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The window for the first round of Animal Health and Welfare Grants is now open.

Rattlerow has announced that former former Pilgrim’s UK agriculture director Andrew Saunders will shortly be joining the company as chairman of Lawson Partners.

While the situation for pig producers is undoubtedly improving after two years of crisis and heavy losses, there will be no rapid road to recovery.

The NPA is fully backing AHDB's request for The Lancet to retract its 2019 study, ‘The Global Burden of Disease’, which links red meat consumption to cancer.

With Met Office Amber warnings in parts of the country, APHA has issued a reminder keeping animals in extreme weather.  

The National Fallen Stock Company (NFSCo) is looking to recruit a new director with a background in the pig industry to its board.

We still have a number of young veterinary students seeking placements on pig farms over the coming months. 

In an article in the latest issue of Pig World, NPA senior policy adviser Charlie Dewhirst discusses a recent useful NPA visit to Dover 

Defra has published more information on grants being for investment in productivity and slurry and animal health and welfare. 

AHDB has published new research highlighting why a multifactorial approach will be needed to cope without zinc oxide.