April 19, 2006
RED DEER, AB - Hypor
genetics had great success at the 4th annual Olymel Performance
Awards held at the Alberta Pork Congress Banquet & Trade Show March
15th in Red Deer Alberta. Partners in Pork’s Janhol Farms Ltd.
took first place in the 60/69 Lean category with Hypor genetics on both
the dam and sire line. Both runner ups in the category also carried Hypor
genes. Fully half of the eighteen winners and runner ups in the six
categories were from farms that use Hypor genetics.
Now in its fourth year, the Olymel Performance Awards highlight the top
producers in six categories: Core Weight, High Index, High Health, Core
Lean, Food Safety, and Grand Champion. Contenders must ship a minimum of
2500 hogs in the qualifying year to the Olymel plant in Red Deer. Olymel
awards points in each category for every load producers ship. The producer
who scores the highest in all of the categories based on the weighted
point system is named Grand Champion, and awarded $1000.
The winners and runner ups this year are:
Grand Champion:
AthabascaColony
Bentley Colony
Wintering Hills Colony (Hypor)
60/69 Core Lean Award:
Partners in Pork - Janhol Farms Ltd.
(Hypor)
New Rock Port Colony (Hypor)
Bosmalta (Hypor)
High Health Award:
Bentley Colony
Wintering Hills Colony
(Hypor)
Big BendColony (Hypor)
Food Safety Award:
AthabascaColony
ParklandHog Farms
Hillview Colony
Core Weight Award:
MiamiColony
Van Wijk
Partners in
Pork - Country Line Farms (Hypor)
High Index Award:
Wim and Lynda VanWijk
Partners in Pork
- Baas Barn (Hypor)
Partners in Pork - Country Line (Hypor)
Winner of the 60/69 Core Lean Award, Janhol Farms Ltd, raises pigs
supplied by the Partners in Pork group. Partners in Pork stocked their
first farrowing facility with the Hypor commercial sow in 1994 and have
continued to expand their operation with the Hypor lines. The Hypor Duroc
and Rock-Y sires on the Hypor parent stock female are favoured
combinations for this system and have made a significant contribution to
their current achievements.
Hypor is one of the world’s leading suppliers of swine genetics. Hypor
is committed to providing superior genetics, which support profitability
in the pork meat value chain. With its head office located in Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada, the company has strategically located breeding
centres in North America, Europe and Asia.
