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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.

When thinking on your productions system, maybe your supply chain shock planning is now as critical as bio-security.

IFIP predicts a marked decline in pig production in northern Europe, while Spain will continue to grow. In the eastern countries, Romania stands out, where there are companies investing.

A consequence of both developing natural disasters (spreading drought) and new government policies…

Analyst Guillem Burset reviews the current situation of the main European pig markets. Spain stands out against the current. Will it be able to hold out?

In an unprecedented year, how did 333 users’ predictions match up with the actual average pig price in their country? Let’s compare the results from 13 countries.

A summary of how the Argentine pig industry has grown, looking at production, imports, exports. What are projections like for the future?

IFIP with InterPIG data summarizes how production costs evolved in 19 different countries and regions.

In view of the unprecedented time we are living in, we are publishing this monthly commentary a few days early.

How the pig prices are negotiated in Spain's reference market? Mercolleida represents the market with the highest pig slaughtering activity within the European Union.

Pig prices in the European markets deteriorated significantly last week. The German market was the only one to hold out.

The price of pork in Spain is the highest in Europe, both currently and in terms of the average so far this year (although the downward trend observed is irreversible in the short-term and will continue).

Spanish producers should make it a priority to be more efficient and should realize that growth cannot continue indefinitely.

Lots of things brewing out there with both supply and demand. Rarely do we get such action at the same time on both sides of the price determination.

Spanish slaughterhouses are demonstrating extraordinary resilience. Pig prices in Spain are grossly higher than in any of the competing European countries.

For most of the month, our price in Spain has been 25 cents higher than in Holland and about 20 cents higher than Germany. What is the key?

Flexibility is paramount now. How will pork production change in the coming years?

Although the price of pork in Germany remains frozen, in Spain it continues to rise and is already three times higher than the United States...

Making predictions is never easy, but making future projections in these times of COVID-19 proves difficult for even the best analysts.

It seems that we have already hit the price bottom, although no one is ruling out the possibility of COVID-19 infections reappearing. We will worry in due time, not now, about what may happen when China regains its self-sufficiency.