The ASF crisis in Germany helps Spain become the EU's leading producer

As a child living in the state of Avila, his father Albert Pascual raised 100 pigs, and now his company has more than 9,000 pigs - part of a massive expansion that has helped Spain on the rise. over the region's top pork producer this year. "My father used to sell pigs in the 1990s, when the field didn't really exist. Now we (Spain) are a world power, we have developed a lot and our company. I have grown in tandem with the growth and development of the sector," said Mr. Pascual. According to Reuters, Germany has always remained in the ranking of major EU pork producers, but the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in September 2020 in wild boar caused the country to lose access to the market. Top consumer in the world - China. That has prompted the shift of EU production to Spain - where the ASF virus does not exist. And this shift has been made possible thanks to the country's less cumbersome regulations in areas such as zoning and waste use. Up to now, China is still the ...