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The person infected with swine flu did not exhibit flu-like respiratory symptoms, it said, and tests on direct contacts showed the virus had not retransmitted. Photo: dusanpetkovic/Getty Images Plus

Spain alerts WHO of swine flu virus believed to have been transmitted between people

By Reuters February 27, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Spain has alerted the World Health Organization of what it believes to be a person-to-person transmission of the swine flu virus in its A(H1N1)v variant, a spokesperson for health authorities in the Catalonia region confirmed to Reuters on Friday.

Spain is the European Union’s leading pork producer, accounting for a quarter of the bloc’s output and with annual exports worth about 3.5 billion euros (C$5.65 billion). Photo: Geralyn Wichers

Livestock, News, Reuters

Spain detects first swine fever cases outside initial Barcelona outbreak zone

By Reuters February 13, 2026

Reading Time: < 1 minute Two African swine fever cases have been detected in Spain among wild boar for the first time outside an original outbreak area near Barcelona, prompting additional restrictions on the movement of people and livestock, regional authorities in Catalonia said on Friday.

African swine fever can spread through contaminated feed or feed ingredients. Photo: Dave Bedard

Livestock, News

CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak

By Jeff Melchior December 12, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has added Spain to a list of countries subject to feed import controls due to an outbreak of African swine fever in that country.

Hogs, Livestock

Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by lab leak

By Reuters December 5, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes A research centre outside Barcelona will be investigated after Spain’s Agriculture Ministry said a recent swine fever outbreak could have been caused by a laboratory leak.

Livestock, Reuters

EU vets in Barcelona for swine fever outbreak as cases rise to nine

By Emma Pinedo, Jesus Calero, Reuters December 2, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes A task force of EU vets specializing in epidemics began work in Barcelona on Tuesday to help contain an African swine fever outbreak as Spain said the number of wild boars found infected with the virus rose to nine.

Forward contracting for hogs was suspended when the current tariff crisis began to emerge, and industry leaders aren’t sure when it might resume.
PHOTO: FILE

Hogs, Livestock, News, Reuters

Spain deploys military to contain African swine fever near Barcelona

By Reuters December 1, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Spain has called in its military to help contain an outbreak of African swine fever near Barcelona, a move aimed at protecting the country’s multi-billion-euro pork export industry.

Livestock, Reuters

Spain reports first swine fever case in three decades, jeopardizing exports to China

By Gus Trompiz, Jesus Calero, Reuters November 28, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes African swine fever has returned to Spain for the first time in three decades after two wild boar found dead near Barcelona tested positive for the virus.

Canadian farm groups speak out on tariffs

News, Reuters

China expands access for Spanish pork as trade tensions with US mount

By Reuters April 11, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes China has signed two agricultural trade protocols with Spain covering pork and cherries as the world's second largest economy acts to bolster ties with the European Union amid an escalating trade war between Beijing and the U.S.

Livestock, News, Reuters

Raising a stink: Spaniards sue state over pig farm pollution

By Reuters March 26, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Environmental groups and residents are suing the Spanish state and the region of Galicia in a landmark case over alleged decades-long mismanagement of pollution caused by intensive pig farming, activist charity ClientEarth said on Wednesday.

A demonstrator reacts as Spanish farmersprotest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation and grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Madrid, Spain, February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Juan Medina

General, Reuters

Farmers protest across Europe, press ministers to act

Protests continued in Brussels, Madrid, border between Poland and Germany

By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, David Latona, Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters February 26, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes Farmers on Monday blocked a border crossing between Poland and Germany, threw bottles at police in Brussels and gathered in Madrid to demand action on cheap supermarket prices and what they say is unfair competition from abroad.

Daily Network News

Farmers see fertilizer price surge as Iran war blocks exports, threatening losses

OPINION: How the Iran war could create a ‘fertilizer shock’ – an often ignored global risk to food prices and farming

Farmers expected to boost canola area beyond Statistics Canada intentions report

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