Articles - Economy

Currently, the pig price in Italy is set by a Single National Commission (CUN), which began functioning on April 15, 2011.

How is the growing demand for greater animal welfare on farms articulated?

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.

The price of pork continues to rise and Burset makes a prediction for June. It all seems to be good news for producers and slaughterhouses but the processing industry is in for a storm.

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.

It must be acknowledged that for Spanish swine industry not only has not been a bad year but it rather has been an excellent year.

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).

In less than 48 hours German exports halted, so every week about 9,000 extra tonnes of pork need to be sold within the EU.

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...