Peak Swine Genetics, Inc. (Newsletters

March 2010 , Vol. 12, No. 3a(Alberta Pork Congress)
PEAK OF PERFORMANCE NEWS

General Manager Comments

Welcome to the 2010 Alberta Pork Congress! It’s been a pleasure for all our PEAK Swine Genetics associates to work with our clients and industry partners over the past year, regardless of the market returns and cost/price difficulties. Our pork industry will continue successfully for the coming years as well because of particular interest from producers.
Congratulations to the individual winners of the Alberta Pork Congress Awards – in Lifetime Achievement, Pork Industry Leadership and Farm Team.
We’re very proud to congratulate the winners of our Lowest Warranty Awards for 2009. Many of you in our customer base are able to introduce replacement boars and gilts into your herds with very little problem. We continue to have perennial winners as well as new successes in both the boar and gilt categories.

Low Warranty Boars and Gilts 2009

Low Warranty Boars

Low Warranty Gilts

Roseglen Colony
0/16

Livingstone Colony

0/50

Newell Colony
0/15

Peaceview Colony

0/40

Verdant Valley Colony

0/14

Big Bend Colony

0/23

Crystal Spring Colony
0/12

Newell Colony

0/22

Enchant Colony
0/12

White Lake Colony

0/20

Old Elm Colony
0/12

Lynne Olson

0/20

Parkland Colony
0/12

Paul Klingeman Jr.

1/159

Bench Colony
0/9

Miami Colony

1/39

Livingstone Colony
0/7
Spring Valley Colony
1/27

Spring Point Colony
1/16
Plainview Colony
1/20

Starbrite Colony
1/13
New Elm Colony
2/52

Neu Muehl Colony
1/13
Polar Genetics
3/31

Green Acres Colony
1/10
Big Sky Colony
4/41

Polar Genetics
1/9
BarrWest Pork
6/160

Brant Colony
1/9
Kingsland Colony
11/440

Spring Valley Colony
1/5

New Elm Colony
1/5

Miltow Colony
2/14

Plainview Colony
2/12

Blue Ridge Colony
2/10

Deerfield Colony
2/10

Wild Rose Colony
2/9

Big Bend Colony
3/13

Plainview Colony
4/15

Territory Managers

Our representatives Les Robinson, Art Goelema and Paul Klingeman are here to meet with all their clients.
Be sure to find your own territory manager to confirm orders or to voice any concerns you have about pig quality.
Their farm visits can also provide you with advice in a number of management areas.

PEAK Growth

GROWTH in Carcass Quality:

OLYMEL results on settlement slips for Neu Muehl Colony in January show very good carcass quality, since feed rations have been stabilized. Achieving carcass quality requires that most every hog be delivered with a carcass weight between 85 kg - 105 kg (2 pigs overweight).

Trait
Value

No. pigs
174

Carcass weight, kg
94.2

Backfat average, mm
17.6

Average index
112.6

Loin depth, mm
62.3

Lean incentive, $
0.77

Lean 60-66 mm, %
43

Jan 4, 2010

Territory Managers

For more information, contact:

Manager	Territory	Cell Telephone
Les Robinson	Southern & Central Alberta	(250) 833-6196
Paul Klingeman	Pacific Northwest	(509) 989-1347
Art Goelema	Northern Alberta & Saskatchewan	(403) 963-0171

Recent Issues

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January	(Vol. 13, No.1)	January	(Vol. 12, No.1)	January	(Vol. 11, No.1)	January	(Vol. 10, No.1)	January	(Vol. 9, No.1)
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