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Farming has been added to the critical workers list, following lobbying from the NPA, NFU and other organisations. 

The NPA is in discussions with the NFU, other industry bodies and Government about trying to get farmers, farm workers and vets onto a list of ‘key workers’. 

Coronavirus was the main focus of the NPA’s first ever Pig Industry Group (PIG) meeting, bringing together the association’s Producer and Allied Industry groups.

The BVA has written to the Government calling for veterinary practices to be included in support measures announced for businesses affected by Covid-19.

The coronavirus outbreak is having an unsettling impact on the market for slaughter pigs across Europe due to the closure of borders and falling food service demand.

The Government has announced a series of financial measures that will provide some support to the pig sector through the Coronavirus crisis.

Farming Minister Victoria Prentis has highlighted the extent to which the Government’s attitude towards farrowing crates is shifting towards the NPA’s position.

The British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) has said plants will do all they can to keep open as the impact of coronavirus in the UK grows.

The latest SPP has moved up a shade and is now quoted at 163.05p but the German price has already taken a tumble.

A debate on ending ‘the cage age’, which was postponed in the autumn, is now due to take place in the House of Commons on March 16.