Articles - Economy

Strong growth in production and thus exports is followed by an unstoppable concentration. ASF, a threat.

Entering the European common market and the subsequent eradication of ASF was a turning point for pig production in Spain.

The pig price in Spain has been falling for nine consecutive weeks. Guillem Burset gives us the keys to interpret this.

It started by producing pigs, then pork, then food and products with certain characteristics... Is there any other way for producers?

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

The Spanish pig price can only go down. The million-dollar question is when.

What implications do current hog prices in Spain have for exports and slaughterhouses? How will we manage the typical reduced supply in the summer, exacerbated this year by PRRS?

We continue to talk about subpopulations within the farm. Here, we discuss how to optimize the sow group according to parity number to improve productivity.

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.

This article provides an example of the cost per ton of CO₂ saved by reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions through daily slurry removal and anaerobic digestion.

European and American users are optimistic and forecast prices even higher than current levels, while in Asia the forecasts are lower.

The self-sufficiency rate of pig production in the EU will tend to decrease, approaching 110% instead of 125% as it has been until recently. Burset reviews the situation in the leading countries.

Last February we asked our users what they thought the average price of pigs in their respective countries would be in 2022. Want to know who came closest?

Where would you begin to develop new and valuable information about your farm’s profitability (or lack thereof) that you are not monitoring now? Certainly, one of the most important ones is to visualize your data in a new way.

What is happening with Spanish pig prices? Guillem Burset explains this anomaly in the international market.

Against a background of rising commodity prices, European pig farmers are reducing their production, which will lead to a decrease in supply on the hog market in 2023 and to prices remaining at high levels.

No doubt you often hear comments about the number of pigs in a country, but... how do we know if there are many or few pigs in a country? How do we compare?

Guillem Burset analyzes the swine market in 2022 and shares his forecasts for the coming year.

While pig prices and inventories are falling in most of Europe, we see the center of gravity of European pig production shifting relentlessly to the southwest of the continent.

Slaughterhouses and cutting companies plan to automate their production lines but face numerous constraints that complicate implementation...

We present the results of a recent study assessing the frequency of disease associated with S. suis infections and the main costs associated with the disease in three of Europe's main pig-producing countries.

Again with China? Didn't they already recover their inventory after ASF? Burset clarifies the situation and analyzes how it will affect us.

After assessing the international situation, Burset forecasts the beginning of the price drop for Spanish pigs, which will continue until the beginning of 2023.

Summer has been hellish with skyrocketing costs, slow rising pig prices and "anchored" pork prices. Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation in the swine market and predicts what the coming months will bring.