Taking stock of a sad year
Guillem Burset analyzes the swine market in 2022 and shares his forecasts for the coming year.
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What is the solution to the labor shortage in European slaughterhouses?
Slaughterhouses and cutting companies plan to automate their production lines but face numerous constraints that complicate implementation...
What goes up must come down
After assessing the international situation, Burset forecasts the beginning of the price drop for Spanish pigs, which will continue until the beginning of 2023.
A very uncertain future awaits
Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation of the Spanish swine industry in the European and world market and gives us clues about what may happen in 2023.
At last, the precarious balance is undone!
After several weeks of stable prices in Spain due to the fight between slaughterers and producers, the Spanish pig price finally went up. Guillem Burset forecasts what will happen now.
New scenario
Guillem Burset analyzes the current situation in the European swine market, which is entering uncharted territory: skyrocketing prices, exports threatened, prices of raw materials and energy going through the roof, a lack of pigs...
Explosive market. Force Majeure.
An early release of the economic commentary by Guillem Burset gives us the keys to understanding where the European meat industry is at this moment in time.
We are finally on our way out of this hell!
February comes to an end with the pig price rising. At the moment there are not enough pigs in Spain to keep up with the record pace of slaughter seen in January.
The pig castration situation in the European Union
Castration remains prevalent in European countries, although the systems used differ from country to country.
Boar taint: Current situation and detection on the slaughter line
A review of the strategies used to reduce boar taint by country and the detection systems available in slaughterhouses.
Inevitable tsunami: Slaughter and process at a loss? No, thanks.
September will show in all its harshness the precariousness of the present moment: pigs will arrive for slaughter in droves and it remains to be seen whether slaughterhouses will be willing to process those pigs whose pork they cannot sell.
Cascading declines in search of ground. European balances
Virtually absent pork exports to China and poor demand in the EU lead to a 17% drop in Spanish price in 7 weeks, and it will keep dropping.
A monument to the pig price. China is absent!
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.
The rocket won't stop or the perfect storm – Counterpoint: EU processing industry in turmoil
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.
Spain is China's leading pork supplier. Market soaring: Shooting upwards like a rocket
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...
European markets: Is Spain hanging from a steel cable?
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?
