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Defra has taken on an extra 1,200 staff to work on Brexit, reversing years of declining staff numbers.

Brexit has simply exacerbated an already deteriorating situation regarding the ability of the pig sector to attract labour, the NPA has told MPs. 

The NPA has outlined why it could not support any move towards compulsory labelling of system of production without two significant concerns being addressed.

AHDB is in advanced talks with private business HallMark Veterinary Compliance Services about taking over its commercial meat classification subsidiary.

Mixed messages from the market place with UK prices generally improving but unfortunately this week the influential German price headed south.

The NPA has called on Defra to simplify its draft statutory animal welfare code and reduce it in length.

Companies that supply supermarkets directly are being asked to complete the Groceries Code Adjudicator's latest annual survey. 

Around 13,000 users of professional-use-only rat baits have been awarded approved certification under the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime.

Farmers could be rewarded for producing pigs with intact and bite-free tails, under Michael Gove's plans to incentivise better welfare on farms.

NPA senior policy advisor Georgina Crayford will outline the pig industry's approach to the antibiotic challenge when she addresses a conference in Armagh tonight.