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Genesus 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 famous Swine Veterinarian and International pig expert passed away on April 16, 2024, in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. Dr. Johnson grew...
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 cash 40 lb. feeder pig price. Last week cash 40 lb. feeder pigs averaged $103.01, in January they were $47,...
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 weight (88.20¢ liveweight/lb. USD). This is below the price from a year ago, but significantly higher than the usual price...
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 and Pigs Inventory Report that indicates expansion in the sow herd last quarter and more pigs in inventory year over...
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 in a bid to boost a live pig price that has been falling below the cost for more than a...
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...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – February 26, 2024
February 26, 2024
Lean Hog Futures hit a $1.00 There is market momentum that will finally lead to profits in our industry. Why?...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – EU and Spain, February 2024
February 21, 2024
Mercedes Vega, General Director for Spain, Portugal and Italy We have closed the year 2023 and certainly, its results have...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – February 19, 2024
February 19, 2024
U.S. Record Pork Exports Last week the U.S. exported 75,910 metric tonnes of Pork. This is the largest amount on...
Read MoreGenesus Global Market Report – Southeast Asia, February 2024
February 14, 2024
Paul Anderson, Genesus Southeast Asia paul.anderson_genesussoutheastasia@outlook.com Philippines The Philippines local swine industry is on-track in increasing the local pork supply...
Read MoreJim Long Pork Commentary – February 12, 2024
February 12, 2024
U.S. Cash Corn Lowest since Fall of 2020 If you own hogs last while you were inflicted with high feed...
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