The “boer bull” Rebel helps pro- tect against ASF. The dog is friendly to hu- mans, but not to wild boar.


All visiting lorries will have to be disinfected upon en- trance.


Pig delivery Those fences are needed more than ever as Bremsdorf farm is located in a “white zone”. These are strips around core zones where wild boar are found infected with ASF virus, and they serve in practice as a zone for intensive hunting and increased surveillance against the virus. Bremsdorf is in a white zone in between two core zones. Unlike what hap- pened in Belgium, the German authorities chose not to opt for immediate closure or culling for preventive reasons for farmers that were in risk areas. As a result the farm could con- tinue to operate – but getting the pigs marketed did become


For 40 years, good fencing has surrounded Bremsdorf farm.


more difficult as not all slaughterhouses were open to receive their pigs. The result was a transport crisis for Vennix and his wife: until September 2020, the finished pigs could be delivered to a nearby slaughterhouse. Transport costs of a truckload of pigs were about € 550, the couple says. In September 2021, how- ever, Vennix has to send his finished pigs to a slaughterhouse in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, a seven-hour journey, as no closer slaughterhouses appear keen to have his pigs – leading to a price of € 1,600 per transport, two or three times per week. Additionally, the prices offered are about € 0.16


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