Contents

Features

Genetics and AI

Make the first insemination count

Piétrain demand rises as numbers shrink

Time to inseminate

Tailored boars give greater uniformity

Health: Is this the new way to look at circo?

Japan

Farm-grown microbes fight the smell

Open production, Japanese style

Corporate profiles: Special advertising section

Projects

Spain: Big on ESF

Eastern Europe: Revitalised in Romania

Meat Markets: Pork with the omega factor

Departments

Talking pork

In the business

Products

Marketplace

Calendar

Advertisers' index

Pig International - June 2006 Index