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The English pig herd increased by 2% year-on-year in the first half of 2018 to reach over four million head, according to Defra's June Agricultural Survey.

AHDB has created a video demonstrating the process for collecting a water sample and sending it off for testing.

A report setting out proposals for the UK’s employment policy after we leave the EU fundamentally misses the point.

The Belgian food safety authorities believe the risk of domestic pigs becoming infected with African swine fever remains ‘limited’.  

The HSE has introduced tougher restrictions on permanent rodenticide baiting by farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers.  

The risk of the ASF virus entering the UK remains at 'medium', following confirmation of the virus in wild boar in Belgium. 

What a week it has been for UK Agriculture. For the first time in decades the UK will have its own Agriculture Bill.

The NPA has issued a statement in response to news that African swine fever has been confirmed in two wild boar in Belgium.

As the risk of ASF entering the UK is raised, APHA has reiterated its advice to pig keepers about the steps needed to keep the virus away from pigs.

France is strengthening its defences against African swine fever, following the discovery of the virus in neighbouring Belgium.