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An update on the animal rights activity targeting the pig sector has been published in the Members' Area. 

Defra, Welsh Government and Scottish Government have announced that the compulsory housing measures for poultry and captive birds are set to be lifted on March 31.

UK exports of pig meat halved in January, as shipments to the EU plummeted due to new Brexit checks and bureaucracy. 

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has called for retailers to do more to support British pig producers as they continue to struggle with pigs backed up on farms.

The NPA has called on the Government to ensure there is a sufficient resource to facilitate and monitor the safe movement of breeding pigs in and out of the UK.

Following two weeks of encouraging increases, the EU-spec SPP recorded a marginal decline last week.

The spread of African swine fever (ASF) over the winter in China is further complicating the global pork market, according to Rabobank.

The NPA has called for the Government to recognise the UK pig sector's high standards of production in its public procurement policy. 

An update on farrowing crates has been posted in the Members' Area, following last week's debate in the House of Commons. 

The latest post on the forum is from APHA about applications for the temporary use of land for keeping livestock.