Swine Fever Outbreak in Germany’s Top Pork State Poses Lasting Threat

Swine Fever Outbreak in Germany’s Top Pork State Poses Lasting Threat
The town sign of Gross Drewitz with a note reading "African swine fever in wild pigs, key area" in Gross Drewitz, Spree-Neisse, Germany, on Sept. 12, 2020. Annegret Hilse/Reuters
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HAMBURG—The spread of African Swine Fever to Germany’s most important pig rearing region has dealt a serious blow to the sector with major markets such as China likely to maintain import bans for years to come, analysts said on Monday.

The outbreak on a farm in Emsland, Lower Saxony is the first in the north-west region where much of Germany’s pig sector is concentrated.