Breeding organisations |
Structure industry
Farm animal breeding is organised on different levels: local, regional, national, international. The number and size of organisations differs per specie; ruminant organisations are fully present and cooperation is important, this is less in pig breeding, but not as little as in poultry and fish farming, where there are relatively few breeding organisations. Most of the organisations are SMEs. - Correct?? Global or EU..?
Breeding companies are large in the sense of market share but some multipliers have much larger turnovers than breeding companies. The specialized breeding sector has become highly competitive. Many companies go out of business due to their inability to survive the competition or are taken over by other companies. - http://documents.plant.wur.nl/cgn/seminars/Worshop20100812/Nimbkar%20and%20Arendonk%20doc.pdf
Breeding companies are large in the sense of market share but some multipliers have much larger turnovers than breeding companies. The specialized breeding sector has become highly competitive. Many companies go out of business due to their inability to survive the competition or are taken over by other companies. - http://documents.plant.wur.nl/cgn/seminars/Worshop20100812/Nimbkar%20and%20Arendonk%20doc.pdf
Aquaculture
The aquaculture sector is a relatively young sector, with many global differences. The sector in Europe just provides 4 % of the global fish production. However, the production has increased with over 50% between 1990 and 2007. This production was mainly in the marine fin fish production, as freshwater production declined. Click here for the whole article. |
Ruminants
The number of primary breeding organisations in the ruminant industry decreases, however, the size of the organisations increases. The small ruminant industry is less organised than the cow dairy and beef sector. Click here for the whole article.
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Pigs
The primary breeding sector of pigs sell parental stock and sperm mostly. |
Poultry - broilers & layers
The poultry primary breeding sector is primarily owned by 3, transnational companies: Aviagen Broiler Breeders, Cobb-Vantress and Hubbard. The breeding selection industry has a very high level of concentration. There are about 18 billion poultry in the world - 3% are breeding stock. The primary sector produces about 417 million parent stock per year. [Broilers 3 companies, layers 2?? PHW-Gruppe?? Hendrix???]
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Facts & Figures
Breeding is an important contributor to food security and economic development. Read more. |
Economic value
Farm animal breeding has a high added value and contributes to farm animal production. Read more. |