Pork Storks™ is a provider of quality
PIC™(Pig Improvement Company)
swine genetics.

The Pork Storks excellence started in the fall of 1996 with the launch of Pork Storks I in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, a 400-boar stud featuring PIC genetic lines. Due to demand and Pork Storks' desire to provide continued customer service, another 400-boar facility, Pork Storks II, was built in the fall of 1998 near Rushmore, Minnesota.

Pork Storks is ISO certified. ISO (International Standards Organization) is the global standard for quality for organizations and businesses. ISO 9001:2000 requires that specific standards are met and the documentation of the proceedures are audited by a certified independant auditor. Basically ISO 9001:2000 means you must prove that you are "doing what you say you are doing".

So, what does the ISO 9001:2000 model we've set up at Pork Storks mean to you as a pork producer? It means that from the time the boars are selected, to the moment the semen is delivered to your facility, every step has been planned, monitored and documented to ensure you are getting only the best quality semen.

The Boars

• Pork Storks uses only superior quality PIC genetics. The standards we put on our boars ensure you get the newest genetics available.
• PICmarq^TM DNA tests lend a scientific approach to the selection of boars. Presently, some of the commercially available traits are:
  • Improved meat quality
  • Disease resistance to F18 E.coli
  • Increased feed intake and feed efficiency
  • Maternal lines predominantly white-coated offspring
  • Increased litter size in the maternal lines
• Pork Storks maintains a high level of health. The trained personnel of the Pork Storks facilities and the veterinarians of the Swine Vet Center of St. Peter, MN closely monitor the health status of our boar studs. We refuse to take chances that would compromise your herd's health. The Pork Storks animals have been tested negative for PRRS, Pseudorabies and Brucellosis.

Semen Handling

Pork Storks knows the bottom line, more pigs / better pigs. Through state of the art equipment and trained personnel we make sure that every dose has what it takes to get your sows pregnant.

• Strict sanitation in collection
• Rigorous testing for semen motility, abnormalities and concentration
• Carefully measured extension using high quality extender
• Semen temperatures are closely monitored and extra measures are taken to make sure they remain stable and accurate.
• Before semen is delivered, it is tested for PRRS using the PCR test at the University of Minnesota. This helps to keep PRRS out of your herd.

Delivery

• Semen is delivered the next day by contract drivers.
• Overnight delivery is available to those who are more than 100 to 150 miles from the either of the studs
• We have closely monitored our transportation routine to ensure stable, optimized temperatures during delivery

Follow Up

• Continued monitoring of all batches for more than 7 days post-collection will ensure your semen will still be in good shape after it arrives at your farm

Any questions? Give us a call at (507) 934-3972 and we'll be happy to answer any questions you might have regarding the benefits of artificial insemination, good semen handling practices or the Pork Storks quality assurance.