June NEWSletter | PALS Feed & Medication

June 2022

FEED & MEDICATION

NEWSletter

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Hello All,

Last month I told of the West Coast unionized port workers contract expiring. Negotiations are taking place now, with both parties hoping to have a new contract by July 1st. After reading several articles on the US Ports this month, it is a tragedy that the busiest ports on the west coast rank as some of the least efficient in the world. It would seem to me that investing more in technologies, space, and people is long overdue.

Amino Acid prices have been coming down. Will it last? That is the question everyone is asking themselves. You can make a good case for them to go down or up in the future.

Avian Influenza seems to be wrapping up. It is my belief, growers were much better prepared than in 2015

Avian Influenza population impact as of June 1st 2022

I wished for changes in May, one was the weather. (I wanted it warmer) I should have been more specific. The week of May 9th was rough, it was humorous to see several PALS employees that Monday morning peering out the front doors in amazement of how dark it was. Rain and hail kept a couple employees in their cars waiting for it to pass before they came in “late” at 8:15 am. Wind & rain caused a lot of damage all month long.

June is a busy month for me.

June 3^rd Tomorrow, my wife and I are having a garage sale.

June 7^th, 8^th, & 9^th I will be in Iowa attending World Pork.

June 14^th & 15^th I will be in SD for Meetings.

June 20^th – 25^th I will be in Canada fishing with 3 of my 4 brothers.

Throw in graduation parties, birthdays and my wedding anniversary, I am bound to forget something.

Pricing in graphs reflect our highest retail price. We carry multiple brands of amino acids. Full pallet, truckload, customer pickup and other factors may reduce your purchase price.

Best reads last month:

The first article gives very sound reasons why we enjoyed such easy access to products and why that changed.

The second article shows how Russia exports seem to be only marginally affected by the war. Though imports are another story.

The third article reveals the reasons why California ports, the largest in United States are the worst in the world.

Supply chains are never returning to ‘normal’

Craig Fuller May 18, 2022

Russia tanker business is alive and well. Oil exports ‘remain strong’

Kpler: Russian crude exports in April highest since June 2019

Greg Miller May 25, 2022

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Southern California ports rank dead last on global efficiency index

Ports in Middle East and China dominate top 10

Todd Maiden May 26, 2022

Want to meet at World Pork?

Several PALS representatives will be attending.

World Pork Info & Registration

PALS sells primarily 3 things: animal health products, animal agriculture equipment, and building & repair services.

Animal Health:

Feed ingredients: While we supply several smaller mills, we have found we are a good secondary supplier for other distributors, mills and farms.

Disinfectants / Cleaners / Water line cleaners / Antibiotics / Water Solubles / Insecticides / Rodenticides / Litter Treatments

Equipment:

Our largest volume is in the hog industry. Followed by turkey & chicken. We

sell some cattle and dairy equipment; mostly feed lines and fans.

(We are actively trying to build this category)

Service:

Our in house teams work in all service areas. We work closely with several subcontractors

on installation and service work. want them to do here? (Call-to-Action)

We run route trucks 5 days a week. We also utilize direct shipping. It can be one box, pallets, or full truckloads.

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