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The EU-spec SPP has risen for the third consecutive week, recording an increase of 0.19p to average 137.96p/kg in the week ended March 23.

In an excellent article for the Government's Open Access website, NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has set out her thoughts on the future of the pig industry. 

For a week that had a lot of significant things going on – not much really has happened in the grand scheme of things.

A fourth case of Swine Dysentery have been confirmed today on a pig farms in North Yorkshire. 

The NPA has highlighted the need for producers to adhere to the strictest biosecurity controls after four Swine Dysentery outbreaks were confirmed in a single day. 

We will not be leaving the EU on March 29, but Brexit day could come as soon as April 12, after EU leaders partially accepted the UK's request for a delay. 

Wiltshire pig farmer and popular Pig World columnist Cameron Naughton will be doing a sponsored skydive on Saturday. 

The hot summer of 2018 appears to have taken its toll on UK pig herd performance, according to the latest physical performance data from Agrosoft.

There are more tentative signs of a recovery in the pig market as the SPP recorded a second consecutive small increase last week.

The NPA is backing the UK farming unions in calling on the Government to revise its recent announcement on the UK’s no deal import tariff regime.