circovirus

Mark Greenwood
April 2008

Losses Continue
The swine industry is going through a very painful period. To put it in perspective, let’s suppose the average producer is losing $30 a head every day. Let’s also assume an average slaughter of 425,000 head per day, the industry is now losing $12.75 million each day. With at least 22 days of slaughter each month, the industry is losing $280.5 million a month. This has been occurring for at least 3 months and---probably closer to 4 ½ months---resulting in a lost of $841 million for the first 3 months of this year. Some producers have some margin protection, but the point that I am making is that equity is eroding very quickly in the industry.

SwineCast 0295 Show Notes:

• $50 million Canadian breeding herd buyout
• Cargill Pork vet describes positive circovirus vaccine experience with CircoFLEXX
• Selenium could be an issue in breeding herds if your feed is coming farther from home this year

SwineCast 0237 Show Notes:

• Finding new ways of looking at PRRS-type viruses
• So long Secretary... hello Senator???
• Sows top list of questions at Carthage
• Prestage Farms Sow Production Manager Mark Daughtry shares his learnings on group housing
• Vaccine technology focus at Leman conference
• Alternative therapy moves