As importing pigs to the US is a very costly adventure, in time and money, Wilhelm imported first a limited amount of stock, as you could read above only 2 boars and 4 gilts were in the 2010 import. When selling breeding pairs, the next generation would we already quite close related. So Wilhelm and Marc knew they would need soon additional breeding stock, so clients could keep the genetics of the Blonde Mangalitsa in the US healthy long term. As Austria only had limited genetics / lines, Wilhelm contacted the Hungarian Mangalitsa Breed Organization (MOE) and after several visits by Wilhelm and Marc to Hungary they Hungarians were allowing an export to the US of stock that was registered in the MOE Mangalitsa  herdbook. This is very unique, as it happens only in a few rare cases ever that registered Mangalitsa pigs were allowed to get exported to other countries!!

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After setting up a plan for the import and selecting the amount of animals Wilhelm & Marc wanted to import, they contacted the USDA to discuss the import. But they were told by the USDA that it was NOT possible to import any pigs nor semen from Hungary as there were no import agreements between the USA and Hungary. That was a huge set back for the desperately needed additional genetics for the US. 

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Wilhelm came up with a brilliant plan:

They could send pregnant sows from the MOE / Hungary to another European country that has import agreements with Hungary and had export agreements with the US. The sows would give birth in that country in the for export required 2 month quarantine and the weaned inspected Mangalitsa piglets could fly to the New York USDA quarantine facility and after the required 8 weeks quarantine they could come to his farm (now called Kohl Farms) in Haslett Michigan. 

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The plan was accepted by the Hungarians and as not all piglets would be needed for the US the remaining piglets and the mothers could strengthen other europeans countries like The Netherlands, Austria, Germany, France, UK that were also desperate for new blood in their breeding programs. Wilhelm had to search for someone that would be able to do the quarantine, the paperwork, would speak english and would take care very well for their precious treasure - New Mangalitsa genetics for America. 

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As Wilhelm had seen on Facebook, the work that Barbara Meyer zu Altenschildesche did with her Red Mangalitsas in the Netherlands and the way she cared for them, he decided to contact her and ask if she was willing to help. Barbara had done several exports to France and Germany from her Red genetics, he knew she would have the needed knowledge how to manage exports. He contacted her and she agreed to help as she had gotten several requests from the US if she could export the Red Mangalitsa to the US but she always turned these offers down because her Red Mangalitsa genetics were not wide enough to guarantee a good start for the Red Mangalitsa population in the US. But as Wilhelm and Marc should get 4 different sows breed by 4 different boar lines from Hungary she agreed to help bring the Red's and new Blondes to the US from The Netherlands.

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January 2014

Barbara flew to Vienna to meet with Wilhelm and some days later they drove to Hungary to meet Peter Toth the head of the MOE in Hungary to discuss everything and to visit several MOE Mangalitsa farms there. More about this you can read here: MANGALITSA IN THE NETHERLANDS

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May 2014 

8 pregnant MOE registered Mangalitsa sows (4 Blondes & 4 Reds) arrived by truck in a little settlement called Speuld, near Ermelo in the Netherlands. Barbara had worked hard to get everything set up for the NVWA (Dutch Government) controlled quarantine and arrival of the "Royal" Hungarian Mangalitsa sows. 

Here a video where you can see their delivery: VIDEO

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August 2014 

18 piglets flew from Amsterdam to the USDA quarantine in New York and after another 2 month 8 pigs arrived at wilhelm Kohl's farm (Pure Mangalitsa LLC) in Haslett, Michigan. Now the location of Royal Mangalitsa.

The other 8 Red Mangalitsa piglets were transporter by truck from New York to T. Winkler in Windsor, California. 2 Blonde Mangalitsas went to Georgia.

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