In the scientific field, the nature vs. nurture debate is the subject of numerous studies when looking at human behavior. Are your actions and personality determined by your genes or by the environment you’re raised in? In many cases,...
Farmscape for May 20, 2020
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The identification of genetic traits that contribute to disease resilience in swine can be expected to become a mainstream approach to protecting pigs from disease. Since 2015 an international team of...
Paul Anderson General Manager South East Asia / International Sales Manager, Genesus Inc.
My last Global Market Report was written in the Philippines as I cut my business trip short to fly home to the UK due to the start of...
Genesus Global Market Report Russia, May 2020
Simon Grey, General Manager Russia, CIS, and Europe
Pig price in Russia is currently 100 Roubles ($1.33) per live kg. This is up just a little from the past few weeks due to holidays in...
Semen
Boar Management Program
Housing
Temperature control
Nutrition
Age
Frequency of collection
Health program
Hygiene
Proper equipment and lab area
Temperature control
At collection
Processing
Storage
Techniques for assessment of semen quality of individual sires and ejaculates
Water source...
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France
Covid-19 crisis
After appearing in November 2019 in the city of Wuhan in China, the Coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) spread all over the world, from continents to continents, creating unprecedented health and economic crisis.
Like many other...
Challenges in the Time of COVID-19
Bob Fraser – Sales & Service, Genesus Ontario
bfraser@genesus.com
It’s a mess - the understatement of the world. Coronavirus collapsing foodservice and creating a surge in retail has seriously disrupted supply chains and turned the whole...
The key to a global pig breeding program lies in combining the global pork market trends, customer demands, and international genetic expertise and tools. That is the mindset behind Danish Pig Genetics’ approach to designing their revised breeding program....
Genesus Global Market Report Mexico Pork Industry April 2020
By Fernando Ortiz-Hermida Ibero-America Business Development Manager
The current diagnosis of the Mexican pork industry depends on who you are talking to.
Lately, I have spoken to some pig producers and packers in...
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Introduction
The Professional Swine Manager's role in the genetic system is generally to take the end result of a genetic improvement program and manage the animals in a manner to maximize the expression of their genetic potential....