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Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation of the Spanish swine industry in the European and world market and gives us clues about what may happen in 2023.

With African swine fever on France's doorstep, a study assesses how much the losses would total.

Why have intra-EU trade flows of piglets, slaughter pigs, and sows changed?

After several weeks of stable prices in Spain due to the fight between slaughterers and producers, the Spanish pig price finally went up. Guillem Burset forecasts what will happen now.

Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation in the European swine market, which is entering uncharted territory: skyrocketing prices, exports threatened, prices of raw materials and energy going through the roof, a lack of pigs...

These are our users' forecasts for the average pig price at slaughter for 2022. We received 831 responses from 62 countries.

February comes to an end with the pig price rising. At the moment there are not enough pigs in Spain to keep up with the record pace of slaughter seen in January.

The results are in! We asked our users what they thought the average pig price in their respective countries would be in 2021. Let's see how you all did.

DiPietre analyzes the current situation, with higher costs and the supply chain in a tight spot, and gives us some tips on how to survive 2022.

A year unlike any other is coming to an end. Our analyst Guillem Burset takes a look and makes some forecasts for 2022.

Pig producers are entering a season of reducing costs, but sometimes this creates greater losses, as every expense is linked to a subsequent profit. Do you want to know which costs to cut?

A strike of this magnitude would sink the pig price to historic lows.

Historic production figures and market performance from the main pork-producing countries in Latin America have shown consistent growth over the last decade.

The fall in exports to China, the disruption of COVID, PRRS, and the threat of ASF are reducing the pig herd in the US, which should ensure profitability.

Guillem Burset predicts when the Spanish pig price will bottom out, and even dares to give us a number!

Spain's production has grown 90% in 32 years, from slaughtering 29 million head of pigs in 1989 to slaughtering more than 56 million in 2021. Explosive growth no matter how you look at it.

September will show in all its harshness the precariousness of the present moment: pigs will arrive for slaughter in droves and it remains to be seen whether slaughterhouses will be willing to process those pigs whose pork they cannot sell.

Currently, the pig price in Italy is set by a Single National Commission (CUN), which began functioning on April 15, 2011.

How is the growing demand for greater animal welfare on farms articulated?

For the first time in 20 years, Spanish prices fell in June. We are in an extremely exceptional situation that must be corrected as soon as possible.

The pig price in Spain is the most expensive in Europe and Burset predicts that it is very close to the upper limit. China is decreasing imports, buying at cheaper prices, and therefore, is absent in the Spanish market.

How will policies geared toward the environment and animal welfare shape our swine industry? Here's an overview of the potentially limiting factors.

Pig market: Unbridled in Spain, unsettled in Europe, and with question marks in China. Pork market: rock bottom in Europe.

While European prices are forecast to be lower than in the previous two years, 333 users in the Americas are forecasting higher prices. China's forecasts remain between 2019 and 2020 levels.