News
4th Mar 2019
NPA seeking guidance on mass farm protest action
The NPA will be speaking to the police and seeking legal advice after 200 protestors descended on a Lincolnshire pig farm over the weekend.
1st Mar 2019
NPA 'thoroughly disappointed' to learn continental ingredients have been used for 'Great British' brand
NPA chief executive Zoe Davies said she was 'thoroughly disappointed' to learn that a 'Great British' pork brand has been using continental ingredients.
1st Mar 2019
Ed's Brexit round-up - new Agriculture Minister wanted!
Now that we are less than 30 days behind the date to leave the EU – an outbreak of shock this week as we seemed to have some kind of clearer picture ahead!
1st Mar 2019
Pig farm margins virtually wiped out in 2018/19
Pig farm incomes are forecast to plummet in 2018/19, as rising feed costs and lower prices virtually wipe out margins.
28th Feb 2019
Catch up with the AHDB Brexit webinar
If you missed AHDB's no deal Brexit webinar on Wednesday, you can now catch up with it.
28th Feb 2019
Eustice quits in Brexit protest
Farming Minister George Eustice has resigned in protest at the decision by Prime Minister Theresa May to allow MPs a vote on delaying Brexit if her deal is rejected.
28th Feb 2019
Red Tractor's 'world-leading' standards highlighted in study
Red Tractor is the highest performing scheme of its type in the world, according to a new independent, international benchmarking study.
27th Feb 2019
Will no deal tariff regime protect UK pig industry?
The prospects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal in place at the end of March have receded.
27th Feb 2019
Tulip jobs at risk after M&S contract blow
More than 400 jobs at Tulip’s site in Boston, Lincolnshire site are at risk, after losing a major supply contract with Marks & Spencer.
27th Feb 2019
AHDB webinar today to discuss Brexit no deal
NPA senior policy advisor Ed Barker will join a host of other industry experts in a webinar this week looking at the implications of a no deal for the pig industry.