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The North regional NPA meeting will take place in York tonight, covering a range of topical issues.

The NPA is calling for more concerted efforts to control feral wild boar in the Forest of Dean in response to the threat the rising population poses to commercial pigs.

Sales of veterinary antibiotics are continuing to fall in most European countries, according to the latest figures released by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Andrea Leadsom has used a visit to the world’s largest food trade fair to launch a new plan to grow British exports.

The pig industry will have the benefit of the work of two Nuffield scholars, the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust has revealed.

The Government’s deputy chief vet has praised the NPA for its ‘proactive’ response to the antibiotics issue.

Georgina will use the scholarship to consider how farmers could address the antibiotics issue. 

The NPA's senior policy adviser responds on behalf of the industry to some of the claims being made around antibiotic usage on pig farms. 

Camarthen Ham has been granted protected name status by the European Commission, joining the likes of Melton Mowbray pork pies and Welsh beef on the list.

AHDB has produced a step-by-step video to adding antibiotic usage into eMB-Pigs and will be hosting a webinar next week to offer further guidance.