JSR: Turning Scientific Innovation into Practical Solutions for the

Pork Industry

Stephen Waite &

Angus Chambers

A year doesn’t last long enough….

What was in the news?

2013 Meat Adulteration Scandal

Royal Baby

Most News Coverage…

Royal Baby Loading

Sporting Achievements

Sporting achievements

Business News

Economic Recovery

Building Britania

So what about the Pork Industry?

BPEX Report into Buildings

BPEX Report into Buildings

1970?

2013?

BPEX Report into Buildings

Are we as an industry missing out on innovation?

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Where do you sit?

Mobile Phones….

Early Adopter

Laggard….

How does this work at JSR?

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AI Quality Control

The NucleoCounter SP-100

Discovery Process

• Highlighted by our A.I. Manager

• Quickly implemented at our studs

• Coefficient of variation of results – 15% - Colorimeter– 3% - SP100

Benefits

• We can offer customers more – Literally.• UK sireline semen dose @ 2.3 billion• Colorimeter 15% variation

– 2.64 and 1.95 • SP100 3% variation

– 2.36 and 2.23 • Raised the minimum sperm dose by

– ~ 300 million

Sireline Innovation

JSR Major World Partners

Harper Adams University

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Gc900 vs. Comp 1 vs. Comp 2

Gc900Comp 1Comp 2

The Financials

• JSR’s 1,500 sow commercial unit– ~37,000 pigs sold/year

• Effects on progeny:– 150g/day gain in growth– Lower FCR by 0.15

• Benefit = ~£630,000/year

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Disease resistance

Geneconverter 400

Swedish Nucleus Site

Customer Case Study

Unit Case Study• 300 Sow unit• ~8000 pigs/year sold• Medication used in herd

– 3kg Trimazidne/Pig @ £7/kg• 935 tonnes/year. £19635/year

– Amoxicillin 1 dose/pig @ £1• 8000 doses used. £8000/year

– Aurofac 3kg/tonne of feed @ £5/kg• 900kg/year. £4500/year

• Total £32135/year or £4/pig sold

After E.coli Resistant GC400• Removal of all previous medication

– £32135/year• Whole herd mortality down by 2%

– Saving of £10000/year*• Lower use of creep feed (Earlier switch to link feed)

– Saving of £22000/year*• Addition of Asprin @ 35kg. Cost £0.25/pig

– Cost of £2000/year• Overall benefit from GC400

– £62135/year or £7.75/pig

• *Figures taken from JSR Herd simulator

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JSR Pig Production

Finishing Herd Improvement Programme

Areas for Improvement

• Herd Health and Pig Flow systems• Record Keeping• Slaughter Load Planning• Feeding Programmes• Tracking performance

Health/Hygiene and AIAO

Evidence to Support AIAO

Third Party Growouts

Floor Plans

Finisher Mortality

Mortality recording before

Mortality recording after

Moving away from the “Stockmans Eye”

General Slaughter Draw

Experienced Stockman

AutoSorter Weight Spread

Dead Weight v Profit

Getting Feeding Right

JSR Finishing Herd Feeding Regime and Targets

Feed (kg) FCR Start weight (kg) End Weight (kg)

Creep JSR 1 2 1.1 6.5 8.3

Link JSR 2 3 1.3 8.3 10.6

JSR 12 25 1.7 10.6 25.3

JSR 20 45 2.1 25.3 46.8

Finisher 1 60 2.5 46.8 70.8

Finisher 2 100 3 70.8 104.1

Total 235 2.41 104.1

Feed Use on Farm (good)

Feed Use on Farm (poor)

Tracking Performance

Growout League Table

Adjusted MTF League Table - Last 6 Months

Unit IntakeSoldWeight

Gross Weight FCR

FCR Target

% of Target

Actual MTF

MTF Target*

MTF 340

% of Target

1 7.2 27.5 45.83 1.64 1.72 0.95 433 340 433 1.27

2 6.5 71.6 95.47 2.52 2.23 1.13 319 339 320 0.94

3 11.4 79 105.33 2.79 2.41 1.16 301 346 295 0.87

4 45.7 80.4 107.2 3.01 2.76 1.09 435 481 307 0.9

Rolling Progress Tracking

FCR League Table - Last Rolling 6 Months

Unit December January February March April May June July

1 2.35 1.99 1.51 1.78 1.63 1.72 1.63 1.64

2 2.48 2.5 2.25 2.43 2.39 2.37 2.44 2.52

3 2.63 2.66 2.92 2.67 2.68 2.91 3.05 2.79

4 4.03 3.86 3.77 3.27 3.29 3.02 2.99 3.01

The Future

Thank You