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Bacon sales increased by 6 per cent year-on-year in the final 12 weeks of last year, with over 40,000 tonnes of bacon sold by GB retailers.

The NPA's Zoe Davies made a powerful case for retaining access to permanent, unskilled labour post-Brexit, when she gave evidence to MPs on Tuesday.

A campaign to champion the value of the UK veterinary team has been launched today by the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA).

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has extended its free carcase collection service for diagnostic post mortem examinations in England.

Producers have been warned pigs sharing premises where avian flu has been detected in poultry could be culled if they are found to be carrying the disease.

The NPA has laid out its priorities on trade, access to labour and a future domestic farm policy in a submission to a House of Lords inquiry into Brexit.

Prevention is always better than cure but reducing antibiotic usage should not be seen as an opportunity to cut costs on farm.

Red Tractor has confirmed members of the pork scheme will be required to use the electronic medicine book (eMB-Pigs) to record antibiotics usage. 

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has been asked to give evidence to MPs about the prospect of labour shortages in the agricultural sector.

Peter Crichton's weekly market commentary returns to the NPA website, looking at the prospects of a spring upturn and Donald Chump's trade policies.