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A year has now passed since China announced they had African swine fever, so what's happened in the last 12 months?

NPA have received the following information from DEFRA regarding retaining your exisiting EU staff after Brexit 

It is silly season. MPs are on their holidays and all the while our new PM and Ministers are out and about doing tours of the country and making promises of expenditure.

#MuckFreeTruck posters and cab stickers are now available to be displayed across the pork supply chain. 

The NPA's NPA Ed Barker is quoted in the Huffington Post today explaining why the pig sector is concerned about the prospect of a Brexit no deal. 

The campaign to warn travellers about the risks of bringing African swine fever into the country is being put into action. 

Exisiting farm businesses that rear pigs under contract are eligible for grants under the Countryside Productivity Scheme. 

Around 130,000 have killed on large commercial farms in Bulgaria over the past few weeks, amid a worrying escalation of cases in domestic pigs in Eastern Europe.

The Environment Agency has clarified the rules concerning the application of organic manures or manufactured fertilisers in preparation for autumn planting.

The Environment Agency has confirmed that slurry stores and lagoons will need to be covered by February 2021, unless an appropriate alternative is in place.