food animal health, welfare & sustainability

Finding New Answers for Global Food Security

Our agriculture division—Acceligen—is a leader in precision breeding, a proven technology that addresses long-standing challenges in animal health and wellbeing. Our team is working with animal breeders worldwide to help them better produce safe, abundant food by raising healthier animals in a more sustainable manner.

We’re part of a team of experts pursuing solutions to global food security, an urgent issue as populations rise, cropland shrinks, and the climate changes.

FACING THE FACTS

1.5 billion small holders working with low performing animals
12% OF THE WORLD SUFFERS FROM HUNGER EACH DAY
POPULATION AND CLIMATE TEMPERATURE ARE rapidly changing
MATCHING ANIMAL NUMBERS TO POPULATION GROWTH IS UNSUSTAINABLE

focusing our work

To combat those realities, Acceligen is focused on…

Improving the efficiency of sustainable animal production
Adapting elite production genetics in tropical climates
Improving animal health and wellbeing
precision breeding

Good Food Starts with Healthy Animals

For thousands of years, animals have been cared for and bred with the intent to pass along the best qualities to their offspring. Each generation of animal breeders leverages new knowledge and technologies to constantly improve this process of selection.

Today, we are taking the next step in this continuum through “precision breeding.” Precision breeding combines the best knowledge of genetics with the capability to precisely deliver critical traits to animals to match their production environment, thus dramatically speeding up genetic improvement of animals used for food. The results are impactful, ranging from large genetic companies to small holders.

Our results are healthier animals adapted to local disease and climates, with measurable improvement in animal well-being and sustainable animal protein production.

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We envision that with our technology, global consumers will have better access to the meat and dairy products they enjoy, and farmers will be able to raise fewer animals using less natural resources.

Tad Sonstegard, CEO, Acceligen
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Solving Big Challenges in Agriculture and Aquaculture

Acceligen team members, many with family farm experience in animal husbandry, are world-renowned experts in animal breeding and molecular genetics.

Our scientists have discovered native traits in cattle, swine, fish and other animals that are crucial to fighting diseases, improving productivity, and eliminating outdated management practices that decrease animal well-being. Acceligen traits and technologies result in in healthier, more humanely-raised animals using less natural resources to meet the worlds’ protein demands.

Invest in improved animal health and well-being.

Visit acceligen.com to learn more about our exciting work.