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The EU pig population grew by 2% during, according to the latest census results published by Eurostat.

Increased demand from straw-burning power stations has exacerbated the impact of a poor 2017 harvest, resulting in the current 'severe shortages' of straw. 

The NPA elections have seen a number of new faces elected to sit on the association two representative bodies. 

Michael Gove’s reform of England’s farm support system will provide opportunities for the pig sector, according to the NPA.

The second instalment of BBC Radio 4's 'Pig Week' on the Morgan sisters' farm was aired this morning. 

Formaldehyde has been banned as a feed additive in the EU from today.

New NFU president Minette Batters has called on the Government to put farming at the heart of its Brexit negotiations in her first major speech in the role.

Farming Today is being broadcast from a pig farm in East Yorkshire all week. 

As the song title suggests, prices are starting to show slightly firmer price trends with the SPP actually going up for once by a modest 0.15p. 

A distinctly hectic week for the NPA, as it was the NFU conference that took centre stage.