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It has not been an easy year for Theresa May and her colleagues, what with Brexit and various other political challenges.

Defra has published a draft Bill on animal welfare that sets a requirement for the Government to treat animals as sentient beings. 

The Environment Agency has extended the consultation on controversial new charging proposals by two weeks.  

The risk to the national pig herd from African Swine Fever (ASF) was highlighted to the wider public during a BBC Countryfile programme on Sunday.

There are now just four weeks to get your NPA election nominations in. 

You have just a few days left now to to fill in the NPA members survey for 2017. 

Some of the pig industry’s brightest young minds debated the next steps in the drive to reduce and refine antibiotic use on Thursday.

Not a great deal of Christmas spirit in the air as far as pig prices are concerned with the SPP continuing its downward drift. 

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies is working with Defra and other industry stakeholders to design a future livestock traceability system to replace eAML2.

Tributes have been paid to Ian Brisby, described as a ‘great innovator’ in our industry, who has died at the age of 71.