German pig farming is in one of the worst crisis

German pig farming is in one of the worst crises. Prices have been in free fall for weeks. With the corona pandemic, out-of-home consumption in the catering trade has at times collapsed completely: the warehouses are full, the prices for current slaughter pigs are falling. Another blow to pig farming was the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in parts of Brandenburg and Saxony just over a year ago. The pig farmers here are hit twice as hard by the sales crisis. Delivery material shortly after corona-related pork congestion Bernd Starick is also affected by this. He heads an agricultural cooperative in the Spree-Neisse district. “We were in the first restriction area with our pig fattening facility. Our operations were closed for a while after the first ASF outbreak. We weren't allowed to deliver pigs, ”he reported in an interview with agrarheute. “The delivery stop came at a time when the corona-related pig congestion had not yet completely broken down. What other pig farmers ...