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| Company type | Public |
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| ISIN | GB0002074580  |
| Industry | Biotechnology |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Headquarters | Basingstoke,Hampshire, UK |
Key people | Iain Ferguson,Chairman[1] Jorgen Kokke,CEO[1] |
| Revenue |  £668.8 million (2024)[2] |
| £6.4 million (2024)[2] | |
| £2.4 million (2024)[2] | |
| Website | www |
Genus plc is aBritish-based business selling elite genetics and other products manufactured usingbiotechnology tocattle andpig farmers. It is headquartered inBasingstoke and is a constituent of theFTSE 250 Index.
The business has its origins in the former Breeding & Production Division of theMilk Marketing Board which was established in 1933 and broken up in 1994.[3] In 1999 Genus acquiredABS Global, a company founded by J.R. Prentice in theUS as theAmerican Breeders Service in 1941 selling thesemen ofcattle.[4] In 2005 Genus acquired, through the takeover ofSygen International plc, PIC, a company founded by six pork producers in theUK as thePig Improvement Company in 1962.[5]
The company has three divisions:[6]
PIC's pedigree herds sire an estimated 30% of commercially reared pigs.[7]
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