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The NPA has urged planners to consider the facts and ignore the scaremongering as they consider a proposal for a pig farm in Northern Ireland.

A Year on the Farm did an excellent job of highlighting one family's trials and tribulations over 12 months - but it still managed to frustrate some pig farmers.

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has been invited to the prestigious Women of the Year Lunch in London, in October.

Defra is seeking the views of pig keepers to help it develop a new reporting system to replace the current eAML2 system.

A television series taking a close-up look at farming in the UK will feature pigs tonight. 

Seven companies have signed up to sponsor this year’s Pig Industry Scholarships.

Although the SPP rose by 0.13p to 164.66p and the influential German producer price stood on at 1.70EUR, EU prices may come under pressure in the weeks ahead. 

More than one-third of businesses in the UK food and drink supply chain would become unviable if they had no access to EU workers, according to a major survey. 

NPA senior policy advisor Georgina Crayford has urged the public to buy Red Tractor assured pork if they are concerned about Hepatitis E. 

UK clean pig slaughterings fell by 4% on the year in July to 828,500 head, according to latest data from Defra.