Paradise lost looms for German farmers as swine fever nears


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  • Monday, 03 Feb 2020

A farmer holds a piglet in Tauche, Germany, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt

TAUCHE, Germany (Reuters) - The German state of Brandenburg has erected about 120 km (75 miles) of electric fencing to prevent wild boars infected with African swine fever (ASF) from straying across the border from Poland and infecting its pig herd.

Hans-Christian Daniels doesn't think the barrier will work.

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