在过去的几周里 ，一组Genesus组成的队伍前往俄罗斯。目前，他们正在圣彼得堡站后在莫斯科和俄罗斯库班地区。库班是在俄罗斯南方，位于黑海和里海之间。圣彼得堡约距离库班东北部1200英里（ 1500公里）。莫斯科大约有一半是在两者之间。
俄罗斯生猪市场：
俄罗斯生猪产业很好，生猪市场价格在2.5美元/kg，大约1.1美元/磅，饲料价格120美元/吨，好的养猪户每头盈利100美元。这是最近20年的情景，没有新建筑物。目前俄罗斯猪肉短缺，不能够自给自足，每年大约有250万磅短缺，或50万头猪短缺。
世界生猪博览会：
每年一度的生猪博览会于2009年6月3-5日在美国爱荷华州举行，将会有来自世界各国的成千上万的生猪生产者参会。
库班：
库班是俄罗斯的粮仓，大片良田温和气候相似或密苏里州南部。在访问期间， Genesus集团感到惊讶的是，尽管生猪价格很好，但是由于俄罗斯全球信贷紧缩而被迫清算，在过去一年养猪数量下跌10%。在访问的客户中，刚刚完成了他们的头6个月投入生产。他们平均每头母猪年提供生猪25头。胴体的保险费是每头30头25美元。从这个角度来看，俄罗斯国内猪背膘厚为两英寸（ 50毫米）。俄罗斯每头母猪每年提供断奶仔猪约14头 。因此，即使在2.50美元一公斤 ，一些生产商是不赚钱。我们的客户效益比较好，每头母猪年提供25头猪断奶仔猪，，每头利润125美元。他们很想知道如何与美国之相比。
最好的办法就是进口猪肉，一进口商告诉我们，他们从巴西进口猪肉价格是1.5美元/kg，在国内卖3美元/kg。效益可观，不需要专门的经营管理规划。最近，俄罗斯农业部长宣称，猪肉进口将会减少一半，以刺激国内生猪生产。
莫斯科：
Genesus集团参加了在莫斯科Agrofarm会议，他们有机会参与猪遗传研讨会。这是一个列有全球猪遗传公司名录所一致通过的方案。当然，您也可以怀疑发生了什么。许多争议与俄罗斯议长感情上攻击欧洲育种公司不愿意出售纯种种畜到俄罗斯。因为在大多数的事情，有很多不同的观点，但所面临的挑战最能概括我们的一个俄罗斯的客户： “我们五十年后” 。这本身就导致了巨大的学习曲线的所有方面的养猪生产在俄罗斯。导致供应商和生产商之间错接。教育和培训是至关重要的。
原文：
Pork Commentary: On The Road in Russia
RUSSIA - This week, Jim Long (CEO of Genesus Inc.) presents his Pork Commentary from Russia.
Jim Long on ThePigSite
Jim Long is President &
CEO of Genesus Genetics.
This past week, a group from Genesus has been travelling in Russia. Currently, they are in St. Petersburg after stops in Moscow and the Russian Kuban region. Kuban is in the south of Russia, situated between the Black and Caspian Seas. St Petersburg is about 1,200 miles (1,500 kilometres) north-east of Kuban. Moscow is just about half way in between.
Russian Swine Market
Swine producers in Russia are in a good place. Market hog prices are $2.50 US kilo or roughly $1.10 live weight a pound. Feed is $120 per ton. Good producers are making $100 per head. It's what happens if for almost twenty years, next to no buildings are built. Russia's current pork production falls significantly short of self sufficiency. Most estimates put the Russian pork deficit at 2.5 billion pounds per year or about 500,000 sows worth of production.
Word Pork Expo
The Annual World Pork Expo will be held 3 to 5 June 2009 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Thousands of producers and industry professionals from all over the world are expected to be in attendance. Visit the Genesus tent at booth #5109 East of Varied Industry Building.
Kuban
Kuban in many respects is Russia's breadbasket, large tracts of good land with moderate climate similar to southern Illinois or Missouri. On the visit, the Genesus group was surprised that despite the excellent hog prices, the global and Russian credit crunch had forced liquidation with hog numbers in this region down 10 per cent in the last year. They visited one of their customers whom they had stocked last year. They had just finished their first six months in production. They have averaged 10.7 weaned and clipping along at 25 pigs weaned per sow per year. The premiums for carcass they are receiving are in the range of $25 to 30 per head. In perspective, domestic Russian swine genetics have just under two inches of back fat (50 mm). The Russian National pigs weaned per sow per year is about 14. Consequently, even at $2.50 a kilo ($1.10 pound live weight), some producers are not making money. The customer with 25 pigs weaned is thinking the world is about perfect with profit of $125 per market hog. They wondered how this compares to America.
Probably the best deal in Russia is importing pork meat. One importer told us that they were buying pork in Brazil for $1.50 a kilo and selling in Russia for $3.00. Nice spread, isn't it? You do not need an MBA to figure that this works. Recently, Russian Agriculture Minister speculated that official legal pork imports were probably half of what is actually coming in. Nothing like big profits to stimulate creative business practices.
Moscow
The Genesus group attended the Agrofarm conference in Moscow where they had an opportunity to be involved in a swine genetic seminar. It was a who's who of global swine genetic companies all on the same programme. Of course, you can suspect what happened. Much controversy with one Russian speaker emotionally attacking the European hybrid companies for their reluctance to sell purebred breeding stock in Russia. As in most things, there are lots of different perspectives but the challenge can be best summed up by one of our Russian customers: “We are fifty years behind”. This in itself leads to a huge learning curve in all aspects of swine production in Russia. With it come mistakes by both suppliers and producers. Education and training is paramount to prevent train wrecks.
St Petersburg
The former city of Leningrad in Soviet times now renamed to its previous name, St Petersburg. Situated on the Gulf of Finland, St Petersburg was a city built and designed by the Czar Peter the Great over 300 years ago. Built in a European design in many respects, the most spectacular city the Genesus group has ever been to. Canals like Venice, wide boulevards like Paris. A hustle like New York. Grand castles and buildings like no other.
The host in St Petersburg went to great lengths to show all the visual highlights. He said he realised that there is disdain for Russian expertise in much of the West. He expressed his frustration that he has had western suppliers talk to him about swine production facilities in Russia as if it was a third world country. He said look around St Petersburg – see what the Russians built. To believe we cannot build pig barns is maddening. Point taken. Take it a step farther. Two countries have put people in space. Russia is one of them.
The more they were with the Russians, the more they saw in common with America. Pride of country. The ability to build and think scale. Primarily Christian countries with strong belief in the nuclear family. More in common than not.
This coming week, the group will return to Moscow. The international livestock show, VIV Russia, is underway. The group will report its observations.
Author: Jim Long, President & CEO, Genesus Genetics
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