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NPA chairman Richard Lister has posted a poignant entry on the forum in response to Ian Broumpon's post about the welfare of stockpeople. 

Another case of Swine Dysentery has been confirmed on a pig farm in Norfolk.

PhD student Cennydd Jones, from Aberystwyth University, is looking for pig farmers to take part in important research on biosecurity. 

The two latest entries on the forum cover the threat of a Brexit no deal and the Welfare Code, and what was missing from it.  

Around 300 Red Tractor members will be transferred to a new certification body after SAI Global gave notice to stop operating the pigs scheme.

The Environment Agency has finally clarified the position on the requirement for farmers to cover slurry stores by February 2021. 

AHDB has created a new company called Livestock Information Limited (LI Ltd) to manage the design and implementation of the Livestock Information Service.

In the latest forum post, Richard Longthorp seeks views on how the industry should respond to yesterday's massive no deal tariff setback. 

The NPA has warned of a ‘perfect storm’ for UK pork production after the Government rejected its calls to review damaging no deal import tariff plans.

A series of protests targeting the meat industry are planned this week, as part of the wider Extinction Rebellion protests.