Bimeda is pleased to announce the launch of Macrosyn (tulathromycin injection) 100mg. Macrosyn is a ready-to-use injectable solution containing 100 mg of tulathromycin/mL, a broad spectrum, fast-acting antibiotic for use in cattle and swine. Macrosyn is available in 100mL,...
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...
Key performance metrics for swine production include feed conversion, litters per sow per year, pigs per litter, and pounds of pork produced per sow per year. All of these metrics have improved dramatically over time. Improvements in production performance...
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...
A study by the Torremorell group was recently published in the Preventive Veterinary Medicine Journal. In this publication, Dr. Jorge Garrido-Mantilla et al. evaluated if piglets put together with a nurse sow were more likely to be influenza A...
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...
Like every product we’ve created, our Adaptive-Flow™ feeder nipples were created to solve a specific challenge faced by our customers. In this case, we set out to offer a better way to control water flow in our wet/dry feeders...
Source: USDA news release
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The January 2021 Feed Outlook report contains estimates for 2019/20, and projections for the 2020/21 U.S. and global feed markets, based on the most current World Agricultural Supply and Demand...