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The Environment Agency (EA) has informed the NPA of the approach it will be taking where permitted farms face issues with stocking limits.

New conditions for entering and exiting the Agricultural Flat Rate Scheme (AFRS) are being introduced from January 1, 2021.

Defra has created a form to help keepers of poultry and other captive birds provide assurance that they are compliant with the required measures applying within the AIPZ.

The latest nomination for election to the PIG comes from high-profile figure in the pig industry and a former Producer Goup chairman.  

The NPA is backing calls from the meat industry and the FSA to prioritise key workers in meat plants when vaccinations for COVID-19 become available. 

The Government has issued new guidance on changes to ear tags for livestock exports and movements from GB to the EU and NI from January 1. 

More than 100 NFU members have pledged to work to achieve net zero by 2040 by signing up to a new interactive map created by the NFU.

NPA senior policy adviser Charlie Dewhirst sets out some of the key points from Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR). 

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has set up a pig industry-Government COVID forum to ensure Defra is kept aware of the current problems facing the sector. 

Cranwick, already in a very healthy financial position, has announced a further 31% hike in its half-year profits to nearly £61 million.