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Genesus Global Market Report – SE Asia, April 2019
Paul Anderson – General Manager South East Asia Philippines Pork Producers Weekly Prices as of April 10, 2019 (NET Price/PHP per KG Liveweight) The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines is active in promoting that theirs no need to cut back on eating locally-produced pork despite an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in neighbouring…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Russia, April 2019
Simon Grey – General Manager, Russia, CIS and Europe Current pig price is 90 Roubles per live kg ($1.38). This is lower than for some time and with rising feed prices profits are a little lower, but relative to what most of are used to still lots and lots of profit for Russian pig producers.…
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Genesus Global Market Report – France, April 2019
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France Hog market : prices rise started! Due to African Swine Fever (ASF), the Chinese breeding herd continues to decline sharply with effect increase imports of pork for China. Clearly, many European exporters, including France, felt the positive effects of the Chinese FPA on their prices. Current of March, hog…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Mexico, March 2019
Fernando Ortiz Hermida – Ibero-America Business Development Manager The Mexican pork industry with just over 1 million sows in production according to unofficial figures and a swine inventory of 17.2 million pigs, produced last year 1 million 502,000 tons of pork, 4.2% more than in 2017. It is important to highlight that almost 70% of…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Canada, March 2019
Canada–Industry at a Crossroads Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario bfraser@genesus.com Stats Canada January 1st semi-annual Hog & Pig Report places the Canadian sow herd at 1.24 million head. That places the Canadian herd as basically flat for approaching a decade now. Or you can make an argument that it is slowly bleeding…
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Global Market Report – USA March 2019
Allan Bentley, Sales USA, Genesus Genetics Butcher prices are awful, however there is a silver lining right now and I want to bring it to your attention. Cull sow prices are about $10.00/ cwt higher than butchers. This is actually a great opportunity to sell cull sows and buy replacement gilts for no cost. This…
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VIV Asia 2019 Bangkok
Last week the Genesus Team which included representation from Canada, China, Philippines, Thailand, UK and Vietnam exhibited in at VIV Asia held in the Capital City of Bangkok. We were pleased to be joined also by our partners, Inspired Nutrient who are our distributors for Genesus imported products in Thailand, and the owner Trevor Shields…
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Global Market Report – Canada – March 2019
Canada–Industry at a Crossroads Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario bfraser@genesus.com Stats Canada January 1st semi-annual Hog & Pig Report places the Canadian sow herd at 1.24 million head. That places the Canadian herd as basically flat for approaching a decade now. Or you can make an argument that it is slowly bleeding…
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Carcass primals improvement – international market demand
Dr. Chunyan Zhang, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Canada is a major exporter of pork products, with ~70% pork being exported to the US, China, Japan, Mexico and other countries every year (http://cafta.org/agri-food-exports/). Pork is exported as specific cuts/products or as carcass primals. The four main carcass primals are shoulder (sometimes referred to butt & picnic as…
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GLOBAL MARKET REPORT CHINA – MARCH 2019
LYLE L JONES- DIRECTOR OF SALES, CHINA During a recent visit of customers and clients in China we offer the following observations: SOW NUMBERS Everywhere we go we are hearing of producers who have made the decision to depopulate certain facilities as they deal with the ASF issue. The question is how many sows have…
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Genesus Global Market Report – EU and Spain – February 2019
Mercedes Vega ,General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal 2019 started on the Spanish market with differences compared to previous years. The heavy weights encountered at the beginning of 2018 , this year have been absorbed much earlier. Last week, the live weight in Spain was 113.23 kg compared to the 114.94 kg a year ago. …
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Genesus Global Market Report – SE Asia – Feb 2019
Paul A. Anderson, General Manager S.E. Asia, Genesus Inc. Philippines The Philippines has banned the entry of pork and pork-based products from 8 countries to prevent the spread of African swine fever in piggeries in the country, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol announced. Piñol said on Monday, December 31, that the Philippines will not allow the…
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Quality Assurance of Fresh and Frozen Semen Stored on Farm
Garth Braun, General Manager at Canadian Centre of Gene Transfer – Genesus Inc. In pork production systems, pounds of pork produced is an economic factor. On Farm storage and handling impacts reproductive performance which has a significant effect on lowering the fixed costs of an operation, therefore improving the return of investment. Sow operations requires the…
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Global Market Report – Russia, Feb. 2019
Simon Grey, General Manager Russia CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc. Russian Pig Price has reduced in Russia to 93 Roubles per kg. January / early February is traditionally a month where pig price falls. People have less money to spend after the traditional New Year holidays in Russia which last from 1st to 9th January.…
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Global Market Report France – Feb. 2019
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France Hog market At the last market of January 31st, the price was 1.170 €/kg carcass (1.339 $). This price correspond to the average price of beginning of 2019. Last year in 2018, the average price was 1.196 € (1.369 $) and 1.372 € (1.571 $) in 2017. Due to…
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Genesus Global Technical Report – Jan 2019
Carcass and Pork Quality – Variation is Key Bob Kemp,VP Genetic Programs and R&D, Genesus Inc. Per capita consumption of pork in the US has not increased over the last few years (USDA – Livestock-Meat Domestic Data) and retail pork quality has been implicated as one of the factors affecting consumer acceptance of pork. The…
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Global Market Report Canada – January 2019
Bob Fraser, Sales, Genesus Inc. Canada – First-Ever Bacon Hour while Waiting for China Bob Hunsberger, Wallenstein Feeds, Hog Economics Summary Sheet shows little encouragement from eight weeks ago, with further erosion in profitability. Present producer profit projection per pig with average production is (-$22.26). Further average profit production for the next twelve months is…
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Ray Proost is joining Genesus as Genesus Production Manager in Canada
Ray joins Genesus after the last ten years in Asia, where he was three years General Manager of HyPig Genetics, Philippines and Japfa/Hypor, Vietnam. Ray was also three years Operations Manager for Topigs-Norsvin in China, and recently was a Swine Production Consultant with Big Dutchman throughout South-East Asia. Prior to that, Ray was Genetic Nucleus…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Mexico – Jan 2019
Fernando Ortiz, Ibero America Business Development at Genesus Inc. Mexico’s pig production is increasing, helped by improved genetics and also improved disease control although this remains a major challenge. Structural changes are also boosting production with more large-scale units and integration that stretches from the supply of AI to retailing. Feed is relatively cheap and…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, Jan 2019
Allan Bentley, Sales, Genesus Genetics Someone recently asked me to clarify why I think hog futures are going higher. The outbreak of African Swine Fever in China, plain and simple. Everyone is taking about it. It has spread throughout China and they are limiting the legal transportation of hogs. It is not stopping it and…
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MARKET REPORT CHINA – Jan 2019
Lyle Jones, Director of Sales, Genesus China General Observations ASF continues to make headlines in China as the as the first major outbreak was recently reported in Heilongjiang province. This farms total inventory was 73,000 pigs, of which 4,686 pigs contracted the disease and 3,766 pigs died. This is the largest reported ASF case with…
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Consumers and Eating Quality
Chunyan Zhang, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc. Pork quality is an important factor influencing profitability of any pork market where the consumer is willing to pay extra for superior pork quality. Out of a large variety of meat quality measurements, the consumers` eating experience is a primary factor influencing their purchasing decision. Consumers` eating experience is…
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EU and Spanish Pork Markets – Jan 2019
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal mvega@genesus.com The year 2018 has ended more quiet than expected in Spain and the EU 15 after the alarm arose from the outbreaks of PPA. We finished the year with a price of Mercolleida´s hog market, higher than what was expected, of € 1,038 / kg…
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Genesus Global Market Report South-East Asia – Dec. 2018
Paul Anderson, General Manager South East Asia Thailand African Swine Fever continued to be a big issue in Thailand. In November, livestock authorities spotted a sample of Chinese sausages taken from a group of Chinese tourists contaminated with ASF. The sample in question was intercepted at a local airport in Thailand’s northern province of Chiang…
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Market Report Russia – Dec 2018
Simon Grey – General Manager, Russia CIS and Europe This weeks Global Market Report for Russia is about the Global Market Report! Last week Genesus attended and spoke at a conference organised by the Russian Pig Producers Association. This association is well organised in Russia with good leadership that understands the reality of the effects…
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More pigs. Better Pigs. Genesus Duroc
More pigs. Better PigsGenesus DurocGenesus is pleased to announce the expansion of our Registered Duroc Nucleus Production, as we continuously strive to improve our Research and Development programs on our sire line with enhanced focus on cost of gain, growth, carcass, and meat quality.This also corresponds with the increased demand for our sire line that…
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Global Market Report – France, Dec 2018
Global Market Report – France Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France Hog marketOn week 49, after a decline of the prices the last weeks, it seems that the global demand is more sustained, probably due to abroad markets.The last nine weeks, pork price average was 1.181 €/kg carcass (1.135$/kg) and last year at the same period it…
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Global Market Report Canada – Dec 2018
Canada – Challenging Harvest Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario bfraser@genesus.com In Ontario (as in many parts of Canada) it has been one of the most challenging harvests in recent memory. It has been a particularly wet fall resulting in considerable corn still in the field and including soybeans in many areas. Now winter has…
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Genesus Purebreds export to Russia
9th Delivery of GenesusRegistered Purebreds is CompleteRecently Genesus completed the 9th delivery of a 747 load of Genesus Registered Purebreds to Ariant Company of Chelyabinsk Russia. A city located 1,000 miles East of Moscow in the Ural Region.Ariant Company is a fully integrated production marketing system with 55,000 sows, cropland, feed mills, packing plant, processing…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, Nov. 2018
Genesus Global Market Report – USAAllan Bentley, Sales, Genesus IncI have always contended that there are opportunities if you look hard enough.An example of what I am talking about is cull sow prices, they are $50.00/ cwt while butcher prices are just over $40…/ cwt. Not very often does a cull sow bring more than…
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Global Mega Producers – The Hanor Company
The Hanor CompanyThe Hanor Company celebrates another year on the Global Mega Producer list. This is not surprising as the management team has been together since the start (1996).The focus has always been on revenue per sow per year combined with high herd health and animal husbandry.The Hanor Company started in 1996 and is part…
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Customer Appreciation Awards North America – Western Region 2018
Customer Appreciation AwardsNorth America – Western RegionGenesus recently held annual Customer Appreciation Receptions in Lethbridge Alberta and Great Falls Montana. We are proud to acknowledge and award the hard work, dedication and tremendous success of 41 Genesus customers. Close to 200 producers attended the meetings.Swine industry is an ever changing and challenging business and producers…
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The Global Mega Producers – Muyuan Foods
Muyuan Foodstuff Co., LtdToday we get acquainted with another MEGA PRODUCER from China, the home of close to 50% of the global swine production.Muyuan Foodstuff Co., Ltd was established in 1992 and specializes in hog production being the second largest Pork Producer in China.The company’s headquarters is in Neixiang City of Henan province. Muyuan was…
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Export to China – Nov, 2018
GENESUS CANADIAN PUREBREDREGISTERED BREEDING STOCK EXPORT TO CHINA On October 22, 2018, Genesus signed a full package of Import Sales, Genetic Service Support and Marketing agreements with Zheng Ao Group.Zheng Ao group is the first Agri-business company to import foreign swine genetics into Yangyuan county of Zhangjiakou city, Hebei Province, China.Zheng Ao plans to set up a…
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Global Market Report – Spain, Nov 2018
Global Market Report – SpainMercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugalmvega@genesus.comPork price in Spain will continue with a similar trend to 2015 fall prices, except that this year Spain will have lighter pigs going to the market.We are currently with a market price of € 1,046 / kg liveweight with an average weight…
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Genesus Global Market Report – South East Asia, Nov 2018
Global Market Report – South East AsiaPaul Anderson – General Manager South East Asiaand International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc.PhilippinesThe livestock subsector grew by 1.88 percent. It shared 16.67 percent in the total agricultural output. Hog production was up by 2.81 percent.The Swine Inventory in the Philippines is predicted to reach 12.70 million heads in 2018,…
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Global Market Report – Russia Oct. 2018
Russia Market ReportSimon Grey, General Manager Russia CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc.The Russian pig Price remains strong at 107 Roubles (US$1.65) per kg live-weight including 10% VAT. Prices are following the normal annual trend downwards at this time of the year. With production costs around 65 Roubles per kg ( $1US /kg) for good producer’s…
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Global Market Report – France – October, 2018
Global Market Report – France – October, 18Philippe Mallétroit – Director for FranceHog marketThis summer the average pork price has been much lower than summer from the previous year and reached a maximum price of 1.296 €/kg (1,498 $/ kg carcass) at the beginning of September.If we compare the 2018 summer season from June to…
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Carcass Competition Lethbridge AB Expo Days 2018
Carcass CompetitionLethbridge AB Expo Days 2018Last week there was a major Carcass Competition Lethbridge AB Expo Days. The competition was judged by a senior official of a major Canadian packer, and there were 22 entries from all the major genetic companies.Genesus customers won with 4 of the top 5 with Big Bend Colony on 1st…
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Global Market Report – Canada, Oct. 2018
Canada – Reverse of fortunes (kind of)Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontariobfraser@genesus.comEight weeks ago, in my August 13th Commentary Bob Hunsberger, Wallenstein Farm Supply, projected profits for the next 12 months at ($10.96) per pig average and producer profitability levels that week ($19.25) per pig average production and $1.51 per pig excellent production.My…
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Get acquainted with the Global Mega Producers – Vall Companys
A program of recognition led by National Hog Farmer sponsored by Genesus Inc. Vall Companys Group Vall Companys is recognized as a Global Mega Producer for 2019. The Vall Companys Group story began in 1956 as an agri-food family-owned operation. The company’s operational model is based on the integration of all stages of the production process.…
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Costa Group as a Global Mega Producer for 2019
A program of recognition led by National Hog Farmer sponsored by Genesus Inc. COSTA FOOD GROUP COSTA FOOD GROUP is recognized as a Global Mega Producer for 2019. The origin of the COSTA FOOD GROUP is linked to Piensos Costa, a leading company in the Spanish pork industry founded in 1966 in Fraga (Huesca). The business…
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USA Market Report, Sept 2018
USA Market Report, Sept 2018Allan Bentley, Sales, Genesus Genetics African Swine Fever….I am a little surprised this is not bigger news all over the hog industry. I am as equally perplexed as to why we have only seen $9.00 rise in next summer’s hog futures. After the first case was reported, I surmised there would be…
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Betagro Group – Global Mega Producer 2018
Get acquainted with the Global Mega Produce A program of recognition led by National Hog Farmer sponsored by Genesus Inc. Betagro Group Betagro is recognized as a Global Mega Producer for 2019. Betagro Group was founded in 1967 under the name of Betagro Company Limited to produce and distribute animal feed. The company started its business…
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Get acquainted with the GMP- Seaboard Farms
Get acquainted with the Global Mega Producer Program sponsored by Genesus Inc. in collaboration with National Hog Farmer PORK — it’s a global business. No matter the size or location of your hog operation, the name of the game is to sell pounds of pork. The good news is the world loves pork. As the most consumed…
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Global Market Report – China Sept 2018
China Market Report, Sept 2018Lyle Jones, Director of Sales in China, Genesus Inc. We just returned from 2 weeks of travel within China. While the Swine Industry continues to transform from its old style backyard production to new and modern facilities with better Genetics and higher technology, there is growing concern over recent outbreaks of ASF.…
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Feed intake, growth and health
Dr. Chunyan Zhang, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.All pig producers will agree, feed is the largest cost of production, accounting for about 55-65% of the total cost. So improvement of feed efficiency has always been a priority in pig breeding and selection programs.When talking about the feed efficiency, the first measurement comes to many people`s mind…
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EU and Spanish Pork Markets, Sept. 2018
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & PortugalThis summer we have had prices below compared with two previous years and we are very much on par with 2015. The actual market price is € 1,225 / kg live against € 1,389 / kg in 2017.However, slaughter weights are higher than in the last five…
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Russian Market Report, August 2018
Simon Grey, General Manager Russia CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc. The Russian pig price remains strong at 123 Roubles (US$1.81) per kg live-weight including VAT.Russian pig farmers continue to be profitable. Like many parts of the world, Russia after a cold winter has had a hot dry summer. Grain yields are lower, some estimates are 15%…
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Genesus Registered Purebred Breeding Stock Import to China
Genesus Genetics Inc provides yet another Import of High Quality Registered Purebred Swine Breeding Stock to China. One Boeing 747 of Genesus breeding stock, imported by Ao Nong Group, arrived at Hunan Changsha Huanghua International Airport.Aonong founded a feed milling business in 2011 and added its Pork Production system in 2014. Today, Aonong has over…
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Global Market Report – South East Asia, Sept 2019
Global Market Report – South East Asia, Sept 2018 Paul Anderson – General Manager South East Asiaand International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc. Thailand Pig price jumps in Thailand The price of live pigs in Thailand hit THB 70/kg (USD 2.12) in late August or a 27% jump from the second quarter of the year. The…
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Canada – Party’s over, now what?- Aug 2018
Canada – Party’s over, now what?Bob Fraser, Sales & Service, Genesus Inc.bfraser@genesus.com Two months ago Bob Hunsberger, Wallenstein Farm Supply, projected profits for the next 12 months at $10.35 per pig and producer profitability levels $13.29 per pig average producer and $34.30 per pig excellent production at the time. I asked then if we were out…
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Simon Oxby joins Genesus
Simon Oxby joins Genesus asTechnical Specialist of Genetics for Genesus China.Simon has over 28 years of experience in pig production management, working within comercial and multiplication systems.He first started in UK, then moved on to production management consulting for start-ups in Russia. where he worked with large producers including Cherkizovo and Rusagro.His dedication to this industry also took him to New Zealand where…
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Global Market Report (France) – Aug 2018
FRANCE MARKET REPORTPhilippe Mallétroit – Director for FranceHog Market : the summer rise has not taken place (yet)This year the average price is 1.221 €/kg carcass weight for the first part of the summer season (week 27 to 32) against 1.478 € last year over the same period, a 0.257 €/kg difference.This year, over this period, pig…
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Global Market Report (Russia) – Aug 2018
Russian Market Report, August 2018Simon Grey, General Manager Russia CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc.The Russian pig price remains strong at 123 Roubles (US$1.81) per kg live-weight including VAT.Russian pig farmers continue to be profitable. Like many parts of the world, Russia after a cold winter has had a hot dry summer. Grain yields are lower, some…
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Gu Yaping joins Genesus as General Manager for China.
AnnouncementGu Yaping joins Genesus asGeneral Manager for China.Genesus is proud to announce that Gu Yaping has joined our team as General Manager for China.Gu Yaping earned his BS in animal science from the Shanghai Agricultural College and brings with him over 33 years of intensive experience in the China swine industry.During his long career Gu Yaping…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, Aug 2018
USA Market ReportAllan Bentley, Sales Manager, Genesus GeneticsThe 4th quarter in the hog production business has always been a challenge.Summer highs and winter lows is almost always guarantee with December hogs putting in new lows around $45. That same December board was trading around $65 last winter, $20 dollars less makes a big difference. I…
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Genesus Global Market Report – July 19, 2018
EU and Spanish Pork MarketsMercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugalmvega@genesus.com With 49.6 million market hogs and about 4.25 million tons of pork produced in 2017, Spain is the fourth largest producer of pork in the world.Last two quarters overviewCurrently Spain’s pork producers are surfing around their break-even point. The cost of production for…
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Genesus and Kaiyong Group Strategic Alliance
Genesus and Kaiyong Group Strategic AllianceGenesus is proud to announce a strategic alliance with Kaiyong Group in Gaoping City, Shanxi Province, P.R. of China.Kaiyong group has extensive business in mining and livestock feed manufacturing as well as pig production. Kaiyong has several large barn construction projects underway including 20 x 10,000 head finishing barns and…
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Genesus Market Report – SE Asia, July 2018
Global Market Report – South East AsiaPaul Anderson – General Manager South East Asiaand International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc.ThailandThai farmers urge retailers to stop discounting pork priceThai pig farmers are calling for retailers to stop discounting pork price, saying it is misleading the market price.International retailers operating in Thailand are promoting pork sales through a…
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Genesus Global Market Report – July 05, 2018
Market report Russia July 2018Simon Grey – General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc. Current pig Price is 114 Roubles per kg $1.81 (with VAT) per kg live-weight. As has been the case for the past years pig production in Russia remains very profitable for the good an efficient farmers. New farms continue to be built…
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Genesus Global Market Report – France, June 2018
Pork Market On June 15 the general assembly of the Breton Pork Market (MPB) occurred in Plérin.This was an opportunity to appraise achievements made in 2017 and make a first observation for the beginning of 2018.First, in 2017 the number of pigs marketed by the MPB grew by 12% in comparison with the previous year,…
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Genesus Technical Report – June 2018
PCAI vs Traditional AIGarth Braun, A.I Centre General Manager, Genesus IncNo matter what catheter you use PCAI (Post Cervical AI) or Traditional AI (foam or spiral catheter) the reproduction success has different pieces to the puzzle. Heat detection and proper boar exposure with adequate energy and protein levels in the feed especially at lactation is a…
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New Genesus Nucleus in China
Hong Fa Xiang will become a Genesus Nucleus herdGenesus is pleased to announce that the company Hong Fa Xiang will become a Genesus Nucleus herd. The farm is established in the North East region of Inner Mongolia, prefecture of Hulunbuir. Hong Fa Xiang’s main office is in Hailar in that region. Hong Fa Xiang started as…
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Genesus Global Technical Report – June 10, 2018
Is Customising Pork Primal Value an Opportunity?Bob Kemp,VP Genetic Programs and R&D, Genesus Inc.In the last several years the value of different pork primals varied considerably in different markets. For example, hams are dominant in the Spanish market, loins are highly valued in Japanese market and the US/Canadian markets have seen loins and bellies both…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Canada, June 2018
Canada – Is the Party Over? Part 2Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario bfraser@genesus.comIn my last commentary I discussed some of the potential challenges to being an export nation for pork, which Canada very much is and has been for a very long time. The USA is rapidly becoming a very significant one…
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Global Market Report – Mexico June 2018
Global Market Report – Mexico Pork MarketFernando Ortiz, Genesus Ibero-American Market Developerfortiz@genesus.comCurrent Mexico Pork Market FactsMexico is expanding its national herd – Herd expansion in ongoing with many new sow barns under construction.Per-capita pork consumption increasing – Per capita pork consumption has increased rapidly in recent years, thanks in part to the strong business relationships…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, June 2018
USA Market, June 2018 As I wrote a couple months ago the pork industry is in the cross hairs of the political show down. Mexico, China, and Canada are all threatening to put tariffs on pork exports from the U.S. in response to the steel and aluminum tariffs President Trump has ordered. Mexico and China combined with…
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Genesus and Tianzow of China
Genesus is very pleased to announce a recent agreement with Tianzow of China.Tianzow is a successful producer in China, with over 30 joint-venture partnerships across China, totaling over 80,000 sows. They are also known for their complete system in pig production, management, and patented barn design.Tianzow is a genetic distributor in China, and has entered…
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Genesus Global Market Report, China – May 2018
Genesus Global Market Report – China Market Lorne Tannas, Technical Director, Genesus Inc – China China prices begin to strengthen as the Chinese eat their way out of low prices. In 2017 we saw another year of consumer increase in pork consumption. This trend will continue on for another 7 years. Record imports of pork and pork products in…
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Genesus Global Technical Report – June 01st 2018
Another genomic tool for improving litter sizeDr. Chunyan Zhang, Phd, Genetician Genesus Inc. czhang@genesus.comLitter size is a very important factor determining sow profitability. A major limitation for increasing litter size is embryonic loss that occurs during the 2nd to 3rd week of gestation (Geisert and Schmitt, 2002, J Anim Sci. 80, E54-E65).Many factors may contribute to this…
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Genesus Global Market Report – SE Asia, May 2018
Global Market Report – South East AsiaPaul Anderson – General Manager South East Asia and International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc.VietnamThe current average liveweight pig price per kilo is 40,000 VND (USD 1.76) with some regions of Vietnam achieving up to 42.000 VND (USD1.84).The liveweight pig price has risen very quick and finally returned to profitable…
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Genesus Technical Report – May 18, 2018
Short remark about dry sows feedingPavel Tefilov, Swine Specialist, Genesus Inc.When we miss paying enough attention to feeding dry sows during gestation, this may lead to serious issues with farrowing and milking.Everyone tends to put some extra effort into feeding protocol after weaning, but what about the rest 110 days of pregnancy?Feeding after weaning:After weaning…
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Genesus Global Technical Report – May 11, 2018
Selection indexes – Possibilities in the genomic eraDr. Dinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus GeneticsSelection is the process by which we choose animals that become parents of the next generation, and we have been doing this since domestication. The important question is not whether selection is practiced but what is the goal of the selection. In today’s…
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Announcement
Lyle Jones is the Director of Sales for Genesus China.Lyle has twenty-eight years of experience in the swine industry. This includes time as International Sales and Operations Manager of Osborne Industries of which China was a major market and Lyle visited China several dozen times.Lyle joins Genesus from his most recent employer Big Dutchman where…
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Genesus Global Market Report – Russia, May 2018
At the time of my last report 7 weeks ago pig price was in the low 80’s Roubles per live kg. At that level some producers are losing money. At a result, imports of pigmeat from Brazil were stopped. Today the pig price is back up at 105 Roubles ($1.66) /kg live-weight. Producers are again…
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Announcement
Genesus Welcomes Lance Dunbar as Technical Service DirectorLance grew up on an Illinois family farm with diversified livestock including a breed to finish swine operation. He has worked with swine farms ranging from 800 sows to the largest production systems in the world.Most recently Lance served as an Associate Director of the Carthage Systems. Overseeing 60,000…
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Global Market Report – France, April 30 2018
GLOBAL MARKET REPORT – FRANCE, April 30 2018Philippe Mallétroit, Director France, Genesus Inc. The marketBeginning of April 2018 price for a piglet was €25.44 compared to €36.91 same period last year. The average price for a 25 kg feeder pig was €1.64 per kg compared to €2.32 same period last year (that is €17 cheaper than 1 year…
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New Research in Population Health
New Research in Population HealthNick Boddicker, PhD In February we attended the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. This conference is held every 4 years and is one of the most informative conferences for livestock geneticists to attend. The conference covers many different topics, including genetics of disease. Genesus is an active participant in…
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Genesus Global Market Report – USA, April 2018
Allan Bentley – US Sales, Genesus GeneticsMarket Report USA During March the lean hog index lost $14.00, that is $10.00/ cwt on a live basis.June futures lost about $8.00 during the same timeApril futures declined by $15.00 during March.This is in part the result of politics crossing the same road that we are trying to get…
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Genesus Global Technical Report – Genetics and the Pig’s Gut
Genetics and the Pig’s GutBob Kemp, VP Genetic Programs and R&D A pig’s gut, or more specifically the microorganisms (microbiota) in it, are a major topic of interest. The initial and still important reason for this has been the pig’s use as a model for human gastrointestinal tract (GI) microbiome research on topics such as obesity,…
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Global Market Report – Spain, April 2018
EU and Spanish Pork MarketsMercedes VegaGeneral Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal, Genesus Inc.mvega@genesus.comAfter more than a month in the live price was in the psychological border of the euro, the prices have been rising from the month of February little by little to put at 1.156 € / kg live weight at this time.…
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Technical Report – Inbreeding
Inbreeding: Not all Gloom and DoomPius B. Mwansa, PhD, Genesus Inc. As a process, mating of individuals that are related is defined as inbreeding.Strictly speaking, all animals in a breed or population are related since most breeds were founded by a small number of animals. However, in practice inbreeding is thought of as mating of animals…
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Get acquainted with the 2019 Global Mega Producer – Zhengbang, China
– Zhengbang – Program sponsored by Genesus Inc. in collaboration with National Hog Farmer Zhengbang Group is recognized as a Global Mega Producer for 2019. Founded in 1996, Zhengbang Group is a national agricultural industrialization-leading enterprise with headquarters in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China. The main scope of business includes animal husbandry, crop planting, agricultural materials…
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Global Market Report China – March, 2018
Genesus Global Market Report ChinaLorne Tannas, General Manager China, Genesus Inc. As we enter the second Quarter of this year we have seen a real drop in pricing from the beginning of this year. Some producers are losing between 300 and 400 RMB per Market hog. This comes a bit of surprise as markets were expecting…
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Global Market Report – South East Asia (March, 2018)
Global Market Report South AsiaPaul Anderson – General Manager South East and International Sales Manager, Gensus Inc. Vietnam According to the report from Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), the average of pig price in February is stable: In the North is 32,000 – 36,000vnd/kg; in the centre of Vietnam is 32,000 – 34,000vnd/kg and in…
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The Impact of Marbling on Production Traits and Carcass Composition
The Impact of Marbling on Production Traits and Carcass CompositionDerek Petry, PhD, Gnesus Inc. Swine breeding programs have traditionally been focused on production efficiencies (i.e. growth rate and feed conversion) and leanness of the carcass. This focus has led to dramatic improvement in production efficiency and feed conversion. More recently, the market is starting to shift…
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Strategies to maximize long-term genetic gain in the genomic era
Strategies to maximize long-term genetic gain in the genomic eraDinesh Thekkoot PhD, Genesus Inc. Genomic selection (GS) is a new method for improving economic traits in animal populations by utilizing information from molecular markers, phenotypes and pedigree. This method provides the opportunity to estimate the breeding values of selection candidates more accurately and much earlier in…
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Short remarks about sow’s lactation.
Short remarks about sow’s lactation. Pavel Trefilov, Swine Specialist, Genesus Inc. If you search the internet «sows do not produce milk» or «sows do not produce enough milk» you will find multiple articles, trials, recommendations and expert’s opinions; that often contradict each other.We all still have a lot of questions related to sows’ lactation, especially in…
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Global Market Report – Russia, March 2018
Market Report Russia March 2018Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS and Europe, Genesus Inc.Pig Price is 84 Roubles per live kg ($1.47). Average cost of production quoted at about 65 Roubles ($1.14) and with some of the top companies quoting costs in the 50’s average profitability remains for most of the world, good at 2200…
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Genesus Inc. Purebred Registration
Genesus Inc. Purebred RegistrationTable below shows that Genesus dominates Purebred Registrations in Canada. Canada, home of nucleus farms of PIC, Topigs-Norsvin, Hypor. Genesus is the largest register of purebreds in Canada and the world.Question. If you aren’t buying registered purebreds, how do you know you are buying purebreds? If they are purebreds why can’t they…
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Global Market Report – Mexico Feb 2018
Mexico’s Pork MarketFernando Ortiz – fortiz@genesus.comAfter two weeks surfing the Mexican pork market, talking with producers and packers, there are some relevant facts that allows us to subtract the following conclusions:Price – The price has kept a sustained rise since 2012, reaching its peak in 2014. After this year the price never returned to the…
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Global Market Report – France March 2018
GLOBAL MARKET REPORT – FRANCEPhilippe Mallétroit, Directeur France, Genesus Inc.This is our first Global Market Report focusing on France, therefore a short introduction to the French pig production. France today has 960,000 sows – down from 1,250,000 sows back in 2000 – producing 21.3 million finisher pigs annually. The French pig industry is dominated by smaller…
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Market Report – Canada Feb 2018
Canada – A Strange MarriageBob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario bfraser@genesus.comThe ties that bind. The marriage I am referring to is the increasingly strong one between the Quebec and Ontario pork industries. Quebec and Ontario may be separated by language and culture but bound by history and geography, Lower Canada and Upper Canada.…
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Global Mega Producers
Overall, global pork trade in 2017 is stable, with a boost in production from the United States being mainly absorbed by main import markets in Asia, supporting international hog prices according to a recent global pork quarterly report by Rabo-Research Food & Agribusiness.In the past five years, world pork production has increased by 3.854 million…
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Get acquainted with the Global Mega Produce – COFCO
A program of recognition led by National Hog Farmer sponsored by Genesus Inc. COFCO is recognized as a Global Mega Producer for 2019. Based in China, COFCO has global distribution in agriculture, grain, oil and foodstuffs, and it does business in more than 140 countries and regions around the word. Total assets were RMB 544.4 billion…
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Market Report USA – Feb, 2018
Market Report USA Allen Bentley, Sales Representative, Genesus Inc. Cash hogs are approaching $60 live, in February, I don’t think even Punxsutawney Phil saw that coming.Dressed values around $72 base prices are narrowing up the basis, this is unusual for this time year historically. The actual basis is more in line with summer time.Cash hogs are…
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Genesus Welcomes Akira Motoyama
Genesus Welcomes Akira MotoyamaGenesus is pleased to announce Akira Motoyama joining our team. Akira responsibilities will include being Manager of Packer and Producer Relations, in cooperation with the rest of Genesus Team. Akira will also be Manager for the Japanese Market for Genesus. Akira spent twenty-five years at Genesus customer, Nippon Ham-Texas Farm. His responsibilities…
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Market Report – China, Jan 2018
Market Report – China (Jan 2018)By Lorne Tannas, General Manager ChinaAs we welcome 2018, the year of the dog, the Chinese pork producer should be fairly optimistic. I have been traveling around China talking to producers and some say the price is going up, and some say the price is going down. To me, this is…
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Global Mega Producer – Iowa Select Farms
Get acquainted with the Global Mega ProducerProgram sponsored by Genesus Inc. in collaboration with National Hog Farmer Twenty-seven pork producers, with each managing over 100,000 sows, can claim the title of Global Mega Producers this year. The Mega Global Producers are as diverse as their geographic location.Iowa Select Farms is the largest pork producer in Iowa…
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