Swine Genetics

Genesus Competitive Edge: Agro Eco_Russia

March 26, 2021

Genesus is a Global Genetic Company. Agro Eco is a producer in Russia. The results below are from Genesus Duroc bred to Genesus Yorkshire/Landrace F-1’s. The farm is 2,700 sows farrow to finish on one site.

Agro Eco is getting excellent results, a testament to their expertise of their swine production team and Genesus.

	Performance	Unit
Average age at first mating	230	days
Mating weight	320>	lb.
Backfat of replacement gilts at mating	0.63 – 0.71	In.
Farrowing rate	90	%
Total born per litter	16.97	Piglets
Live born per litter	14.92	Piglets
Born alive per litter for 1^st parity	13.51	Piglets
Replacement % per year	52	%
Replacement gilts coming on heat	95	%
Mortality at farrowing	9	%
Weaned per sow/per year	33.35	Piglets
Average weaning age	23	days
Average weaning weight	15.9	lb.
Nursery mortality	1.7	%
ADWG nursery	19.15	oz
Finisher mortality	2.9	%
ADWG finisher	31.75	oz
Nursery + finisher mortality	4.6	%
Average slaughter weight	289	lb.
Average slaughter age	180	days
Whole Herd FCE (Including Sow Feed)	2.75	lb.
Space per Pig Nursery	2.7	sq. ft
Space per Pig Finisher	6.46	sq. ft
Sold lb./sq. ft at finisher (net area)	1345	lb.
Sold lb./sq. ft Nursery and Finisher	1113	lb.
Weight sold/per sow/per year	9186	lb.

Gilts averaged 230 days and 320 lb. at the time of first mating.
Average born alive from gilt litters is 13.51

Average liveborn per litter is now 14.92 and
Piglet mortality is 9%
A total of 33.35 piglets weaned per sow per year.

Average weaning weight for the 13.57 weaned per sow farrowed is 15.9 lb. at 23 days.
Litters per sow per year is 2.457 giving a 148.5 day average sow cycle time. With the 23 day weaning and 6 days wean to mating this means an excellent 4.5 empty days per cycle.
Due to the higher than expected breeding performance, both nursery and finisher are tightly stocked with space per pig of 2.7 sq. ft in Nursery and 6.46 sq. ft in Finisher. Even at these very tight stocking rates growth rates are good.
Pigs reach 289 lb. liveweight at 180 days from birth.
Wean to finish mortality is 4.6% and pigs show very few signs of vice.
Whole herd feed conversion rate, including sow feed is 2.75