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Another proposed pig unit has been given the go ahead despite opposition from local residents and animal welfare campaigners.

An emerging pig disease that resembles foot-and-mouth has been detected in Canada, prompting further warnings about the potential threat it poses to the UK pig herd.

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has warned that the concept of ‘antibiotic free’ meat could have dangerous unintended consequences if it was mishandled.

Stephen Hall asks some interesting questions about free farrowing on the NPA forum.  

AHDB Pork has revealed it is working to develop more accurate international price comparisons in response to claims the current system is duping British farmers.

UK pig prices are continuing to rise, helping producers secure a higher percentage of the retail pork price.

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.