Pork Commentary: Canada’s Industry Downsizes
CANADA - This weeks North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

Canadian Genetics Shipped to Expanding Russian Agri-Business
CANADA - Genesus has just completed the successful delivery of a Four Plane Shipment of swine genetics to Kuban AgroHolding of Krasnodar, Russia.

Pork Commentary: Carnage Continues But Ethanol Ideal is Over
CANADA - Last week Jim Long reported that Spectrum, a Manitoba feed/ 20,000-sow production operation was in receivership. Another Western Canadian production system was also in trouble and this week comes the sad news that Stomp Farms, a 25,000-sow system...

Pork Commentary: Hogs and Pigs Report Offers No Panacea for What Ails Us
CANADA - The USDA March Hogs and Pigs Report was released last Friday, writes Jim Long. Unfortunately, it offers at first glance little positive news for our industry.

Pork Commentary: Government Should Quit Sask Production
CANADA - Jim Long says North American prices will continue to fall and he also tables his thoughts on Saskatchewan's Big Sky situation and government's ownership of hog production in the province.

Pork Commentary: Rationlisation Inevitable, But Future Has Prospects
CANADA - In this week's pork commentary, Jim Long analyses the effect of the Christmas holidays. Market stability now depends on a clear run of trading for at least three weeks. Feed prices continue to cripple margins and although North American producers...

Pork Commentary: New Record Weekly Marketings
NORTH AMERICA - We now know that the US packing industry is capable of killing 2,449,000 hogs in a week. That’s what they did a week ago and it’s a new record, writes Jim Long in this week's commentary.

Pork Commentary - The deluge of hogs just keep coming and coming.
CANADA - It’s been 5 consecutive weeks of the highest U.S. marketing’s ever. Last week it was 2.322 million hogs, the same week a year ago was 2.187 million.

Pork Commentary - Canadian Swine Inventory Declines
CANADA - Last week, Statistics Canada released quarterly swine inventories, reports Jim Long.

Pork Commentary: Those Pigs Just Keep Coming and Coming!
CANADA - This weeks North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

Pork Commentary - Record Slaughter but Prices Do Not Collapse
CANADA - When we think of recent history in the hog markets 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003 when there was a collapse of prices in the face of huge marketings, it appears we have established new price plateaus, the ones established in commodities every thirty...

Pork Commentary: China Syndrome
CANADA - This past week, we continued to Biomin Asian Nutrition Tour in China. There were three stops; Guangzhou (Canton), Nanchang and Beijing, writes Jim Long. Our observations:

Pork Commentary : Asian Tour Week 1
ASIA - This past week, we have been traveling in Asia. Countries we have been to are South Korea, Japan, Viet Nam and Cambodia. Rapid transit with 6 flights so far and more to come, writes Jim Long.

Bullet Proofing your Pig Business against a market you can't control
CANADA - Weaning 30.2 live pigs per sow per year is something that was unheard of only a few years ago, but today on one farm in Manitoba it is a reality.

Pork Commentary: Have prices plateaued?
CANADA - This weeks North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.

Pork Commentary: Lean Hog Prices Continue Under Pressure
US - Iowa-Minnesota lean hog price last Friday averaged 60.62. Lots of hogs around with prices under pressure. Packers are doing fine though, with carcass cut-outs last Thursday 67.32, a $7.00 spread.

Genesus expands sales team
CANADA - Genesus have appointmented Jay Rew to their Sales and Service team.

Pork Commentary: China, China, China
CANADA - The pork market has been being driven by huge speculation that China will purchase large amounts of pork to ease inflationary, social and economic pressures caused by hog prices in China of over $1.15 US lb.

Pork Commentary: No Fun in Mudville?
CANADA - Last Friday, the Iowa-Minnesota lean price averaged 66.21 (49¢ liveweight). There is no fun in Mudville with hog prices at these levels in July. Too many hogs, too much pork, more beef and chicken is keeping the hog price under pressure. At...

Pork Commentary: US Swine Inventory Continues to Grow – Big Question Pork Demand?
CANADA - There is no doubt, by any measurement, that there are more hogs in the US compared to a year ago, writes Jim Long in this week's commentary.