News

Brexit signals political turmoil for pig producers, but it’s a fair bet the real impetus behind the interest in the NPA elections is the pig cycle.

Three major UK pork plants have been given green light to start shipping trotters to China.

Today is your last and final chance to book a place for the evening meal at the Young NPA National on December 7 in London. 

Defra Secretary Michael Gove has insisted the Government remains committed to the very highest standards of animal welfare. 

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has called for balance in the reaction to the vote on recognising animal sentience in UK law post Brexit.

Two of NPA’s long-standing alpha-males — both from Yorkshire, of course — are standing for re-election.
 

AHDB has published two new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for taking water samples. 

The British pig industry’s own minstrel-with-a-melodean has put his name forward for re-election to NPA’s Allied Industry Group.

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has expressed concern after MPs rejected recognition of animal sentience into UK law post Brexit. 

NPA is an effective voice for the industry and it has run many successful campaigns in the past, declares Peter Bryant, of A-One Feed Supplements.