Originally published in Shangdao on December 12, 2015. The text below is adapted from the scanned PDF layout.
An engineer enters the pig farm
Under the title “The American Architect and Chifeng’s ‘Pig Father’”, the report focuses on Mao Guobin’s role in the construction of the Best Genetics base. With an engineering and architectural background, he contributed far more than site management. He helped bring modern engineering standards into a pig-farming setting.
For a breeding company, barns are not just production spaces. They are system-level infrastructure that affects biosecurity, animal health, efficiency and human operations. The report therefore links Mao Guobin’s engineering experience directly to Best Genetics’ industrial build-out.
Using architectural logic to serve biosecurity
The article shows the barns, ventilation systems, roads, offices and production support facilities at the Chifeng base. A modern breeding farm needs integrated planning across movement paths, isolation, sanitation, temperature control, feeding and waste handling, all of which depend on strong front-end design.
Best Genetics tied construction decisions to breeding goals: stable environments help animals express their genetic potential, clear workflows reduce disease risk, and standardised facilities raise execution efficiency across the team.
The industrial base behind one breeding site
Viewed through Mao Guobin’s personal story, the report adds another dimension to the Best Genetics founding narrative. Genetic independence requires not only breeders and managers, but also solid engineering capability to turn long-term thinking into every barn, every movement line and every operational detail.
