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Tribute has been paid to Mike Williamson, described as a 'big man with a big heart', who passed away on Saturday.

The NPA has highlighted the UK pig industry’s determination to maintain the current ‘very low’ levels of risk from LA-MRSA in pigs in this country.

Red Tractor has announced it will be holding events across England to engage with members on areas it has been working over the last few years.

The next Focus Farm meeting will take place on April 24, in Wetherby, when the results of ongoing farm trials will be shared.

Sixty countries, including the US, Canada and some EU nations, are at risk of importing meat from the companies at the centre of the Brazilian meat scandal. 

The Gloucestershire Old Spot is one of seven native pig breeds in decline prompting calls from RBST for consumer support. 

More of a ‘stand on’ feeling in the air as we approach the Easter bank holiday weekend, but demand remains firm from end to end. 

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has been interviewed about LA-MSRA for a feature due to be aired on BBC’s Countryfile programme on Sunday night. 

The productivity of the GB breeding pig herd increased by almost half a pig weaned per sow in 2016, driven largely by improvements in outdoor herds.

Red Tractor chairman Mike Sheldon has been appointed as the new chairman of AHDB Pork, replacing Meryl Ward, whose two-year term finished at the end of March.