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Producers are reminded that today is the Red Tractor deadline for uploading antibiotic data for the fourth quarter of 2018 onto eMB-Pigs.

Although pig prices are still generally in negative territory, for once it is good to be able to report some positive news on the price front

Three weeks on from the meaningful vote in Parliament, and much to everyone’s lack of shock, we are not very much further ahead.

The Government could cause untold damage to the British pig sector if it waives tariffs and checks on imports in the event of Brexit no deal.

The Government's response to the review of AHDB has been put back in order for Defra to focus its resources on preparing for a Brexit no deal. 

NPA AIG chairman Hugh Crabtree recalls the extraordinary Parliament Square vigil, which started in February 2000. 

EFRA chair Neil Parish has called on MPs to ‘step up’ and back his efforts to give farmers legal protection against lower standard imports after we leave the EU.

Writing in the February issue of Pig World, NPA senior policy Ed Barker outlines the potential for pig businesses to benefit from R&D tax relief. 

The NPA's Allied Industry Group (AIG) has vowed to support producers over the coming months as the uncertainty over Brexit casts a shadow over the sector.

Gene editing is a ‘really exciting’ new technology for the pig industry that must not be stifled by unjustified political opposition in Brussels.