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Jim Long Pork Commentary_May 16th 2022
May 18, 2022
British Pig & Poultry Fair Report Last week we attended the British Pig & Poultry Fair held in Stoneleigh Park, England. Our report: This was the first Pig & Poultry Fair in four years due to the Covid lockdowns. Genesus...
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Genesus Global Market Report
South-East Asia
May 2022
May 13, 2022
by: Paul A. Anderson, General Manager South East Asia / International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc. Thailand Recovery of Thailand’s pig industry hits a snag. Rising feed costs, uncontrolled ASF, and pig price curbing are hindering the recovery of the Thai...
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Jim Long Pork Commentary, May 9th, 2022
May 9, 2022
Jim Long, President-CEO, Genesus Inc. National Swine Congress of Mexico Last week we attended the National Swine Congress of Mexico held at Barceló Maya Riviera a grand resort located south of Cancún in the Riviera Maya. This coming week we...
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Genesus Global Market Report, Mexico, May 2022
May 7, 2022
Fernando Ortiz, Ibero-American Business Development, Genesus Inc. The prices of feed ingredients have risen in Mexico, as in the rest of the world, due to external issues, among which the conflict between Russia and Ukraine stands out. The United States...
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Jim Long Pork Commentary, May 2nd 2022
May 4, 2022
Tough Week for Lean Hogs – Futures Lean hog futures plummeted last week as traders kicked the crap out of summer futures in the $20 per head range. Interesting that cash hogs lost ground but not nearly at the rate of...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report Canada, April 2022
May 1, 2022
Spencer Long, Genesus Inc. The pig price remains strong, with the current price in Ontario right around 67¢ U.S. liveweight...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary_April 26th, 2022
April 26, 2022
20 Years of Pork Commentary We began writing the Pork Commentary over 20 years ago. Included in that time period...
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USA PigCHAMP DataApril 23, 2022
Pig CHAMP is a leading database of U.S. swine production data. Table below, Genesus compared the PigCHAMP database mean and...
Read MoreSire Selection in Swine Genetic Improvement
April 23, 2022
by: Everestus Akanno PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Concrete evidence of genetic progress in the swine industry abound! Genetic trends for...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report_France April 2022
April 22, 2022
Philippe Mallétroit, Director France, Genesus Inc. Price Boom Since our last report six weeks ago, hog market prices increased to...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary_April 18th 2022
April 20, 2022
Jim Long, President/ CEO, Genesus Inc. U.S. Pork Cut-outs Move Higher Good sign last Friday that U.S. Pork Cut-outs closed...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report_USA_April 2022
April 16, 2022
by: Allan Bentley, Sales, Genesus Genetics Inc. Lent is almost over. My wife Debbie and I discussed this. She can’t...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary_April 11th, 2022
April 12, 2022
Hog Markets Go Sideway This past week we saw continued lackluster movement in Cash Hogs and Pork Cut-Outs. Observations Packers...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report_China_April, 2022
April 7, 2022
Lyle L. Jones, Director of Sales for China, Genesus Inc. Market Hog Price China’s slaughter pig prices appear to have...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary, April 4th, 2022
April 4, 2022
U.S. Hogs And Pigs Report. Less Sows, Less Pigs The relentless decline of the U.S. breeding herd continues. It peaked...
Read MoreKansas State Develops Lysine Calculator for Genesus Grow-Finish
April 1, 2022
At Genesus we know we have unique genetics. Our Pigs have higher appetite, faster growth, better pork quality, lower mortality,...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report_Spain/Europe_March 2022
April 1, 2022
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal, Genesus Inc. When I wrote my last report, I sincerely believed...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary, March 28th, 2022
March 29, 2022
Lean Hog Futures Reach New Highs Last Friday U.S. Lean Hog Futures reached new contract highs from May to May....
Read MoreTiered of Moving Dead and Cannibalised Pigs?
March 25, 2022
by Simon Grey, General Manager Europe, Genesus Inc. On my travels, I meet many farmers. One thing they are all...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report, South-East Asia, March 2022
March 25, 2022
Paul A. AndersonGeneral Manager South East Asia / International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc. Philippines Average live weight prices (national) seem...
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