Genus plc is a British-based business selling elite genetics and other products manufactured using biotechnology to cattle and pig farmers.

The business has its origins in the former Breeding & Production Division of the Milk Marketing Board which was established in 1933 and broken up in 1994.

[3] In 1999 Genus acquired ABS Global, a company founded by J.R. Prentice in the US as the American Breeders Service in 1941 selling the semen of cattle.

[4] In 2005 Genus acquired, through the takeover of Sygen International plc, PIC, a company founded by six pork producers in the UK as the Pig Improvement Company in 1962.

[5] The company has three divisions:[6] PIC's pedigree herds sire an estimated 30% of commercially reared pigs.