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Genesus Global Technical Report – Carcass and Pork Quality
May 3, 2024
Some key associations show that selection for: • Growth rate will not significantly improve pork quality traits • Feed conversion decreases pork quality by making pork lighter in color • Leaner carcasses will reduce marbling, increase cooking loss and paleness...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – France, May 2024
May 2, 2024
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France and Africa Pig inventory in Europe IFIP (French Pig Institute) recently published an article about pig inventory in Europe at the end of 2023. After a massive decapitalization these last two years, following shutdown...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – April 29, 2024
April 29, 2024
U.S. Pork Production Similar to 2023 The USDA continues to project an increase of 2.8% more pork to be produced in 2024 than 2023. Their premise is despite the worse 18 months financially in our industry’s history we were expanding....
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Canada, April 2024
April 25, 2024
Spencer Long, Director of Marketing Genesus The Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs was reported for January 1, 2024. The report shows it is down 1 percent from January 1, 2023, and down 3 percent from January 1, 2022....
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – April 22, 2024
April 22, 2024
Something is Going on in China! We have been writing for several months about the huge financial losses in the swine sector of China. China slaughters about 12 million market hogs a week, losses of $30 per head average over...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – China, April 2024
April 17, 2024
Lyle L. Jones, Director of Sales, China Tribute to Dr. E. Wayne Johnson International Pig Expert Dr. E. Wayne Johnson...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – April 15, 2024
April 15, 2024
Market Rising The U.S. hog market is showing rapid upside. An indication of declining supply and rising demand is the...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – EU and Spain, April 2024
April 11, 2024
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Italy & Portugal mvega@genesus.com This week, the price at Mercolleida closed at €1.80/kg live...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024
Hog Market Keeps Climbing The U.S. hog market climbed all last week. This in the face of a USDA Hogs...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Southeast Asia, April 2024
April 3, 2024
Paul Anderson, Genesus Southeast Asia Paul.Anderson_GenesusSoutheastAsia@outlook.com Thailand Thailand cuts supplies Thailand planned to cut 450,000 piglets from March to August...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – April 1, 2024
April 1, 2024
USDA – March 1 Hogs and Pigs Report Really? The USDA March 1 Hogs and Pigs Report was released last...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Europe, March 2024
March 27, 2024
Simon Grey, General Manager Europe Farm gate pig prices across Europe have increased very slightly over the past few weeks....
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – March 25, 2024
March 25, 2024
China Update China is by far the largest hog producer and pork importing country in the world. Consequently, China’s production...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Mexico, March 2024
March 20, 2024
Fernando Ortiz-H., Genesus Ibero-America Business Development Manager Although some ag economists predict a growth of 3% in the Mexican pork...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – March 18, 2024
March 18, 2024
U.S. Hog Slaughter Declines For two weeks in a row U.S. hog slaughter has been below a year ago (-1%)....
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Canada, March 2024
March 13, 2024
Spencer Long, Director of Marketing Genesus The Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs was reported for January 1, 2024....
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – March 11, 2024
March 11, 2024
U.S. – Canada Swine Herd Inventory Twice a year the USA – Canada swine inventory is reported for January 1...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – France, March 2024
March 8, 2024
Philippe Mallétroit – Director for France and Africa Hog Market After two years of decline, the European pig inventory is...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – March 4, 2024
March 4, 2024
U.S. Market Continues to Move Higher The U.S. market continues to show signs of strengthening. A welcome sign for an...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – China, February 2024
February 28, 2024
Lyle L. Jones, Director of Sales, China What’s going on in the China Hog Market. There is no more important...
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