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Red Tractor pig producers are being urged to check they have uploaded their antibiotic data for the first quarter of 2018, even if they have not used any antibiotics.

Defra has outlined its position on tail docking, as pig producers increasingly find themselves being penalised for the practice.

Cranswick has launched a new initiative to reduce food waste and tackle food poverty in Hull.

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has published an update on the CO2 situation in the members' area. 

A new agreement has been signed between AHDB and Defra setting out how AHDB could develop a new multi-species livestock traceability service for England.

The private company set to take on the role of carcase grading from AHDB has sought to reassure pig producers that it is not planning to raise charges. 

The NPA's Andrea Vickers and her daughter, Olivia, have completed a charity 5km race, raising money for Cancer Research UK.  

APHA has reiterated its warnings to pig keepers to take all steps possible to keep African swine fever (ASF) out of the country.

AHDB is running a series of regional workshops from the end of this month looking at how to use farm data more effectively. 

Very much a case of 'as you were' with pig prices generally holding and the SPP only marginally easier losing 0.04p to stand at 150.03p.