Manitoba Farm Life, January 8, 2024

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Farm LIFE Monday, January 8, 2024

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Sow Mortality Continues to Climb

By Jim Long, President – CEO Genesus Inc. Excellent article by Bradley Eckberg, MetaFarms on NHF about the continuing climb of Sow Mortality.

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A2 Monday, January 8, 2024

Our Observations MetaFarms is a production data base with information on 300 farms, 800,000 sows.

Average farm size 2,666 sows.

This year to date (November) U.S. average sow mortality 15.8% a new record.

As you can see from the chart there has been a relentless increase of sow mortality 2014 – 9.0% and 2023 – 15.8% an increase of 6.8%. If we use 6 million sows as the inventory in the U.S., the increase of 6.8% is about 415,000 more dead sows.

MetaFarms experts have valued in the cost of a dead sow at about $1,000 USD (gilt replacement, feed, loss of salvage value, loss of pigs, etc.) cost and true dead removal lastly everyone just loves the job of hauling out dead sows. Not exactly morale booster.

Farmer Arithmetic 415,000 more dead sows times $1,000 = $415 million per year.

Real Money.

If you’re in production, you know the reason for more dead sows. It’s mostly the change in genetics over the last 10 year.

Prolapses from certain genetic companies have become a death epidemic. Leaner and lower appetite sows come out of farrowing crates emaciated and they never recover. Temperament of the European based genetics (almost all genetics) lead to

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fighting and more deaths. Structure of the feeble European females as we go to more pen gestation leads to cripple and death.

Add it up. More dead sows. Loss of $1,000 each.

This year the sow mortality increases from last year 15.8% from 14.4% is 1.4% on 6 million sow inventory is about an extra 84,000 dead sows year over year $84 million loss.

A couple of weeks ago we were with a Genesus World Mega Producer customer with over 100,000 sows. They use only Genesus Genetics. They had recently toured other genetic companies to see if there are better options. In the tour they were surprised to discover all competitor sow mortality were over 15% and wean to finish er 10%. Our customers sow mortality 7% over ean to finish 7%. They were surprised and wean y our competitor’s death losses. Knowing by c the reality of Genesus in their own ssystem it was eye opening what they saw in our competitors. They continue with Genesus. 100,000 sows at 7% mortality vs. 15%, 8% difference times $1,000 = $8 million a year. We appreciate the business. busines Having sows that live is good business. Where is the sow mortality going to stop growing when it’s at 15.8% average now. 18%? 20%? At some point it could become an animal welfare issue. Knowingly producing genetics that have a huge affinity of sow killing prolapses is an affront to our industry. Fancy Dancy GMO altering of genetics isn’t going to fix basic animal welfare issues such as death from prolapse, temperament or structure.

Summary Growing mortality in sows is a major issue for our industry. Not only in America but around the world. The consequence of weak females’ lives gets magnified in their offspring. Not only do we have record sow mortality, but record wean to finish mortality. Pigs that live better is only good business.

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Genesus Genetics has worked for 25 years on our purebred registered Jersey Red Durocs to make it the best tasting pork in the world.

We produce pork that has great marbling, red in colour and tastes incredible. We have won countless independent taste tests to back the pork up in our claim as Ultimate Tasting Pork.

Please see below for a recipe you will all enjoy.

Jersey Red Duroc BROWN SUGAR MUSTARD GLAZED HAM

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Ingredients 8-10 pound (4-5 kg) bone-in fully cooked ham, 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup unsalted butter, reduce fat or full fat, 1 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup honey, 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves, 4 cloves garlic, smashed 1.

Set the ham aside to rest at room temperature for 1-2 hours

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Preheat the oven to 300°F and arrange a rack in the lower third

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Line a baking tray with several sheets of aluminium foil or parchment paper

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Remove the rind or skin of the ham ensuring you leave the fat on. Using a sharp knife score a 1-inch-wide diamond pattern (don’t cut more than 1/4 inch deep) over the entire ham. Place the ham in the baking tray; pour 1/3 cup of water into the base of the pan and cover the ham with two pieces of foil or parchment paper and bake for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, heat butter in a small pot or saucepan over medium heat until golden browned. Add in brown sugar, honey, mustard, cinnamon and cloves, stirring to mix together well until the brown sugar has completely dissolved, (about 2 minutes).

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Reduce heat to low and add in the garlic. Allow it to become fragrant, cooking for a further minute or two until the glaze just begins to simmer, then set it aside and let cool to lukewarm (the glaze should be the consistency of room-temperature honey).

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After 30 minutes baking time, carefully remove the ham from the oven and increase the oven temperature to 425°F. Discard the foil or parchment paper and pour 1/3 of the glaze all over the ham, brushing in between the cuts to evenly cover. Return to the oven and bake uncovered for 15 minutes.

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Remove from the oven, brush with another third of the glaze and some of the pan juices and repeat again after 15 minutes more minutes of baking until a dark golden-brown crust has formed, (about 30 minutes total). For added depth of flavour, mix some of the ham pan juices together with the glaze in the pot which will help keep it runny enough for brushing.

Let the ham rest 10-20 minutes before slicing.

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Monday, January 8, 2024 A5

Farming for our Future The fourth annual Farm Transition Appreciation Day (FTADay) will take place on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

Farm Transition Appreciation Day (FTADay) was created to encourage and celebrate the progress Canada’s farmers are making to secure the future of farming in Canada.

It is one day of the year when we can come together to share stories and advice, and to encourage farmers through a national campaign offering learning events across Canada. This year’s theme, Farming for our Future, will showcase how today’s farmers are paving the way for Canada’s next generation.

The New Year is the perfect time to reflect on the positive steps farmers have taken to secure their farming legacy and help ensure the continuity of Canada’s agricultural excellence through effective planning. FTADay is a celebration, and a call to action.

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UPCOMING AUCTIONS February 8th Unreserved Online Equipment Auction – Steinbach, Manitoba

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