🇨🇳😷 Back in the color of money: after recently seeing its COVID restrictions eased and suffering a wave of the disease, Chinese consumers are finally – and quickly – resuming their spending. The Chinese government, smart as it is, is going to stimulate the economy so the growth doesn't stop.
🤑 According to the US Meat Export Federation China director, the food service and all related sectors (hotel and accommodations, passenger logistics, transportations and retailers, and movies) are coming ba...
🧫 Okay, we have already gone over the way that studies have proven that LipoVital – medium chain functional lipids, by Berg & Schmidt, is highly effective against PRRSv (it reduces the virus in feed by 67% and lowers the severity of the infection in compromised pigs) and allows better feed conversion (it promotes a healthy intestinal flora and assists metabolism), for example. But is it a one-size-fits-all kind of thing? Berg+Schmidt provides producers with tailor-made products:
• LipoVit...
🇺🇲🇩🇴 It seems we just can’t close the Guinness book around the US swine industry! Our country’s agricultural exports to the Dominican Republic reached an all-time record of $2.2 billion in 2022 – that’s a 14% increase from the previous record set last year.
• The growth was driven mainly by an increased demand for consumer-oriented products – the top one being pork and its products, which reached a 55% increase from last year. This was a direct reflection of the severe impact of African Sw...
🧐 Whoever said we need an Oracle to get insights on the future? We have something much better: the February 2023 Feed Outlook report by the USDA.
• It contains estimates from 2021/22 and projections for 2022/23 US and global feed markets. To read the entire report, click here.
📊 Grain prices were mixed this week, but overall firm. They were anchored by big gains in soybeans – impacted by sensitive South American weather, such as more dry forecasts for the already embattled crop in Argentina.
• Corn, soymeal, and soy oil contracts also improved.
• Wheat suffered a technical setback, which incurred some losses.
🔎 The complete number can be found here.
📃 Planning is key, and the Swine Health Information Center's 2023 Plan of Work (POW) was approved by the SHIC Board of Directors! Its mission remains to protect and enhance the health of the US swine herd.
• The POW is divided into four priorities: monitoring and mitigating risks to swine health, responding to emerging diseases, surveilling and discovering emerging diseases, and improving swine health information.
🔎 Significant activities are already planned for each category – and you ca...
Concerns have been raised regarding the disconnection between the sales ring and the commercial world – but, there is still some hope. In this episode, Dr. Dan Shike goes into the foundational purposes of judging programs and the way they have evolved into some kind of sport. However, he emphasizes how these programs can play a pivotal role towards the development of future livestock professionals – from developing soft skills to providing opportunities to young people interested in livestock. T...