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The UK livestock sectors will define objectives to reduce, refine and replace antibiotic use over the coming months.

Lincolnshire farmer Meryl Ward has announced she will be standing down as chair of AHDB Pork at the end of March in order to concentrate on her business. 

The UK pig price continued its upward curve in the run up to Christmas, although the latest increase was the smallest for some time. 

We have received details of suspected animal rights activity over the Christmas period and into the New Year. 

Midland Pig Producers is considering its options, after the Environment Agency granted the company a permit for a proposed largescale pig farm at Foston, in Derbyshire.

Data covering more than 8 million pigs across nearly 800 sites has been entered onto the eMB-Pigs system so far, the latest figures show.

The latest entry onto the NPA forum covers two hot topics - declining pork consumption and tail-biting. 

A report commissioned by the Welsh Government has recommended that CCTV should not be mandatory in slaughterhouses in Wales.

A number of pig units have been caught up in restrictions imposed in Lincolnshire, following confirmation of bird flu in the county.  

The political landscape changed in 2016, as Brexit became a reality. NPA has produced a briefing outlining the implications for the pig sector.