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The NPA has written to Andrea Leadsom to lay out its Brexit priorities and seek assurances a cheap food agenda will not take priority over the need for the UK to build its self-sufficiency in food.

African swine fever (ASF) is continuing to cause problems across eastern Europe, with new cases identified in four countries in the past fortnight including the first ever cases in Moldova.

The finding of livestock-associated MRSA in samples of pork sold in supermarkets should not be seen as a significant public health risk, according to experts in the field.

Defra Ministers have outlined their desire to make high food safety and animal health and welfare standards a unique selling point of UK livestock in the post-Brexit world.

South West NPA members are reminded that they will have the chance to discuss all the big issues facing the sector, including Brexit and the market outlook, at a regional meeting tonight.

The NPA has responded to claims in the Guardian the UK is on the brink of another food scandal after meat produced from British pigs was shown to be infected with a livestock strain of MRSA.

 Prime Minister Theresa May has provided more clarity on what Brexit will actually mean.

From today, October 1, farmers are reminded that the rules governing the purchase of rodenticides are changing.

The BVA is calling on the Government to use future farm support payments to incentivise public goods such as improving animal health and welfare.

The pig industry has a new ambassador for British Sausage Week 2016 - a former X Factor star turned farmer.