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ForFarmers, the National Office of Animal Health and Pruex are among the familiar names shortlisted for an Antibiotic Guardian award.

Pig producers, processors and hauliers are being urged to ensure livestock lorries are properly cleaned, under a new campaign launched this week.

Incomes on pig farms would fall as a result of Brexit, whether we leave with or without a deal, according to the latest analysis from AHDB.

UK pig production is expected to increase by 1% in 2019 to 935,000 tonnes, but rising export demand should support higher prices,

German-based meat processor Tönnies has purchased UK business C&K Meats, its second deal here in five months.

Online retail giant Amazon has promised to change a high profile advert showing a boy feeding a pig with what looked like kitchen waste, after a complaint by the NPA. 

British pig producers are furious at the ‘dismal’ prices currently being offered at a time when the global pork market is buoyant on the back of soaring Chinse demand. 

The NPA receives a lot of inquiries from veterinary students courses seeking placements on pig farms.

UK pig prices are rising far too slowly for the NPA, as recent tiny increases are coming nowhere near the China-driven hikes being experienced elsewhere. 

Aujeszky’s disease has been confirmed in pigs in southern France, with wild boar believed to be the source of the outbreak.