldwide
• Operating Companies Spain, Canada, Benelux,
  Italy
• Dealers in Japan, The Philippines, Germany,
  Poland, Mexico, Thailand, USA
• Market leaders in Canada, Spain

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Hypor Canadian Operations
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Canadian business model

• Direct sales by Hypor at the retail level
• British Colombia
• Alberta
• Saskatchewan
• Manitoba
• Quebec
• Key accounts
• Partners in Pork (Alberta)
• Big Sky Farms (Saskatchewan/Manitoba)
• Hytek (Manitoba)
• Elite Swine Inc (Manitoba)
• Synergy (Ontario)
• Dealerships
• CPM Farms (BC)
• Hytek Swine Management (Manitoba)
• Genex Ontario (Ontario)
• Agri-Marché (Quebec)
• Gène-Alliance (Quebec)

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Genex Hybrid Performance 2004
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Genex Hybrid Performance 1999-2004
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Genex Hybrid Performance 1999-2004
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Genex Hybrid Performance 1999-2004
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Update genetic program maternal lines

• General overview Dam lines
• Genetic improvement Landrace and Large White
• Nucleus program
• Expectation
• New C-line
• Purebred results, targets and objectives
• Parent stock results

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Hypors Global Sow Portfolio
Genex lines (formerly NPD Canada)
Hypor lines
Hypor C-line
Hypor D-line
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Genetic trend number of pigs nucleus level
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Genetic improvement year 2005 versus 5 year
period before
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Genetic improvement

• Genetic improvement has increased during the last
  year significantly
• Genetic progress in litter size has doubled in
  the pure lines
• Correlated responses in heat related traits are
  visible and will work positively
• Negative correlated responses on piglet vitality
  and birth weight are monitored and optimized in
  breeding goals
• Genetic progress in Performance traits is
  sometimes out of range, but long term objective
  is to maintain back fat at same level while
  increasing daily gain
• Long term breeding goal objective focused
  strongly on a balanced sow with high litter size
  combined with piglet vitality and weaning
  capacity

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The New Hypor C-line

• Extreme high fertility through Meishan
  introgression

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Why Meishan introgression?

• Breeding Company
• Continuously searching to improve our technical
  results.
• Genetic variation should be available in a line
  to be able to expand biological borders
• Production
• Vitality, surviving and number of piglets weaned
  become important features, when the number of
  piglets born alive is raised.

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Balanced combining of high fertility and survival
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X
X
- growth/fat - reproduction - meat quality
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Further development after University trail
C-line ? X 50 Meishan ?
25 Meishan ? X 50 Meishan ? 50
Meishan ? X 25 Meishan ?
C-line ? X 37,5 Meishan ? ?
(M-line)
18,75 Meishan ? ? (M2-line) X Hypor
C-line ? for 1 year matings on 60GGP
Improved Hypor C-line ? (? 5 Meishan)
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Meishan introgression

• 1990 breeding program based on introgression of
  extreme fertility of Meishan started.

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Eradication of color
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Genetic trend total born pigs per litter C-line,
before and after Meishan introgression
3.0
C
C with M2 Genes introgression
M2
C without M2 Genes introgression
2.5
2.0
1.5
Extra piglets per litter
1.0
0.5
0.0
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
-0.5
Year of birth
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Selection to reduce back fat
New C-line
Desired Back fat
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Comparison of Meishan program
Hypor C
Genex Swine Group
New C-line ? x GL ? (5 Meishan/95
C-line)
New Hybrid ? x TS ? (2.5
Meishan/47.5 C-line/50 GL)
Slaughter generation (1 Meishan)
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C-line GGP level
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Litter size distribution best performing barn
Hypor C-line
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Litter size distribution overall Hypor C-line
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Litter size distribution Genex Large White
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Percentage of litters in certain litter size for
pure line farrowings Genex Large White and Hypor
C-line 2004
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Differences between pure line litter sizes GY and
C
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Comparison growth and probe figures Hypor C and
Genex LW
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Improved C-line results PS (commercial) level
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Straathof, biggest Dutch pig farmer
7,500 sows in the Netherlands 14,500 sows in
Germany
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Dutch results Improved Parent Stock sows
(Hypor CDMeishan vs Hypor CD)
Results Hypor CD Meishan
On farm comparison difference Hypor CD Meishan
and Hypor CD
Results period February 2004 till September
2005 Comparison includes about 1.350 litters.
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Summary improvements C-line vs current GLW

• Additional Total born piglets 1.0 to 2.0
  piglets per litter
• Additional weaning capacity 2.5 to 4.0
  piglets/sow/year
• Similar growth and carcass performance as
  current product
• More balanced sow with higher production plateau
  
• (30 piglets weaned/sow/year)
• More room for genetic progress in future

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First Canadian results new C-line gilts
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Some Research Development Alliances - Canada

• University farm has been using Hypor animals for
  several years
• Focus on reproduction
• Biotechnology
• Genetic marker
• Lennoxville
• Sireline comparison
• Milk composition
• Lacombe
• Meat and carcass quality
• Joint project with commercial producer
• RD farm used for sireline trials

Ham Haven Acres
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Some Research Development Alliances - Worldwide

• Embryos transfer and biotechnology
• Functional genes
• Biotechnology
• Meat and carcass quality
• Carcass evaluation and meat quality
• Freezing semen technics

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Conclusion

• Current performance of the Genex Hybrid
  demonstrate that we have a phenomenal sow as it
  is.
• Genetic advancement within the existing lines
  (Genex Landrace and Genex Large White) is
  extremely good.
• The future of our lines is not limited to
  improvement within the existing lines.
• Hypor will position itself to remain the best
  player in genetics here in Canada with novel
  products.