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The use of antibiotics in US pig farming is twice as high as in the UK, according to the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics.

Global pork supply is forecast to increase further in the first quarter 2018, mainly driven by the US, Canada, and Brazil.

Grants of up to £12,000 will be available to buy new farm equipment under a new £60m grants scheme announced today by George Eustice.

The BPA has signed an agreement that will see the UK pig industry support the process of pig breeding and production in India.

An animal rights protestor who broke into chicken sheds has been banned from going near land used for livestock or poultry farming.

Animal welfare ranking fourth in the areas of concern listed by the general public in the latest Food Standards Agency (FSA) Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker. 

The FSA and FSS have announced a review of meat cutting premises and cold stores in response to two recent high profile scandals.

An update has been posted in the members' area about the NPA's response to claims made by vegan campaigners. 

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies was able to set the record straight after claims made Lord Jim O’Neill about the pig industry at a Global Superbugs event.

Rats in some parts of the country are becoming resistant to some of the most widely-used poison baits, a new study has found.