Hendrix Genetics and Huanshan Group open new nucleus 08:00 | Genetics | News Impression of the new nucleus facility. Illustration: Hendrix GeneticsPig genetics company Hendrix Genetics and its Chinese partner Huanshan Group have opened the Hendrix Huanshan Nucleus Farm in Yuexi, Anhui province in eastern China. Ji Chen, managing director of Hendrix Genetics in China, commented, “The establishment of the Hendrix Huanshan Nucleus Farm is the result of determined collaboration with Huanshan group. The farm has already received its first shipment of 1,000 high-health sows, laying the foundation for robust local production and genetic progress.”For Hendrix Genetics, headquartered in the Netherlands, it is a next step in a busy year, after a merger of Hendrix Genetics with Danish Genetics to form Hendrix Genetics Swine. Swine, feed and eggsHendrix Genetics’ partner Huanshan Group is a large-scale agricultural and livestock enterprise integrating businesses such as swine breeding and reproduction, feed production, and egg-laying poultry farming.