Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Last week there was chatter about pork demand. The bears attacked the market. When the dust settled Friday, U.S. pork cut-outs were still over 80₵. The market held - a positive sign.
We expect...
Extrusion is the norm in the pet and aqua feed industries, yet it remains unusual for swine feed in the United States. But the technology can improve energy and protein digestibility in pigs, according to research from the University...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
Holidays are over, packers got working to get hogs killed. Last week, 2,849,000. We aren’t sure but we believe the largest weekly kill in a long time. Despite this big slaughter week U.S....
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
2020 was one of the most challenging if not the most challenging ever in the U.S. hog industry. The slowdown and closing of slaughter plants in the early parts of the pandemic collapsed...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
USDA December 1 Hogs and Pigs Report
(1,000 head)
December 1
2019
2020
2020 as percent
of 2019
Kept for Breeding
6,471
6,276
97
Market
71,757
71,226
99
Market Hogs and Pigs by weight groups
Under 50 pounds
22,048
21,739
99
50-119 pounds
20,648
20,260
98
120-179 pounds
15,256
15,246
100
180 pounds and over
13,816
13,980
101
Fig Crop
71,829
71,030
99
Dec 2019-Nov2020 (12-Months)
(1,000 head)
Sows...
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...
Soybean expellers contain trypsin inhibitors, which negatively affect nutrient digestibility, feed efficiency, and health status of animals. Therefore, heat treatment is needed to inactivate trypsin inhibitors to improve nutrient digestibility in soybean expellers. Different types and degrees of processing...
Jim Long, President and CEO Genesus Genetics
The U.S. market continues to maintain weekly hog marketings similar to a year ago with last week at 2,776,000, a year ago 2,772,000.
These current slaughter numbers appear to be at capacity with the...
Livestock producers will face more feed cost inflation next year than they have in a decade, challenging their ability to recover from a difficult, volatile 2020
Key Points
Feed costs have been relatively benign since 2012, helping the beef, pork...
Exploring new opportunities for innovation with emphasis on feed technology
New insights to drive innovation for the next generation of pig farming are the focus of a new research collaboration announced by CBS America and South Dakota State University (SDSU).
The...