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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.

New rules have been agreed in Brussels harmonisng regulation on medicated feed that will ban prophylactic use of medicines in animal feed.

Ed's latest Brexit commentary looks at the impact Brexit could have on the trade in breeding pigs and genetics. 

The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) alliance won two awards and Wayland Farms was highly commended at the Antibiotic Guardian Awards on Wednesday.

An excellent article in the Guardian has highlighted the lessons of the 1999 sow stall ban as we negotiate our post-Brexit future. 

The latest post on the NPA forum discusses the campaign to again allow the feeding of catering waste to pigs.