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Readers can be assured that this is most certainly not a period of quiet for the NPA, as any of you who have attended regional meetings will have seen.

The value of pigmeat produced in the UK rose by £230 million to £1,329 million, a 21% rise, on the back of higher prices in 2017, the latest Defra farm income estimates show.

An influential committee of MPs has echoed many of the NPA’s concerns over potential future UK trading arrangements with the US after we leave the EU.

The NPA has met with farming organisations from both sides of the Irish border to discuss the importance of maintaining cross-border trade in pigs.

AHDB has appointed a new Knowledge Transfer Senior Manager in the pork team.

ForumWe are seeking views on the NPA's response to Defra's Health and Harmony Command Paper on the future of food, farming and the environment. 

The latest AHDB Porkwatch survey tells a contrasting story when it come to the sourcing policies of Sainsbury's and Asda. 

Global production of pork is expected to rise by 2% in 2018, to 113.5 million tonnes, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

We've had a good response so far to our calls for members to feed in to our response to Defra's Command Paper on the future of food and farming. 

Red Tractor pig scheme members are reminded that they have until May 12 to upload their antibiotic usage data for the first quarter of 2018 to eMB-Pigs.