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Spain has had three consecutive months of declines, which have resulted in a 14% decrease. Despite this, Spain continues to lead pig prices in the EU. The question is how far these decreases will continue.

Antonio Palomo summarizes the presentations from the latest AASV, ranging from the future of the veterinary profession to the eradication of diseases, hog prices, and experiences in improving pig survival.

With a seemingly firm pig price and a rather depressed pork market, we get the feeling July will be complicated.

The slaughterhouse suspected animal welfare issues as a high number of healed broken ribs were found during the meat inspection of a batch of pigs.

Burset forecasts a slight rise in Spain's pig price in the short term due to delayed growth that occurs every summer.

The Spanish hog price has stayed the same for five consecutive market sessions. The month of May will likely define the heights that our price can reach.

February was full of very dynamic changes in the pig market in Poland. How will the market develop over the next month?

Pig prices are rising briskly and steadily. Will the market be a carbon copy of last year? Guillem Burset doesn't think so. He thinks we won't reach 2.025 €/kg live…

We are at the end of an exceptional and strange year. Guillem Burset examines the factors that have shaped the hog market this year.

After months and months, the Spanish price has dropped to be in line with those of its community partners; the cause has been the difficulty in exporting to Third Countries, although the reduced slaughter in Central Europe has been a lifesaver.

Guillem Burset gives us the keys to understanding the current European pork trade situation. He also forecasts when the price will stop falling.

After four months of being at the limit, the price is gliding down - seemingly without panic - in search of a bottom.

Spain is the first EU country to legislate the installation of video surveillance systems in slaughterhouses, following the example of England, Scotland, and Israel.

Collecting data at the slaughterhouse is a common method to obtain information on health and productive parameters, mainly from the last weeks of a pig’s life.

Slaughterhouses will suffer a very complicated summer; in addition to the normal lack of pigs, there will be the absence of hundreds of thousands of piglets, victims of PRRS. Sooner rather than later, we will only be able to slaughter just four days a week.

We are witnessing a reconversion of the industry. We have seen a string of all-time record hog prices and now pork prices for processors are also rising, but large-scale distributors are only willing to raise prices in dribs and drabs.