Good day! I am Wanda Patsche, blogger for Minnesota Farm Living. You will find posts about farm life, my passions and pertinent agricultural issues. Consider this an extended hand to help you understand where your food comes from. So...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Who would have thought on a week in November U.S. pork cut-outs would hit 90.12₵ lb. in the midst of record slaughter (last week 2,749,000).
Pork isn’t 90₵ because buyers want to pay more....
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Last Friday China and the United States agreed to a phase 1 trade deal with lots of details. The main point for ag is the China commitment to purchase $50 billion in agriculture...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Last week was another topsy turvy week for the Swine Industry. Our observations.
Lean hogs average
Last Thursday 53-54% U.S. lean hogs averaged 82.84¢ lb. The week of July 20th they were 71¢ lb. a...
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
As we wrote last week Farrow to Finish Pig Producers are not having much joy!
Average losses are in $15-$20 per head range. The reality of the more hogs you have the more you...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Last June China stopped purchasing Canadian Pork. Up to that time in 2019 China’s pork imports from Canada were 15% of total imports, Just below Spain and Germany at about 18-20% each.
The closure...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
“Anyone can raise hogs. But it takes a near Genius to make money doing it.”
“Anyone can raise hogs. But it takes a near Genius to make money doing it.” - The quote attributed to...
In the vast majority of pig farms, breeding boars are nowhere to be found. So how can sows be pregnant with no board around? The majority of sows in the U.S. are bred using a technique called Artificial Insemination,...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
U.S. hog slaughter continued unabated with 2,713,000 last week, jumping up from the two holiday-shortened weeks previous. We do expect weekly hog marketings to drop soon and/or hog weights to decline rapidly.
U.S. average...