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Competitor was the top indexing and fastest gaining boar in the Leduc Test Station in Alberta, Canada.
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Competitor’s sire has a 136 Index with EBVs of –1.4 mm backfat and –0.9 days. His dam has a 136 Index with EBVS of –0.6 mm backfat and –7.4 days. The –7.4 days is one of the top ranking EBVS for Landrace sows in Alberta.
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A brother to Competitor’s dam has one of the top EBV Indexes in Alberta at 152 with –10.6 EBV days and –0.9 mm for backfat.
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Competitor is a long-bodied, level made boar that is particularly long and level in his rump with a high tail setting. His large volume of muscle is hung on a sturdy skeleton in the long, loose pattern needed to maintain high productivity and longevity in maternal lines.
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A very flexible, sound, free-moving boar with good bone, Competitor is backed by generations of selection for confinement raising. He has excellent Landrace breed character with an ideal set to his small to medium sized ears. He has excellent testicle size and placement. Competitor is from a litter of 11 born live, 9 weaned with an outstanding 178 lb 21-day litter weight.
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Competitor’s dam has averaged 11.0 born live, 9.7 weaned with an outstanding 164.4 lb 21-day litter weight for three parities. His maternal granddam has a lifetime average of 12.3 born live, 10.5 weaned and 162.1 21-day litter weight for 3 parities while his paternal granddam’s lifetime average is 10.7 born live, 9.5 weaned and 137.9 lb 21-day weight for 6 parities.
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We feel Competitor can compete with any Landrace in terms of putting together superior feedlot performance, carcass leanness, maternal reproductive characteristics and the phenotypic design needed for high productivity and longevity.