Farmscape for December 29, 2020
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The Chair of Manitoba Pork says, despite the challenges caused by COVID-19, public outreach will remain a top priority during 2021.
Public Affairs accounts for about 800 thousand dollars of Manitoba Pork's...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
USDA December 1 Hogs and Pigs Report
(1,000 head)
December 1
2019
2020
2020 as percent
of 2019
Kept for Breeding
6,471
6,276
97
Market
71,757
71,226
99
Market Hogs and Pigs by weight groups
Under 50 pounds
22,048
21,739
99
50-119 pounds
20,648
20,260
98
120-179 pounds
15,256
15,246
100
180 pounds and over
13,816
13,980
101
Fig Crop
71,829
71,030
99
Dec 2019-Nov2020 (12-Months)
(1,000 head)
Sows...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Coming up to the holidays is usually never a good time for hog producers. Shortened work weeks at slaughter plants always give more leverage to packers. The best part of holidays for swine...
Previously, low levels of antibiotics were supplied in feed so that post-weaning diarrhea was reduced. Feed additives may be able to help replace antibiotics and decrease the incidence of post-weaning diarrhea. Three types of prebiotics and an organic acid...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
The U.S. market continues to maintain weekly hog marketings similar to a year ago with last week at 2,776,000, a year ago 2,772,000.
These current slaughter numbers appear to be at capacity with the...
Exploring new opportunities for innovation with emphasis on feed technology
New insights to drive innovation for the next generation of pig farming are the focus of a new research collaboration announced by CBS America and South Dakota State University (SDSU).
The...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
One thing there seems to be an agreement on with people we talk to is the number of empty finishers in the U.S. Of course, there are no real statistics on this but...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Last week the USDA released the inventory of Pork in Cold Storage at the end of October. A year ago 611 million pounds in cold storage, this year, 448 million pounds. A drop...
The relative importance of human influenza virus transmission via aerosols is not well understood but some experimental data suggest that aerosol transmission may occur in humans in some cases. These US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) researchers wanted to...
Canada's 7,000 pork producers are pleased that the Federal Government has proposed a solution to fix AgriStability, but disappointed a consensus was not reached at the recent Federal Provincial Territorial (FPT) meeting. The lack of a consensus is especially...