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The NPA has welcomed a deal announced today on a 21-month transition period after we leave the EU.

NPA senior policy Georgina Crayford has challenged pig producers to consider making at least one change on their farm to use antibiotics more responsibly.

The Co-op has announced that from July all its own-brand pork products will be sourced from outdoor-bred pigs on RSPCA Assured farms.

Although the SPP has only moved a fraction adding 0.05p to 145.71p, industry sources are indicating they feel that UK pig prices might be getting better as supplies tighten.

All roads lead up to the next European Council meeting on March 22...

The UK agricultural industry is becoming a less attractive place to work for Eastern European workers, data from Google suggests.

Entries are open for the Antibiotic Guardian awards - and we would like to see some entries from the pig sector!

Wayland Farms will be moving all its sows outdoors within the next 18 months.

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.