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Pig producers have been urged to step up their biosecurity levels, including being extra vigilant with visitors, following a spate of swine dysentery outbreaks.

Whilst our PM and her selected cabinet members and Ministers scrabble around the corridors of Brussels, times ticks closer to a pretty massive week for the Government.

Red Tractor has updated one of its pig standards with regards to responsible and competent use of medicines and veterinary treatments.

The revised Pig Health Scheme began operating this week. Here we summarise the key information you need to know. 

Former NPA chairman Richard Longthorp highlighted the importance of developing skills in agriculture at a breakfast attended by MPs and peers in Parliament on Wednesday.

The NPA met APHA recently to seek more clarity on the introduction of a new inspection regime to address tail biting. 

The NPA was absolutely horrified by the ‘Meat the Victims’ sit-in staged on a Lincolnshire farm on Saturday.

The NPA has welcomed Yorkshire MP and farmer Robert Goodwill to Defra, after he was unveiled as the new Agriculture Minister.

A member of the farming family invaded by around 200 vegan protestors has spoken of her shock and fear as the incident happened and the impact it had on her animals.

The NPA will be speaking to the police and seeking legal advice after 200 protestors descended on a Lincolnshire pig farm over the weekend.