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The latest increase in the pig price is an insult to the hard work of the industry, NPA chairman Richard Lister has told processors.

Red Tractor has appointed a new head of communications, as the assurance scheme looks to step up its profile.

The UK pig industry is losing millions of pounds each month on the back of the failure of pig prices to rise in line with those seen across the EU.

Defra Minister Lord Gardiner has stressed that the Government understands its responsibility for controlling feral boar populations.

Cranswick has reported a healthy statutory profit before tax of £86.5 million for 2018/19, although the figure is £1.5m down on the previous year.

More than 2,000 new cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in Vietnam, according to the global animal health body OIE. 

A big welcome to Rebecca Veale, who takes up her new role at the NPA today.

Nominations for the Chris Brant Award, the very best kind of honest mud-on-boots award, are open. 

A group of NPA members enjoyed an in-depth tour of the Houses of Parliament on Friday.

With sharply rising EU pig meat prices, the latest SPP moved up by a relatively modest 1.26p to stand at 142.94p.