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Tan Long Group (BAF) to produce and sell Genesus in Vietnam
BaF Vietnam Agricultural Joint Stock Company (BaF) was founded in April 2017. As a member of Tan Long Group, BaF is known for its high-quality swine breeding and pork products for a high-quality pork market that is food safety qualified. From the very first day of establishment, BaF’s business orientation has always followed the 3F…
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Genesus Global Market Report_Mexico, August 2020
by: Fernando Ortiz, Genesus Ibero-America Business Development Pork Import As we have been stated in past reports Mexico’s pork imports have not been as strong as in years past, due to Mexico’s economic slowdown and an unfavorable currency exchange rate. A slight rebound in pork imports is expected for 2021 due to a greater reopening…
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Genesus Global Market Report Canada, August 2020
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario In my last two commentaries, I’ve suggested the industry was a mess, maybe even a hot mess. What can I say now other than we’ve either got used to it or have become numb? Carrying on from my table last commentary of Ontario Pork’s weekly reporting of…
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Charlie Thompson nominated as Britain’s Pig Farmer of the year
Congratulations to Charlie Thompson of Bridge House Farm for being nominated as Britain’s Pig Farmer of the year. Below are the details of that recognition. Bridge House is a Genesus Nucleus in Great Britain. Text below is extracted from “Farmers Weekly Awards: Pig Farmer finalists 2020”, article written by Sarah Alderton and published by Farmers Weekly UK July 31,…
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Genesus Global Market Report_USA, July 2020
by Allan Bentley, Sales, Genesus Genetics Inc. What a difference a week makes! I have been very active in helping producers get some of these backed up hogs to processing plants. I must admit the truckers were busy and made a pretty penny hauling hogs. Interesting that some packers were actually making phone calls looking…
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Genesus Global Market Report – China, July 2020
Lyle L Jones, Director of Sales China, Genesus Inc. China’s Pork Prices Back on the Rise China Live Pig and Pork Price Trends China’s live slaughter pig and wholesale pork prices are once again on the rise after a steady decline following a drop off after Spring Festival. The downward trend in prices occurred during…
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Genesus Global Market Report EU and Spain_July 2020
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal We are coming out of the health alert trying to get back to normal, but we are far now from what we understood as “normal life” a year ago. The price of pork has been falling since the state of alarm was declared until four weeks…
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Improving selection for efficient lean gain
By: Dr. Chunyan Zhang, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. In the pig industry, efficient lean gain is closely associated with profitability of pork production. During the grow-finish period, body weight gain is mainly a combination of lean muscle and fat deposition. As pigs get older, the composition of weight gain shifts from lean muscle deposition to a…
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Genesus Global Market Report South-East Asia, July 2020
Paul A. Anderson, General Manager South East Asia – International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc. Thailand Vietnam has approved imports from Thailand of live pigs consisting of parent stock gilts and commercial hogs. The move is aimed at restocking sow herds and fulfilling Vietnam’s demand for pork. The approval for the…
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Genesus Global Market Report France_Some Delays in Pig Harvesting
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France, Genesus Due to three holidays in France, but also due to closure of two slaughterhouses (Covid-19 cases) and especially to the closure of the Kerméné packing plant in Brittany, pig harvests have not been good in May. Kerméné is one of the main packing plants in Brittany with 2500…
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Scandinavian Farms and Genesus Collaboration in China
Genesus is pleased to announce the successful shipment of 3 plane loads of swine genetics from Genesus Nucleus Farms in the United Kingdom to Scandinavian Farms Pig Industries of Lianyungang, China. Scandinavian Farms is a Danish Corporation which established a Danbred Nucleus Herd in China in 2013. Scandinavian Farms current production capacity is 14,000 sows.…
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Genesus Global Market Report Russia, June 2020
by: Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS, and Europe. Current Russian pig price is 94.9 Roubles ($1.37) per kg live-weight including VAT. At this level, good producers continue to make good profits even with this year’s higher feed price. There has not been over much disruption to supplies from meat plant closures, although there are…
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The Path to Genetically Healthier Pigs
by: Chad Bierman, Ph.D., Geneticist, Genesus Inc Pathogens are a global threat to the swine industry. They arise from bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic sources. Numerous and often prone to mutation, with a tendency to become immune to treatment efforts over time. Production flows within the North American swine industry routinely face challenges from multiple…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Canada, June 2020
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario Eight weeks ago, I suggested the Canadian pork industry was a mess. I was hoping now (eight weeks later) to be able to alter my prognosis. Unfortunately, all I could add now is, it’s a…
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Is Running A Nucleus Farm Easy?
By: Mark Jacques, Genetic Manager, Genesus Inc. Running a nucleus farm cannot be that difficult, can it? This seems to be the thought that many large commercial producers have when deciding that they want to operate their own nucleus farm. The perception of producing their own breeding stock, at first appears to have no downsides…surely,…
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Genesus Global Market Report Mexico, June 2020
Fernando Ortiz-H., Ibero-America Business Development Manager, Genesus Inc. According to information from the National Agricultural Council (CNA), in Mexico the Covid-19 (coronavirus) came to exacerbate the economic recession that Mexico was already going through, however, until the first quarter of the year, the agri-food sector was the only one that showed growth. In contrast to…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, June 2020
Pork Producers’ Lives Matters Allan Bentley, Sales USA, Genesus Genetics There is no doubt that the year 2020 has not provided the world with a clear vision. Just when the lockdown from COVID_19 was being lifted, many of the major cities being looted and burned, so curfews are being imposed upon the citizens. This has…
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Genesus Global Market Report China, May 2020
Lyle L. Jones, Director of Sales for China, Genesus Inc. The live pig price dropped from 38.3 RMB/kg ($2.44/lb.) in February at Chinese New Year to 30.1RMB/kg ($1.92/lb.) at this moment in May, down 21.2%. The wholesale pork prices have fallen slightly for 13 straight weeks, down 23% from their peak. According to our observations,…
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Dietary Energy Considerations For Genesus Full Program Pigs_Part 1: Daily Feed Intake Potential
By: Clarence Froese, MSc., P.Ag., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc. Energy is the most expensive component of a pig’s diets, comprising about 50% of the final diet cost. It is one of the main nutrients required for lean tissue, fat, and bone growth; it supports the daily maintenance requirements to maintain body weight and function…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Europe and Spain, May 2020
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal In my last report eight weeks ago, we were one week into the state of health alert in Spain, today we are still there, but little by little easing the restrictions and trying to go back into making “a normal life.” The situation is difficult and…
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Genesus Global Market Report – SE Asia, May 2020
Paul Anderson, General Manager South East Asia / International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc. My last Global Market Report was written in the Philippines as I cut my business trip short to fly home to the UK due to the start of the travel restrictions brought on by the Covid-19 Pandemic. Wow hasn’t eight weeks of movement…
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Maternal effects in swine breeding. How much are we exploiting?
Everestus Akanno, PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc Maternal effects can be defined as all conditions that relate to how a dam’s genetics and life history influences how her progenies perform. These conditions can be divided into: Pre-natal conditions such as the ability to conceive, establish and maintain pregnancy as well as the extent at which her…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Russia, May 2020
Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS, and Europe Pig price in Russia is currently 100 Roubles ($1.33) per live kg. This is up just a little from the past few weeks due to holidays in Russia in early May. Coronavirus is affecting Russians regions differently, from total lockdown in some regions, like Moscow, to almost…
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Genesus Global Market Report France, April 2020
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France, Genesus Covid-19 crisis After appearing in November 2019 in the city of Wuhan in China, the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) spread all over the world, from continents to continents, creating unprecedented health and economic crisis. Like many other European countries, France started containment on March 17, and this until May 11th. During…
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Factors Affecting Preweaning Piglet Mortality – Part 1 –
by Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc. Pigs are polytochous animals, which means they produce multiple piglets in one farrowing. This evolutionary strategy is called “parental optimism” and it allows the dam to produce more offspring than what is required for its replacement (Mock and Forbes. 1995). In nature, this strategy allows the mother to take…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Canada, April 2020
by Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario Challenges in the Time of COVID-19 It’s a mess – the understatement of the world. Coronavirus collapsing foodservice and creating a surge in retail has seriously disrupted supply chains and turned the whole pork complex in Canada on its head. Then to add insult to injury…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, April 2020
by Allan Bentley, Sales, Genesus Genetics In my last commentary, I was questioning the CME and its disconnect to the cash hog market, and I would like to continue on that path. A few years ago, actual basis contracts became popular as they were fairly easy to understand and a great way to handle risk…
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Genesus Global Market Report Mexico Pork Industry April 2020
By Fernando Ortiz-Hermida Ibero-America Business Development The current diagnosis of the Mexican pork industry depends on who you are talking to. Lately, I have spoken to some pig producers and packers in Mexico. All producers agreed that the industry is facing a moment of recession with pork prices dropping in free fall, so it is basically…
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Genesus Welcomes Chad Bierman PhD
Genesus is very pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Chad Bierman, Ph.D. to the position of Geneticist. As a Geneticist he will oversee genetic improvement programs at genetic nucleus farms, provide leadership for our health R&D program and provide genetic improvement technical support for customers. Chad has over 18 years of experience in…
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Genesus Global Market Report – China, April 2020
by Lyle L. Jones, Director of Sales in China The first reported case of ASF broke on August 3, 2018, in China. Despite significant losses of production, the slaughter pig price remained stable during the first half of 2019 as a result of increased flow to slaughterhouses, built up of cold storage and increased pork…
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Genesus Global Market Report Spain, March 2020
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal Whenever I am due to write this report, I have a pretty clear idea of the points I wish to touch. This time I don’t even know where to start. We are in a full crisis of COVID_19 in Spain, in Europe, and in the world.…
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Genesus Global Market Report South-East Asia, March 2020
Paul A. Anderson – General Manager South East Asia and International Sales, Genesus Inc. Thailand: Falling pork demand, but pig price rises As Thais are avoiding gathering in public places to save themselves for the coronavirus, demand for pork is falling due to massive closures of restaurants and food services across Thailand. Even so, pig…
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Genesus Global Market Report_Russia, March 2020
Simon Grey – General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc. Current pig price in Russia is 99 Roubles per kg ($1.37/kg), including 10% VAT; this is up from 90 Roubles last week. Very little changing with regards to supply and demand so little there to affect the price. The increase does coincide with a…
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Do we manage the Pigs or the Farm?
Simon Grey, General, Manager Russia CIS and Europe, Geneus Inc This may seem a really stupid question. Of course in live pig production we are managing pigs! But are we? We are in business to make a profit and to make this profit as big as we can. Profit requires income, which means sales. Pig production is…
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Genesus Global Market Report France_March 2020
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France, Genesus Hog price: price increases after a decline at the beginning of the year In France the hog market price started the year at levels well above last year : Hog market price (€ per kg carcass) The average market price was 1.511 € per kg carcass for the…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Canada, March 2020
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario Canada – Waiting for China (or Godot) bfraser@genesus.com I reference the famous Theatre of the Absurd play by Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot* because here in Canada our wait for better days from China is feeling all to similar. Like for Godot we wait and hope but seemingly…
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Foster Sows – Economic or Not?
Simon Grey, General, Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc. February, 25th 2020 For many, leaving 10% to 20% farrowing crates empty because of big litters has become the norm, with many advisors and farm designers advocating the practice. Is it however economic? When you look at the numbers and consider the extra work, the…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Mexico, February 2020
by Fernando Ortiz-Hermida, Genesus – Ibero-American Business Manager Pork production was up 6% through November 2019, as gains in the breeding herd, productivity and a 2% year over year increase in weights offset losses resulting from herd health challenges. Producers responded to the expansion in packing capacity, growing the herd (particularly in the north). We…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, February 2020
by Allan Bentley, Sales, Genesus Genetics “Capitalize on confusion” The pork show season is almost over and we get to visit with a lot of people in the pork industry during this time.think I am going to piggyback off Jim Long’s comments in his commentary about questioning the need for lean hog futures. I don’t…
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Genesus Global Market Report – China, February 2020
Lyle L Jones, Director of Sales China. Market Conditions: In China, the price for Pork normally rises and is greatest during the month prior to the Chinese New Year. However as indicated in the chart below, there was no sharp rise in pork prices this year due to the Central Government’s policy of increasing pork…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Spain and EU, January 2020
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal The 2019 Pork Spanish market had closed with values not seen in the last six years. In 2014 the year started with €1,253/kg live-weight (61.68¢ US /lb), which was already perceived as a very high value! Live-weight averaging at 109.33 kg (241 lbs) for the same…
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Genesus Global Market Report – SE Asia, January 2020
Philippines As of the 1st October 2019, the total swine inventory in the Philippines was estimated at 13.01 million heads according to the Philippines Statistics Authority. This represents a decrease of nearly 1% compared to the previous year. The local hog industry has lost a total of PHP 4 billion (~80 million USD) since mid-August, due…
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Genetic effort to improve pork sensory traits
Dr. Chunyan Zhang, Genesus Geneticist Pork quality is an important factor influencing consumers purchasing decisions. Consumers` willingness to pay more or re-purchasing pork is driven by past eating satisfaction, which is mainly associated with juiciness, tenderness, flavour and overall opinion, which are usually called sensory traits. Sensory traits are based on panelists sensory evaluation which…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Russia, January 2020
Simon Grey, General Manager Russia CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc.simongrey@genesus.com Pig price is currently 82 Roubles ($1.34) per kg liveweight and going to a time of the year, after New Year and Russian Christmas, where price usually falls by about 5 to 6 Roubles per kg. For years Russia has been towards the top of…
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Genesus Global Market Report – France 2020
Philippe Mallétroit, Director for France, Genesus Inc. Pork market: 2019 summary Due to the very high Chinese demand for pig meat, 2019 has been a very profitable year for french pig producers. The market price average was 1.496 € per kg carcass (1.669 US $) in 2019, which is the highest level reached since 1992…
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New Genesus Nucleus/Multiplier in Ukraine
On the 21st of December 2019, the first official supply contract of Genesus breeding stock to Ukraine was finalized with a delivery of 749 York gilts, 7 York boars and 6 Landrace boars to the isolation farm of “Agrarna Kompaniya 2004” located in the Chervoniy Kut village of Khmelnytskyi region. Pigs all came from Genesus…
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Genesus Global Market Report Mexico – January 2019
Fernando Ortiz-Hermida – Ibero-America Business Development Manager The United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS) projects production will increase every year in Mexico. Exports to purchasers in the United States (US) and East Asia have also forecast an increase. These signs point to a bright future for the Mexican pork industry. This is…
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Genesus Global Market Report_Canada,December 2019
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario bfraser@genesus.com I read recently that The Queen had another Annus Horribilis (horrible year). Perhaps, but not sure, it has anything on the Canadian Pork Producer. The year in review. If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s the picture. Seems we took a whupping at every turn.…
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Boar Management Impacts Fertility
Garth Braun, General Manager at Canadian Centre of Gene Transfer – Genesus Inc. One must consider the boar as a very important part of the farm’s reproduction success, so special attention is needed when it comes to boar management, considering nutrition, vaccinations and herd health programs. Also housing and the aggressiveness of the male may determine the…
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Genesus Global Market Report USA – December 2019
Allan Bentley, USA Sales, Genesus Genetics. Did Christmas come early for the agriculture/livestock community? USMCA* is finally on its way to being passed and Phase 1 of the trade deal with China seems in the bag. China’s hog population is ½ what it was in August 2018. So why are cash hogs as low as…
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Genesus Global Market Report China – December 2019
Lyle L Jones, Director of Sales in China, Genesus Inc. 2019 Year in review and outlook for the future in China. If you are a pork producer or allied industry supplier doing business in China, 2019 was a year you might rather like to forget. However, the unfortunate outbreak of ASF may have created a…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Spain – December 2019
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal The European pig market is experiencing an unusual situation at the end of 2019. Spain has the lowest price of all major European producers. Even so, they are at € 1,488/kg (74.91¢ US/lb) liveweight, far from the € 1,038/kg (52.96¢ US/lb) liveweight of a year ago.…
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Genesus Global Market Report -South East Asia – November 2019
General Manager SE Asia and International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc Philippines As of 01 October 2019, the total inventory of swine in the country was estimated at 13.01 million heads. This represents a decrease of 0.9 percent compared with the previous year’s stocks of 13.13 million heads. In backyard farms, swine inventory at 8.20 million…
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Selection for Sow Longevity in Commercial Pig Farming
Dr. Dinesh Thekkoot, Genesus Inc. Sow longevity is a key economic component in commercial pig farming, as it is directly proportional to the herd replacement rate and to the total number of piglets weaned per sow lifetime. Even though sow longevity is a major economic factor, no consensus exists in the scientific community regarding the…
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Genesus Global Market Report – France, November 2019
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France, Genesus Pork market : very strong Chinese demand French production, of which one third of this production is exported, benefited from China’s massive imports both in terms of volume and value, especially in the last quarter. Since mid-March, we have seen a steady rise in pork price reaching its highest…
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Genesus Global Market Report_Russia, November 2019
Simon Grey – General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe. The pig price in Russia has fallen to 92 Roubles ($1.43) per live kg. Half carcasses are selling for 140 Roubles ($2.19) meaning a margin of 1,436 Roubles ($22.4) for slaughter plants. For the large integrated producers margins are still good, although lower than over the…
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Global Mega Producer – Miratorg
A program of recognition led by National Hog Farmer sponsored by Genesus Inc. Miratorg Russia’s leading meat-producer and supplier Miratorg is Russia’s largest pig producer with a breeding base of 138,000 heads and a total of 400 thousand tons of pork marketed per year. Live pig production started in 2005 in the Belgorod Region of…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Canada Nov. 2019
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario bfraser@genesus.com As Ontario moves through a late harvest, due to a late, backward spring we see the bulk of the beans (soys % edibles) off. However, it is doubtful that more than five percent of the corn is harvested. Manitoba got whacked with an early winter storm…
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Genesus Global Market Report Mexico – October 2019
Fernando Ortiz, Ibero America Business Development at Genesus Inc. Last week we attended the National Swine Congress of Mexico in Puerto Vallarta, which had a large attendance and a variety of exhibitors, both in the commercial area and at the conference auditorium. With relatively stable prices during this year, the main fear of Mexican producers…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, Oct. 2019
by Allan Bentley, Sales USA, Genesus Genetics. I asked Bob Lingenfelter to help me with this commentary as we talk daily about markets and I like the prospective he brings to the table and would like to share his thoughts with mine. Everyone knows the ASF situation so I will talk about currency and its effect…
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LEMAN CHINA SWINE CONFERNCE 2019
As the world’s largest and most influential swine industry event, the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference was founded in 1985 and has a 34 years history. The conference was introduced into China in 2012. Leman China is now considered one of the most valuable meetings in the swine industry through providing scientific solutions to the…
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Pork Carcass Competition in Lethbridge Alberta 2019
Genesus customers win for 2nd year in row, 4 of the top 5 in Lethbridge Alberta Carcass Competition. Last week (Oct 9th, 2019) there was a Carcass Competition in Lethbridge Alberta. The carcasses were judged at Maple Leaf Foods – Lethbridge Plant. There were 21 entries from all the major genetic companies. Genesus customers won again…
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Genesus Global Market Report – China, Oct. 2019
by Lyle L Jones, Director of Sales China We are back in China this week to participate in the 8th Leman China Swine Conference & 2019 World Swine Industry Expo being held October 19-21, 2019 in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Swine experts from around the world will present the latest in the swine industry and share…
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Genesus Global Market Report Spain – Oct. 2019
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal, Genesus Inc.mvega@genesus.com Genesus Global Market Report Spain – Oct. 2019 Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal, Genesus Inc. mvega@genesus.com The Spanish market is in a totally unusual situation at this time of year. We find a price of € 1,451 / kg live and…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Spain, Oct 2019
Genesus Global Market Report Spain – Oct. 2019 Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal, Genesus Inc. The Spanish market is in a totally unusual situation at this time of year. We find a price of € 1,451 / kg live and weighing 110.53 kg live and 85.77 kg carcass, both the highest of…
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Genesus Global Market Report – SE Asia_October 2019
Paul Anderson, General Manager South East Asia and International Sales Manager , Genesus Inc. Philippines Pork Producers Weekly Prices as of September 24, 2019 (NET Price) Bulacan-110-115 CS 45-50 Iloilo-100 Rizal-118 CS 60 Bacolod -100 Laguna-110 CS-50 Gensan -98 Bansud- 80-85 CS 50 Koronadal-95-99 CS-70 Marinduque – 85-90 CS-65 Zamboanga-108-110 Cavite-118-122 CDO-104…
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New Hope Group is a Mega Global Producer
A program of recognition led by National Hog Farmer sponsored by Genesus Inc. New Hope Group New Hope Group recognized as a Global Mega Producer for 2019. New Hope Group, founded in 1982, more than 600 subsidiaries and branch companies with nearly 70,000 employees located in more than 30 countries and regions around the world. New…
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Leading Spanish producers in Canada
On September 25th, 2019 Genesus in cooperation with Zoetis-Spain was pleased to host leading pork producers and friends from Spain. Spain is the third largest hog production country in the world with over 50 million hogs processed per year. It was an honor for Genesus to host the Spanish producers to a day of presentations,…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Russia – Sept 2019
Simon Grey – General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe. Pig prices have fallen in Russia and currently stand at 94 Roubles per kg liveweight ($1.46). This is a reflection of the economy and peoples buying power reducing. Local reports are that meat sales rise following people receiving salaries. In a recent speech the Chairman of…
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Why adjust end of test pig performance data?
Everestus Akanno, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Selection of parents of the next generation of pigs in nucleus breeding programs requires accurate estimation of breeding values for several traits. Among the traits evaluated in a typical swine genetic improvement scheme includes growth rate and ultrasound backfat and loin depths measured at a given target weight or…
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Genesus Global Market Report – France, Sept 2019
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France Hog market As we have expected at the beginning of this year, many countries, such as France, free of ASF should show prices at record levels due to ASF breakout in China and now in other Asian countries (Vietnam, Philippines…). On the first semester 2019 the European exports to…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Canada, Sept 2019
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario Given the wild ride of 2019 a review of my last four commentaries seems appropriate. As has been said “forgetting history dooms you to repeating it” or at least repeating it in your writing. So here below at risk of redundancy is our ride to date in…
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Genesus Global Market Report Mexico – September, 2019
Fernando Ortiz, Ibero America Business Development at Genesus Inc. The Mexican pig market has had a relative stability over the last two years. With prices around 29.20 pesos per kilo (67 USD cents/lb) average liveweight, Mexican pig producers are doing not too bad. While domestic consumption has remained unchanged the Mexican export pork market has…
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Genesus Global Market Report USA – August, 2019
Volatility in the markets….that is the understatement of the year. As someone told me on Monday, “Traders are watching the Trump twitter feed up on their phone in one hand and the index finger on their other hand is on the key board getting ready to push buy or sell!” I believe that China has…
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Genesus Global Market Report China- August, 2019
Lyle L Jones, Director of Sales in China, Genesus Inc. MARKET INFORMATION: China’s pig inventory numbers have declined by 32.2% in July compared to the same month one year ago according to the most recent MARA report.July sow numbers were down 31.9% since the first reported ASF outbreak in China one year ago.ASF is still…
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Market Report Europe and Spain – Aug 2019
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal We are in the middle of August and we have the highest market price in the last five years. This rise began in mid-June and since a month ago when it reached 1,456€/kg of live weight (US 73.13¢/lb) has been unchanged until this, week when it…
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Genetic improvement for resilience to PRRS
Dr Chunyan Zhang, Genesus Geneticist Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), is a disease affecting both reproduction and growth, and is a very costly viral disease for pig farms around the world. Vaccination for protection against PRRS virus (PRRSV) infection has generally been unsuccessful (Lunney et al., Annu. Rev. Anim. Biosci. 2016, 4:129). Therefore, it…
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Genesus Global Market Report – SE Asia, August 2019
Paul Anderson, General Manager SE Asia and International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc. India India is about to ramp up it’s pig production ! During a recent business trip to India it became obvious that there is a change about to happen with a number of pig production projects being planned and although we have seen…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Russia, Aug. 2019
Simon Grey – General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe. Pig price in Russia is 113.50 Roubles per live kg (US$1.77). With cost of production at about 65 Roubles ($1.03) for the best producers the period of high profitability for the Russian pig industry rolls on and on. Goes to show what’s possible by restricting imports!…
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Global Market Report – France, July 2019
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France, Genesus Hog Market : prices continue to increase The rise in prices that began in early March, resulting from the expansion of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Asia, continues its progression. After China, the world’s leading pork producer, which has already slaughtered 23% of its breeding stock according to…
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Genesus Global Market Report Canada – July 2019
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service Ontario, Genesus Inc. In my last commentary Bob Hunsberger, Wallenstein Feeds, Hog Economics Summary Sheet showed from the previous eight weeks, a tremendous and unprecedented reversal of fortunes with profitability going from per pig with average production loss of (-$34.07) to profit of $55.39 per pig with average production.…
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Genesus Global Market Report Mexico – July 2019
Fernando Ortiz –H., Genesus Ibero-America Business Development Manager The lower corn harvests in the US and the African swine fever that China suffers will raise the prices of beef, pork and chicken in Mexico, and the first adjustments already began to be felt with pork, according with producers and market analysts. Mexico imports 40 percent…
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Genesus Technical Report – July 2019
On-farm storage impacts reproductive performance Garth Brown, General Manager at Canadian Centre of Gene Transfer – Genesus Inc. When semen reaches its destination, the farm accepts responsibility for maintaining the potential for consistent reproductive performance of semen doses. Upon arrival, semen doses should be immediately placed in a semen storage unit at 63°F (17°C). As the…
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Dan Sutherland Joins Genesus
Genesus is pleased to announce that Dan Sutherland is joining our team as Director of Pork Supply Chain Development. Dan joins Genesus following a thirty-five-year career as Director of Procurement with Johnsonville Sausage during which time he was responsible for the following: • Livestock Purchase of World’s largest Sow Harvest • Hide and Rendering Sales…
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United States Market Report
Alan Bentley, Genesus Genetics A bit of irony as I write this, today is Independence Day and the local parade is a block away. Also 2019 is the year of the pig in China. I think it will be the year of the pig for many producers as China becomes more dependent on the U.S.…
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Alan Stephens Joins Genesus
Genesus is pleased to announce the appointment of Alan Stephens to our Sales and Technical Support team, reporting to Greg Gilsdorf, General Manager, US. Alan’s career in the livestock industry has spanned over 30 years working with swine, turkeys and broilers. His most recent and relevant experience includes: The Maschhoffs LLC (5 years) as Sr.…
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EU and Spanish Pork Markets – June 2019
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal With the price at € 1,451 / kg live weight, we find that we have to go back until 2014 to find a higher value, € 1.48 / kg. The big difference is that in 2014 ,January to June rise was 18%; while this year we…
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Genesus Global Market Report – China, June 2019
LYLE L. JONES, DIRECTOR OF SALES CHINA, GENESUS INC. MARKET INFORMATION: The average price of piglets is 46.54 yuan/kg ($1.10/lb.) for the second week of June, which is 2.55% lower than last week’s (47.76 yuan/kg). The average price of live hogs is 16.33 yuan/kg., ($1.07/lb.) which is 1.94% higher than last week’s (16.02 yuan/kg). The…
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Big Data and Machine Learning in Animal Breeding
Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc Machine learning (ML) has been a buzz word for the past few years. ML is a subfield of artificial intelligence (AI) dedicated to the study of algorithms to predict outcomes. Knowingly or unknowingly we are heavily dependent on ML in our day-to-day life. The Virtual personal assistants like Siri, Alexa…
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Genesus Global Market Report SE Asia – June 2019
Paul Anderson, General Manager South East Asia, Genesus Inc. Thailand Live pig price in Thailand continued to increase in the second quarter of 2019 due to slow production during the summer. The shortage is increasingly severe after Cambodia has imposed a ban on imports of pork and live pigs from Vietnam, which is being hit…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Russia, June 2019
Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc. Pig price is Russia is 103 Roubles per live kg ($1.58). Half carcass price is 151 Roubles per kg ($2.32). In Russia carcass is head off, so killing out % in the 74% region. This means slaughter plants selling ½ carcass have a 1092 margin ($16.78)…
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Genesus Global Market Report France, May 2019
Philippe Mallétroit – Director, Genesus SARL Hog market: the price increase continues The rise in prices started in early March continues in France and in European countries, following African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in China and Asia, important producers and consumers of pork. Over the last 2 months (from March 21st to May 23rd) the…
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Genesus Global Market Report Canada, May 2019
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario Canada – Capital & Courage Bob Hunsberger, Wallenstein Feeds, Hog Economics Summary Sheet shows from eight weeks ago, a tremendous and unprecedented reversal of fortunes with profitability going from per pig with average production loss of (-$34.07) to profit of $55.39 per pig with average production. An…
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TQLS and Genesus signing the breeding strategic cooperation agreement
Swine breeding in China is integrating with the world’s standard. On May 9th and 10th , Genesus team, including the president and CEO Mr Jim Long, Vice president Mr Mike Van Schepdael, General Manager of China Area Mr Gu Yaping, and the representative of CSEA in China Mr Hu Song visited TQLS group for the…
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Global Market Report – Mexico, May 2019
Fernando Ortiz, Ibero-American Business Development Manager Overview of Mexico Mexico is situated in the southern portion of North America and is surrounded to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico in the east. Mexico’s diverse landscape of mountains, deserts, and jungles covers over 770,000 square miles and has a…
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GLOBAL MARKET REPORT USA – May 2019
Allan Bentley , Sales Representative, Genesus Genetics In the last 3 weeks, we have lost $12 of the futures prices of pork. Like it or not, hogs are on the front lines of the trade war with China. Soybeans are at the left flank and hogs have the right flank of this battle. The issue…
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Genesus Inc. and Golden Harvesta Agreement
Superior genetics to the Philippine hog farmers to further strengthen Genesus as a global business May, 2019 Genesus Inc., the world’s largest producer of high health registered purebred swine is proud to announce it has entered into an agreement with Golden Harvesta – a joint venture between Southeast Feeds of the Philippines and Well Hope…
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Genesus Global Market Report – China, May 2019
LYLE JONES, DIRECTOR OF SALES CHINA The April pig price was 15.11rmb per live kg ($1.02/lb.). Reports in recent days actually show a softening in the market to 14.91rmb/kg.($1.00/lb). One might ask why the pig prices within China are so stable amid reports of rampant spread of ASF and significant liquidation of herds. We believe…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Spain – April 2019
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal It was difficult to foresee what was going to happen with the prices, and in fact it has been. How could it be otherwise, when China coughs, the EU catches a cold. At this moment in Spain, and in general in the EU, we are facing…
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Genesus Technical Report – April 2019
Genomic tools for addressing breed purity and optimising heterosis in pig production Everestus Akanno,PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Swine genetic improvement programs are concentrated in nucleus herds that keep single or multiple breeds or composites with the goal of improving the performance of crossbred pigs in commercial herds. Consequently, 100% breed purity is assumed based on…
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