Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
IowaSouthern Minnesota Lean Hog Price closed last Friday at 79.81₵ lb. It has risen from 63.97₵ lb. average in December. Last February IowaSouthern Minnesota averaged 58.33₵ lb. The last time IowaSouthern Minnesota was...
Farmscape for March 1, 2021
Full Interview 8:56
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Early results from work being conducted by the University of Saskatchewan show extreme processing, using heat and steam, has the capacity to reduce the toxicity of ergot contaminated grains. Depending on...
Natural events, government regulations, and changing consumer values all influence the production animal industry. In the case of the North American swine industry, these factors converged almost simultaneously. Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), which infects the intestinal tissue and...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
U.S. Pork cut-outs closed Friday at 88.38 ¢ lb. A very strong price in our opinion considering a weekly slaughter of 2,664,000. What will cut-outs be when slaughter in summer months declines to...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Last Friday July Lean Hog Futures reached 90₵. This is a new high for July 2021 – a long way from mid-August last summer when July was 75₵. An increase of over $30...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
At the end of December the USDA estimates U.S. Pork in cold storage was 408,361 (1,000 pounds) a year. A year ago it was 580,464. Down 30% and a ten year low.
In our...
Happy to report the first edition of 2021 was sent to press earlier this week.
What makes it even more special it marks the 25th anniversary for publishing Prairie Hog Country, yes originally started as Prairie Hog Report but the...
Farmscape for January 25, 2021
Full Interview 25:18
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The General Manager of Manitoba Pork says he has witnessed a tremendous evolution the province's pork sector over the past 16 years.
Manitoba Pork is the organization that represents the interests of...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Summer month lean hog futures hit new contract highs last Friday at 87.20₵/lb. Significantly up from last June at 71₵ or mid-August at 74.50₵.
We remember mid-August as that was when a certain Ag-economist...
We’ve all read the stories, heard the talk, and seen the memes about how horrible 2020 was. For those of us in agriculture and the swine industry, there were definitely frustrations and challenges, but relative to other industries, most...