Originally published in Ontario Farmer, April 2013. The text below is adapted from the scanned PDF layout.
From capital markets to pig breeding
The report places Monita Mo’s entrepreneurial decision within the broader upgrading of China’s swine industry. After years in investment, accounting and cross-border business, she turned her attention to pig breeding after studying weaknesses in China’s food safety system and livestock sector. It was a field with longer payback periods and much higher technical barriers.
In the article, the Chifeng Best Genetics project led by Monita Mo and Mao Guobin is described as a new model that brought an international perspective to pig production in western China. The project was never only about scale. It treated genetics, housing conditions, record-keeping and management procedures as one integrated system to be built from the ground up.
Giving Chinese pig farming a new look
The article highlights Best Genetics’ introduction of modern barns, clear production workflows and strict biosecurity management at the Chifeng base. In an industry that still relied heavily on traditional experience at the time, this data-based, standards-based approach represented a shift toward professionalism, scale and sustainable operation.
The report also notes Monita Mo’s belief that better breeding stock and a more stable production system could reduce China’s dependence on outside genetics and rough management methods, allowing more regions to produce safe, reliable and high-quality pork.
An early footnote to long-termism
This early article captures a key side of Best Genetics during its start-up phase: before the full force of later industry cycles, the company had already begun building around genetic independence, base construction and international cooperation. Years later, those investments became the foundation for continued progress in proprietary breeding, digital management and genetic security.
