News

We have updated the latest post in the Members' Area on a new development in the animal rights activity targeting the pig sector. 

GB pig breeding herd productivity decreased towards the end of 2020 as only marginal gains were made across the year.

The NPA has called on Red Tractor to ease the burden of bureaucracy on scheme members and to avoid introducing new standards that are not relevant to the pig scheme.

Defra is carrying out a survey as part of a review of the Environmental Permitting Regulations and we are urging members to respond. 

Defra Secretary George Eustice has written an open letter urging employers to sign up for the Government's workplace coronavirus testing programme.

The NPA has called on Defra to reject proposals contained in a consultation on improvements to animal welfare in transport. 

The NPA has welcomed the temporary suspension, for four months, of all retaliatory tariffs on UK exports resulting from the Airbus dispute.

The GB EU-spec SPP increased for the first week since mid-July last week, rising by 0.33p to average 138.79p/kg.

It is easier to export pigs to China than to our near neighbours in the EU, Northamptonshire pig producer Charlie Thompson told BBC Look East.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today delivered a Budget which he hopes will steer the UK out of the pandemic and begin to balance the books after a year of unprecedented peacetime spending.