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Jim Long Pork Commentary – December 4, 2023
December 4, 2023
No doubt the World likes Meat Below is a graph from FAO – Pig 333 that clearly shows the global increase in meat production over the last twenty years. 2021 is up 53% from 2020 or 124 million tonnes. No...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Mexico, November 2023
November 29, 2023
Fernando Ortiz – Ibero-America Business Development Genesus Mexico last four years pork market Taking a more in-depth look at the profit margins for producers over the last 4 years, that is, the pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic period, what we currently...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – November 27, 2023
November 27, 2023
Thanksgiving Holiday The Thanksgiving holiday is over and its indeed a special holiday that leads to reflection on what we should be thankful for. Faith – Family – a society that has relative prosperity and hope. Most of us if...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Canada, November 2023
November 22, 2023
Spencer Long of Genesus The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects fewer Canadian pigs to be produced in 2024. The USDA projects that the Canadian swine herd will contract, due in part to decreased domestic processing capacity (Olymel plant...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – November 20, 2023
November 20, 2023
Pork Market Grind Continues Unfortunately, the hog market continues to run below cost of production. If breakeven is about 92¢ lb. carcass and the U.S. average slaughter hog is bringing 76¢ lb. the spread of 16¢ lb. is creating an...
Read MoreGenesus Global Technical Report – France, November 2023
November 18, 2023
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France and Africa Hog Market In October (from week 40 to 43), 1 408 455...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – November 13, 2023
November 13, 2023
U.S. Record Corn Crop Last week the USDA released their current estimate of this year’s corn crop, 15.234 billion bushels...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – USA, November 2023
November 9, 2023
Allan Bentley, Sales & Technical Manager I am going to veer off of markets with this commentary, as we know...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – November 6, 2023
November 6, 2023
Europe Market – Down 8% in Pork Production In the first 7 months of 2023 European Pork Production is down...
Read MoreGenesus Global Technical Report – Impact of teat placement on weaning traits in Landrace and Yorkshire
November 3, 2023
Kerry Houlahan, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. A recent summary for the USA showed that from 1993 to 2022 litter size...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – China, November 2023
November 1, 2023
Lyle Jones, Director of Sales, China China Hog Market- A firsthand perspective We are just back from attending Leman China...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – October 30, 2023
October 30, 2023
Some Positive in Market We had some positivity last week in the hog market with lean hog futures coming up...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Spain, October 2023
October 25, 2023
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal We had been for 13 weeks with a value never seen...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – October 23, 2023
October 23, 2023
U.S. – Next 6 Months Big Challenge We are known to be positive. Indeed, none of us can help but...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Southeast Asia, October 2023
October 18, 2023
Paul A. Anderson, Genesus Southeast Asia paul.anderson_genesussoutheastasia@outlook.com Philippines We attnded the 27th Pinoy Pork challenge in Manila which attracted up...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – October 16, 2023
October 16, 2023
U.S. Pork Industry Continues to Suffer After many months of losses, the U.S. hog industry has the dilemma of several...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Europe, October 2023
October 11, 2023
Simon Grey, General Manager European Region Pig price in Europe has come back 10% to 12% since it peaked in...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – October 9, 2023
October 9, 2023
U.S. Pork Exports Jump A week ago, U.S. Pork Export sales were 42,900 metric tonnes. The highest weekly total by...
Read MoreGenesus Global Technical Report – Effect of PRRS challenge on genetic analysis of reproduction traits in Yorkshire
October 6, 2023
Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) has proven to be a persistent and adaptive...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Mexico, October 2023
October 4, 2023
Fernando Ortiz-H., Genesus Ibero-America Business Development Manager Looking at the current market Mexico has increased its weekly purchases of pork...
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