After years of alliances and mergers, the breeding landscape in Germany has been cleaned up considerably. Of the 12 breeding cooperatives that were in existence 10 years ago, there are only four left today. In addition to Masterrind, which will combine with Evolution and VikingGenetics in the new-year to form the international company Arcowin, and the Phoenix group, which was founded a year ago, only OHG and VOSt have maintained their independence. And with success! While their breeding programs each only represent 8% of the testing capacity in Germany, the results are stronger than they have ever been. The bigger the big players become, the stronger the smaller ones become.