Pork Producers' Livelihood May Depend On Improving Herd Genetics
(Continued from Pago A 22)
“We in Canada have realized
that through research, a pig must
have 25 pounds per square fool,’’
said Stein.
“Every square foot will only
produce 25 pounds of pork per
year.” If over that limit by over
crowding, “you will not maximize
your growth potential . . . and it
will cost you dollars.”
Real-time machine
To measure what types of hogs
are producing the quality meat,
Thames Bend makes use of a
$30,000 real-time ultrasound
machine, which has given the
company the advantage of not hav
ing to cut their best animals. By
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using the technology of ultra
sound, the breeders can examine
critical packer concerns, such as
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Also, Thames Bend is DNA
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porcine stress gene, which pro
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genetic lines. The stress gene costs
the industry millions of dollars a
year, he said.
Stein said his company has been
living with constant changes in
Canada for the past 15 to 20 years.
He said that U.S. producers have a
20 percent advantage over cost of
production compared to Canada.
Housing, labor, and taxes are more
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severe on Canadian producers,
which has forced them to look hard
into their genetics and
management.
“For us to survive in this North
American market, we’ve had to do
a number of things differently,”
said Stein. Of two aspects they’ve
looked at, one is producing a
healthy pig that will grow quickly
and very efficiendy. The other is te
produce the lean type of carcass
that the consumer and packer arc
looking for.
“We as breeders can breed to
whatever the packers’ standards
are,” said Stein. “It may take a
generation or two or three to do it,
but we can meet their standards if
they tell us what their standards are
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Dr. Robert Graybill, swine prac
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spoke about the importance of
monitoring and managing overall
swine health and to keep “the herd
has clean as we can,” he said.
He said that, increasingly, the
FDA is getting tough on producers
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effective to preventing disease,
producers should try to manage the
herd to prevent herd health
problems.
Tom Moyer, Hatfield Packing
representative, also spoke to the
producers about the changes tak
ing place to put more emphasis on
carcass weights and price quota
tions. Changes effective on the
first of this month will further the
company’s committment to car
cass pricing;
• 161-200 pound desired car
cass weight range, or a live weight
range of 220-270 pounds. Carcas
ses less than 161 pounds aic not
eligible for lean cut percent
premiums.
• One standard yield of 73.5 for
all hogs.
• Carcass pricing will be
stressed by showing only carcass
weight ranges rather than esti
mated live weights, quoting sort
penalties on a carcass basis, and
showing a base carcass price.
• Average live price will no lon
ger be included on the payment
sheets.
Moyer told the producers that
‘ ‘change is difficult, even for me,”
he said. “But the fact is, we have to
be willing to change to meet what
the consumer is going to buy.
“It’s not what we want but what
the consumer wants.”
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