Institute pushes high-end Taiwanese beef, pork with new livestock varieties

Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) The Taiwan Livestock Research Institute under the Ministry of Agriculture said Friday that it had helped breed new varieties of cattle and pigs for use in high-end Taiwanese beef and pork products. At a news conference, the institute said it spent many years working with Taiwan's GGP Biotechnology to breed "Yuanxing" cattle, and Pin-Pu Farm Corp. to raise "Pinpu" black pigs to help boost the quality of Taiwan's pork and beef brands while strengthening the nation's competitiveness in the meat industry. The institute's director, Huang Chen-fang (黃振芳), said that while breeding was a difficult undertaking, its success could elevate Taiwan's farming and ranching industry. When it comes to Taiwanese beef, Huang said Taiwan will have Yuanxing beef cattle as a national product on top of the already established yellow beef cattle and water buffalos. Also read: Late president's dream comes true with approval of Taiwanese cattle breed GGP chairperson Liu Tai-ying (劉泰英) ...