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Jim Long Pork Commentary – October 2, 2023
October 2, 2023
USDA September 1 Hogs and Pigs Report The USDA released there September 1 quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report last Thursday. If lean hog futures are any indication of market reaction of the USDA report, you need to only look at...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Canada, September 2023
September 27, 2023
Spencer Long of Genesus A new report by Ernst & Young (EY) suggests plant-based fake meat protein will grow significantly over the coming decades. EY’s forecast estimates global plant-based fake meat protein will reach $139 billion USD in sales by...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – September 25, 2023
September 25, 2023
Random Observations in a Challenging Pork Industry Last week USDA estimated Red Meat Production down 5.4% from last year -57 million lbs. (in context the 57 million lbs. is about the same tonnage of U.S. weekly pork exports). For week...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – France, September 2023
September 21, 2023
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France and Africa Hog Market Since 31st of July, the hog market has lost 0.31 € per kg carcass to be at 2.04 € currently. Many reasons of this decrease: inflation, mixed weather during the...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – September 18, 2023
September 18, 2023
U.S. Hog Weights Significantly Lower Last week USDA estimate of U.S. slaughter weights has hogs at 277 lbs. average. The same week a year ago 286 lbs. A huge 9 lb. difference. Let’s assume this is accurate. A 9 lb....
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – USA, September 2023
September 14, 2023
Allan Bentley, Sales & Technical Manager According to Iowa State we have losses on the books for 12 continuous months...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – September 11, 2023
September 11, 2023
U.S. Red Meat Production Plummets Last week U.S. Weekly Red Meat Production was down 6.1%. A decline of 60 million...
Read MoreGenesus Global Technical Report – September 2023
September 8, 2023
Drip Loss The Hidden Loss Simon Grey, General Manager Europe, Genesus Inc. Drip loss or purge is the loss of...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – China, September 2023
September 6, 2023
Lyle Jones, Director of Sales, China China’s Top 20 Pig Enterprises lost 16.4 billion Yuan ($2,245 Billion USD) in the...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – September 4, 2023
September 4, 2023
U.S. Slaughter Weights Plummet Two weeks ago, we had a week of hot weather. The result Iowa – S. Minnesota...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – EU and Spain, August 2023
August 30, 2023
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal After seventeen weeks maintaining the highest value of the market in...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – August 28, 2023
August 28, 2023
Random Observations on Pork Market Last week travels led us to southern Indiana. Last Tuesday feed mill we visited there...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Southeast Asia, August 2023
August 25, 2023
Paul Anderson, General Manager South East Asia – International Sales Manager Philippines The swine industry in the Philippines during the...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – August 21, 2023
August 24, 2023
U.S. Crop Tour The few days we travelled through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma. Our windshield assessment. In...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – August 14, 2023
August 14, 2023
2023 U.S. Corn Crop – 15.111 billion bushels Last week the USDA released their current estimate of this year’s U.S....
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Mexico, August 2023
August 9, 2023
Fernando Ortiz, Ibero-America Business Development Manager Fluctuations in the Mexican Pork Market: Influences and the Need for Adaptation Over the...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – August 7, 2023
August 7, 2023
U.S. Hog Industry – Dark before Dawn In our opinion U.S. herd liquidation is ongoing. The last two weeks U.S....
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Canada, August 2023
August 2, 2023
Spencer Long of Genesus The summer months have not brought much happiness to the Canadian industry. Costs are still high,...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – July 31, 2023
July 31, 2023
Market Hog Prices Are Good but What is Future? It’s nice to see some profits currently in market hogs for...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – France, July 2023
July 27, 2023
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France Hog Market The situation is very similar currently in Europe, there are few offers...
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