What is the real-world impact of innovations like the PRRS-resistant pig for producers, scientists and the entire pork industry?

For the Chinn family, sixth generation hog farmers in Missouri, who have dealt with devastating PRRS breaks before, the possibility of eliminating PRRS means the promise of passing the farm down to the next generation.

For university researchers like Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam at UC Davis, it means scientists could use genetics to precisely decrease animal disease.

And for consumers, it means the pork on your plate is no different, except for its resistance to disease.

In this this film, produced for PIC by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, we explore the possible far-reaching benefits of the PRRS-resistant pig.