Articles - Economy

It seems that the deficit in China will last all year and the flow of exports from Spain to this large Asian country will not let up...

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?

Prices are drifting down to close out the year and if you look to the futures as a guide for next year, it is boringly normal. This happens when people have no real idea what to expect…

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.

How long this will last is anyone’s guess but here are a few things which combine to provide the briefest pause, for a moment of hope.

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 is not the strongest, the fastest, or the smartest who survive, but those who are best able to adapt to change.

A 10% cumulative drop in the price of pork in Spain seems mild, very mild indeed for what is to come. Hold on tight, there are curves coming...

The challenges facing the global pork chain from the multi-headed monster pandemics of African Swine Fever in swine and COVID-19 disease in humans are breathtaking.

Pork prices are declining due to lower demand from slaughterhouses affected by labor shortages and problems in foreign market access.

The price of pork in Spain is well above that of Europe. With a weekly slaughter of 1,000,000 head, how will coronavirus affect slaughterhouse workers or reduce purchasing from the hotel and catering industry?

Random shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic will severely disrupt supply chains.