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US pig producers, on average, produced pigs at an average cost of 50p/kg below the GB figure in 2017, according to a report from AHDB.

Unfortunately pig prices are in many cases continuing their downward track with the latest SPP losing a further 0.36p to stand at 143.57p.

The NPA has warned of the dangers of a future US-UK trade deal that results in UK producers being undercut by cheap imports. 

Tulip recorded further heavy losses in 2017/18 and is ‘dragging down’ parent company Danish Crown’s results. 

Georgina Crayford has presented the key findings from her Nuffield Scholarship on antibiotic usage in the pig sector to a conference in Glasgow.

Rattlerow Farms has been voted the NPA AIG Member of the Year, narrowly defeating Peter Crichton in an online vote.

The Government's Chief Medical Officer has issued a ringing endorsement of the UK farming sector's approach to antibiotic use. 

The NPA has warned of the dangers of bringing potentially infected meat into the UK in an excellent article about ASF in the Times.  

There was a hugely popular winner of the Chris Brant Award as Rita Wells was honoured for her work on pig farms and with Ladies in Pigs (LIPs). 

The 2018 National Pig Awards took place last night at a ceremony in London, honouring those who are excelling in the British pig industry.