Subpopulations (II of III): Subpopulations hold the key to additional profits
The key problem is that much of the profit reduction (lost opportunity) is caused by a subset (often relatively small) of the total barn population.
The key problem is that much of the profit reduction (lost opportunity) is caused by a subset (often relatively small) of the total barn population.
We are witnessing a reconversion of the industry. We have seen a string of all-time record hog prices and now pork prices for processors are also rising, but large-scale distributors are only willing to raise prices in dribs and drabs.
Last February we asked our users what they thought the average price of pigs in their respective countries would be in 2022. Want to know who came closest?
Where would you begin to develop new and valuable information about your farm’s profitability (or lack thereof) that you are not monitoring now? Certainly, one of the most important ones is to visualize your data in a new way.
What is happening with Spanish pig prices? Guillem Burset explains this anomaly in the international market.
Against a background of rising commodity prices, European pig farmers are reducing their production, which will lead to a decrease in supply on the hog market in 2023 and to prices remaining at high levels.
No doubt you often hear comments about the number of pigs in a country, but... how do we know if there are many or few pigs in a country? How do we compare?
Guillem Burset analyzes the swine market in 2022 and shares his forecasts for the coming year.
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In 2021, pig producers' economic performance was hindered due to higher production costs (+14.9% on average) while prices received fell throughout Europe, except in Italy. Results were negative in 12 of the countries compared to only 5 of them in 2020.
While pig prices and inventories are falling in most of Europe, we see the center of gravity of European pig production shifting relentlessly to the southwest of the continent.
Slaughterhouses and cutting companies plan to automate their production lines but face numerous constraints that complicate implementation...
We present the results of a recent study assessing the frequency of disease associated with S. suis infections and the main costs associated with the disease in three of Europe's main pig-producing countries.
Again with China? Didn't they already recover their inventory after ASF? Burset clarifies the situation and analyzes how it will affect us.
After assessing the international situation, Burset forecasts the beginning of the price drop for Spanish pigs, which will continue until the beginning of 2023.
Summer has been hellish with skyrocketing costs, slow rising pig prices and "anchored" pork prices. Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation in the swine market and predicts what the coming months will bring.
When real incomes fall, people will buy less pork at every price, meaning that if prices come back down to previous levels, less pork will be purchased than before at every price, high or low. This is called demand destruction.
Never before had the Spanish pig price reached 1.689 €/kg live... What will happen in autumn?
Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation of the Spanish swine industry in the European and world market and gives us clues about what may happen in 2023.
With African swine fever on France's doorstep, a study assesses how much the losses would total.
Why have intra-EU trade flows of piglets, slaughter pigs, and sows changed?
After several weeks of stable prices in Spain due to the fight between slaughterers and producers, the Spanish pig price finally went up. Guillem Burset forecasts what will happen now.
Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation in the European swine market, which is entering uncharted territory: skyrocketing prices, exports threatened, prices of raw materials and energy going through the roof, a lack of pigs...
These are our users' forecasts for the average pig price at slaughter for 2022. We received 831 responses from 62 countries.
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An early release of the economic commentary by Guillem Burset gives us the keys to understanding where the European meat industry is at this moment in time.
February comes to an end with the pig price rising. At the moment there are not enough pigs in Spain to keep up with the record pace of slaughter seen in January.
The results are in! We asked our users what they thought the average pig price in their respective countries would be in 2021. Let's see how you all did.
DiPietre analyzes the current situation, with higher costs and the supply chain in a tight spot, and gives us some tips on how to survive 2022.
A year unlike any other is coming to an end. Our analyst Guillem Burset takes a look and makes some forecasts for 2022.
Pig producers are entering a season of reducing costs, but sometimes this creates greater losses, as every expense is linked to a subsequent profit. Do you want to know which costs to cut?
A strike of this magnitude would sink the pig price to historic lows.