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Sex sorting sperm-Geoff Geddes 2016
Posted in: Pork Insight Articles, Production by admin on May 2, 2017
Sorting equipment is now in place at Fast Genetics and sows are being inseminated with sex-sorted sperm.
The final phase is the commercial stage, where it’s easy to imagine the benefits of a single-gendered offspring. “There’s always an economic difference between raising males and females, but producers could further capitalize on it depending on their packing plant relationships”
“Overall, it will allow us to create a better product and have faster genetic gain at the nucleus by skewing gender.”
Sex sorting sperm-Geoff Geddes 2016