The way to keep cost of production down is to increase sow efficiency, pig production efficiency, and packing efficiency. As the trend for heavier carcasses and increased leanness continues, the quality of several meat products can be negatively affected (due to some genetic lines having extreme leanness). Too lean can result in low intra-muscular fat and water retention. Therefore, even for specialized lines of pigs, part of the selection emphasis should be on traits that increase efficiency as well as carcass and meat quality. Three major markets for Canadian pork are domestic, the US, and Japanese markets. The desired carcass goals are different for each area of market (variables include loin eye thickness, water retention, and marbling). To satisfy each market, three options exist: specialized genetics, specialized production systems, and a combination. Specialized genetics provide a terminal line or synthetic line that will focus on one or a few particular aspects of meat quality (e.g. \u2013 Duroc is popular for growth, feed efficiency, lean yield, and more!). The maternal line will most likely remain Yorkshire x Landrace. Specialized management takes into account the pre-slaughter handling, slaughter weight, feed, sex, and processing methods. These non-genetic factors can be altered to focus on a specific desirable characteristic. The most effective way to meet diverse market needs will likely require both specialized genetics and specialized management. These systems require dedication from all aspects of the market chain to work towards a common goal of the market. This can work through vertical integration or through mutual cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The way to keep cost of production down is to increase sow efficiency, pig production efficiency, and packing efficiency. As the trend for heavier carcasses and increased leanness continues, the quality of several meat products can be negatively affected (due to some genetic lines having extreme leanness). Too lean can result in low intra-muscular fat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[930],"tags":[8882,10033,13816,2854,18311,25121,15488,6784,190,2883,12670,2559,25122,527,2851,6904,46,1062,3804,502,20007,158,112,2878,7099,48,10858,2394,94,10859,14784,14,1635,33,1324,5835,17743,27282,95,76,20912,104,20911,69,1301,2481,2285,4176],"class_list":["post-3823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-production","tag-al","tag-arc","tag-ass","tag-bin","tag-canadian-pork","tag-chain","tag-cooper","tag-cos","tag-cost","tag-cost-of-production","tag-down","tag-duroc","tag-eet","tag-efficiency","tag-fat","tag-fee","tag-feed","tag-feed-efficiency","tag-genetic","tag-genetics","tag-gh","tag-growth","tag-handling","tag-japan","tag-landrace","tag-management","tag-mark","tag-marketing","tag-meat","tag-nat","tag-ness","tag-pig","tag-pig-production","tag-pigs","tag-pork","tag-pre-slaughter","tag-prod","tag-production","tag-quality","tag-slaughter","tag-some","tag-sow","tag-t","tag-water","tag-weight","tag-work","tag-yield","tag-yorkshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}