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Amanda Minton, Associate Director of Reproductive Technology at Acuity Swine and Karl Kerns, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, discuss capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand and ultimately improve boar fertility.
Justin Fix, Director of Business Development and Genetic Improvement with Acuity and Caleb Shull, Director of Research at The Maschhoffs discuss how genetic evaluation varies from nucleus to commercial production and how that variation creates a bias in data analysis.
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We recently received all first-quarter data used to compile the financial results for the Compeer Financial Swine Producer Index. The U.S. swine industry has shown steady financial improvement through the first quarter of 2026, supported by disciplined cost control and modest gains in hog prices. Year-to-date (YTD) results reflect a return to profitability and continued strengthening of producer balance sheets, although the pace of recovery from the 2023–24 downturn varies across operations. Perspective from World Pork Expo While attending the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, I was asked why the industry did not appear to rebound more strongly based on year-end 2025 financial results. It’s a fair question and one that requires looking beyond the surface-level data. Several factors help explain the year-end financial results. 1. Tax planning strategies, particularly deferrals and prepaid expenses, can significantly influence financial statements. These strategies often increase an oper
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Hallway conversations, tent chats and trade show talks are some of the greatest tools to help pork producers tackle the next tough issue. Industry experts share four “under-the-radar” topics that they believe need more discussion in the pork industry. 1. GLP-1 Drugs and Animal Protein Consumption “The impact of the use of GLP-1 drugs on animal protein consumption in the U.S. The affordability and access to these drugs by millions of people is absolutely affecting per capita meat consumption in the U.S. While beef may be the biggest beneficiary to date, the pork industry needs to use this pent-up demand to double down on pork’s quality and relative affordability to increase pork demand in demographics where it has lost ground to beef or chicken.” – Hyatt Frobose, commercial director – North America for Jyga Technologies – GESTAL 2. Future Global Demand “While global pork demand is not likely something that will hurt us this year, next year, or maybe even in the next 5 or 10 years, 20
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Past research has shown that increased supplementation of certain vitamins can enhance parameters such as conception rates, litter size, and the passage of maternal immunoglobulins;
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