Farm visit: “ASF is not even our biggest problem”

About a decade ago, Bart and Mascha Vennix bought a nice farm site with plenty of opportunities in eastern Germany. The farm layout was great, and the capital Berlin nearby provided an excellent marketplace for pork and permanent demand for pig manure, as the soil in that area can do with some help. Things looked rosy – then along came African Swine Fever in wild boar. “It is funny the things you have to think twice about. We had wanted to redecorate our daughters’ bedrooms. Then we sudde