Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Last week Lean Hogs increased from $103.0₵ / lb. to $106.5₵ / lb. There appears to be a relentless ongoing price increase driven by tight supplies and good demand.
Our Observations
Weekly slaughter last week...
PIPESTONE and the families we work with are committed to producing safe food, protecting our environment, and providing the best care for our animals. Whether I am working with an individual family farmer or the team at PIPESTONE, when...
he tech service team works to challenge current production protocols, evaluate new ideas and technology, and provide real data to make decisions. Utilizing actual sow farms, we can conduct large scale field research trials in actual production conditions. This...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
The March 1st U.S. Hogs and Pigs Report indicates fewer Breeding Pigs and Market Hogs.
Our observations:
Breeding Herd
Date
Year
1,000s head
Dec 1st
2019
6471
Dec 1st
2020
6276
March 1st
2021
6215
The U.S. breeding stock peaked at 6,471,000 on the Dec 1, 2019 inventory....
If there is one term I am most frustrated with hearing people say, it is Factory Farms. Why? You may find this a little crazy coming from a hog farmer, but I really don’t know what a factory farm...
Innovation in nutrition comes in many forms at PIPESTONE. From new technology, to better feed management, to improving the feed quality across our 40+ feed mills that feed sows managed by Pipestone Management, we are continually investigating ways 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
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...
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
The U.S. hog slaughter last week was over 2.7 million head, about the same as a year ago. Despite this big number U.S. pork cut-outs stayed in the mid 80’s (84.06¢ Friday). We...