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The first forum post of 2018 questions whether AHDB has got its priorities right with its call for UK agriculture to up its productivity levels.

There is still time to get your nomination in to stand in the NPA elections - but you will need to be quick. 

The NPA has launched a competition to find an imaginative slogan to encourage the Great British public to buy Great British pork. 

Red Tractor Assured farmers can continue to buy professional rodenticides without taking part in a stewardship training course.

While 2017 brought a welcome return to profitability in the marketplace, 2018 looks set to be more challenging for pig producers.

A revolution in agricultural productivity will be needed if we are to capitalise on Brexit, continue to feed ourselves as a nation, according to AHDB.

The UK has received its largest ever export order from China for frozen boar semen, in a deal which also involves training Chinese staff.

A total of 9% of Red Tractor Pork scheme members incurred non-conformances as a result of the new eMB-Pigs recording requirement.

The new Agricultural Bill in 2018 will shape the farming industry for generations to come, NFU president Meurig Raymond said.

David Clarke, a founding member of Red Tractor Assurance, has been honoured with a CBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours.