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Another fairly positive day for pig sellers and although there were no significant price rises, numbers remain fairly tight and no pigs were rolled.

A VAT lot of good, this Brexit business.

The Government will not water down food safety and animal welfare standards in the pursuit of trade deals after Brexit, according to Defra minister George Eustice.

It’s time to chose this year’s Chris Brant Award winner. Nominations open tomorrow, Friday June 1.

"Last I heard the view was that if exotic disease ever got into the wild boar population then we would struggle to be classed as free from that disease ever again."

The NPA has launched a new Pig Unit Security Pack intended to help ensure pigs are looked after in the best possible way and advise members on keeping their units secure.

Pig producers have been urged not to rush into trialling batches of undocked pigs in response to pressure from Brussels to address the issue of tail docking.

The NPA has joined more than other 100 organisations from across the UK's food supply chain in a joint manifesto setting out the key principles to ensure Brexit champions food producers. 

A positive day for sellers with the SPP moving up by 0.73p to 147.94p, the influential German producer price has also nudged up by 2 cents

As the temperatures increase around the country, the UK political establishment seems to have come out of hibernation.