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NPA chairman Rob Mutimer kicked off Farming Today's Pig Week last Monday.

UK pigmeat production was 8% on last year during the first five months of 2021, as processors caught up with the backlog that built up over autumn and winter. 

Antibiotic usage on UK pig farms fell again last year, despite some significant disease challenges and the disruption on farms caused by COVID-19. 

YNPA is looking for a corporate sponsor for a Sunday Funday push for the YNPA Challenge 2021. 

The EU-spec SPP rose by more than 2p last week to top 155p/kg, although record production costs continue to hit margins. 

The BMPA has warned that consumers will be the big losers, if the so-called ‘sausage war’ between the UK and the EU is not sensibly resolved. 

The YNPA Challenge 21 is well underway, with YNPA members and supporters already racking up the miles on foot, bike and even horse.

AHDB’s latest pork marketing campaign reached more than 85% of UK households, according to new figures. 

Charlie Dewhirst discusses the UK-Australia trade talks.

The NPA has welcomed a European Commission report that breeding companies hope will pave the way for genome editing in the EU.