La Broquerie based hog producer Hytek has signed a major deal to purchase significant equity interest in Chongqing Tianson Food holdings based in Chongqing, China.
Tianson Foods owns a feed mill, pork production facilities, slaughtering, and processing plants, as well as a chain of retail meat stores in China.  In a related deal, Fast Genetics Incorporated, a subsidiary of Hytek based out of Saskatchewan, has signed a licensing and dealership agreement with Tianson Foods to use and distribute Fast Genetics in China.  Fast Genetics will export genetics to China to populate nucleus facilities owned by Tianson Foods.