The results are IN for the 2022 ABA Progeny Test! The most extensive unbiased evaluation of progeny performance available to Berkshire purebred swine breeders wouldn’t be possible without the ABA members who participated: Troy Seybold, Bennecoff & Brummer, Petrik Farms, England’s Berkshires, James Parlett Jr., Michelle Schoenwald and Pete Brummer. Thank you to our research collaborators Pennsylvania Department … Read More
Why Participate in the ABA Progeny Test?
The American Berkshire Association Progeny Test is a time-honored tradition that marries genetic data and Berkshire breed improvement with a common mission amongst breeders to make Berkshire pigs and pork better with every progeny. Lance Knobloch, Alvord, Iowa, owns and operates Fly’n K Berkshires. This family-run, registered Berkshire farm has been participating in the ABA Progeny Test for decades. Fly’n … Read More
2021 Progeny Test Results Annouced!
The American Berkshire Association’s Progeny Test remains the most extensive unbiased evaluation of progeny performance available to Berkshire breeders. Currently, twelve measures of progeny performance are recorded on every pig that completes the testing period. These include evaluations of carcass composition, growth performance, meat quality and eating quality. These data are compiled and returned to participating breeders for use within … Read More
2020 ABA Progeny Test: Mid-Test Report
We’re proud to have 16 pens on test for the 2020 American Berkshire Association Progeny Test! Thank you to Fly’n K Berkshires (IA), England’s Berkshires (IA), Lonnie Ploeger (IA), Pete Brummer and Family (PA), AJC Berkshires (IA), Dallas Kruper (IA) and Phenotypic Acres (IA) for participating in this one-of-a-kind data collection of purebred Berkshire genetics. Click here for the Mid-Test … Read More
2020 Progeny Test Information
What: The American Berkshire Association (ABA) progeny test is designed after the Hormel NBS Progeny Test so that Berkshire breeders can continue building upon the meat quality EPD database that we have assembled over the last 24 years (1991 to 2015). The Progeny Test was originally developed as a tool for swine breeders to objectively identify genetically superior purebred sires … Read More