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Very much a case of 'as you were' with prices remaining at generally similar levels and the influential German producer price holding at €1.36. 

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed proposals to restrict preventative antibiotic use on farms in a bid to tackle antimicrobial resistance.

The NPA has expressed serious concerns about the potentially heightened risk of animal disease incursion in the event of a Brexit ‘no deal’.

Sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals dropped by 18% between 2016 and 2017 to reach a new low of 37 mg/kg, official Government figures show.

Farming Minister George Eustice has sought to reassure the pig and poultry sectors over the Government’s position on post-Brexit food import standards. 

A committee of MPs has called on the Government to commit to requiring post-Brexit imports of meat and dairy products to meet our standards of antibiotic use on farms.

African swine fever (ASF) has been detected in southern China for the first time, prompting fears that the virus is ‘already everywhere’.

AHDB is seeking volunteers to take part in a survey about the current state of housing in the pig industry. 

Last but certainly not least... the final autumn regional meeting of this series will take place in York on Tuesday. 

Although the SPP has continued its downward track losing another 0.42p to stand at 146.79p, thankfully EU mainland prices seem to have stabilised.