File | Dossier African swine fever

After no fewer than 22 consecutive declines, the Spanish pig price for next week remains stable. The Spanish Lerida price for live pigs now stands at €1,04 per kilogram. Following the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) earlier this month, the price had to...

The United States is again allowing the import of Spanish pork, provided the product does not originate within a twenty-kilometer radius of the recent outbreak of African swine fever.

The outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boars in Barcelona last week has had a major impact on the pig market. At the start of the week, everyone tried to prevent panic and maintain as much calm as possible. However, pressure on the supply chain has increased significantly in recent days. The meat market is full, and the decline in Spanish demand for piglets is becoming a growing problem. The sector is preparing for a period in which costs will not be covered.

The consequences of African swine fever infections are slowly but surely starting to take hold in Spain. About a third of all contracts are at risk, but agreements with key markets outside the European Union are limiting the damage.

The cases of African swine fever that have recently emerged in wild boars in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia - the count is now at five - are caused by a different variant of the virus than the one that previously broke out in West and East Germany, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) has determined.

Several dead wild boars have been found in the German municipality of Kirchhundem (North Rhine-Westphalia), which may be infected with African Swine Fever (ASF).

The pig farming producer organisation (POV) calls on owners of corn plots to pay close attention when harvesting corn. The reason is that there are often wild boars in corn plots, and when an infection occurs in the Netherlands, African swine fever (ASF) can spread quickly.

Trade organizations Livestock & Logistics and the Pig Farming Producer Organization (POV) are concerned about the spread of African swine fever (ASF). That is why both organizations call on people not to bring food from their holiday destination to the Netherlands and not to leave any rubbish behind in nature. The call came on the day that the virus was found much closer to the Netherlands.