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Another challenging week, but despite the hurdles posed by COVID-19 the whole UK pig meat supply chain has managed to emerge more or less intact.

The last few days has seen a flurry of activity around the Agriculture Bill, which has returned to Parliament and completed its stages in the Commons on Wednesday.

NPA senior policy adviser Rebecca Veale summarises the impact of COVID-19 on pig prices across Europe.

The NPA is urgently seeking views from members about African swine fever (ASF) insurance.

NPA members are being encouraged to complete an online NFU survey to gauge the current disruption to the usual supply of face masks and other PPE in agriculture. 

We have updated our COVID-19 guidance and key issues table, following the Prime Ministers' announcement on Sunday (May 10).

The NPA has backed to calls for legal safeguards on imports standards to be added to the Agriculture Bill, which returns to the Commons today. 

Following the successful amalgamation of the NPA’s Producer and Allied Industry Groups this year, the NPA Board has agreed to introduce a new election format for 2021.

COVID-19 issues relating to staff absence continue to be reported in meat processing plants, including pork sites, demonstrating that this disease outbreak is far from over.

Producers are reminded that today is the deadline to submit antibiotic data from the first quarter of 2020 onto the eMB-Pigs database.