News
10th Mar 2021
Members Area alert - update to recent post
We have updated the latest post in the Members' Area on a new development in the animal rights activity targeting the pig sector.
9th Mar 2021
GB breeding herd productivity down at the end of 2020
GB pig breeding herd productivity decreased towards the end of 2020 as only marginal gains were made across the year.
5th Mar 2021
NPA calls on Red Tractor to reduce bureaucracy burden in consultation response
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.
5th Mar 2021
Members urged to complete two environmental surveys
Defra is carrying out a survey as part of a review of the Environmental Permitting Regulations and we are urging members to respond.
5th Mar 2021
Eustice urges employers to engage in COVID testing programme
Defra Secretary George Eustice has written an open letter urging employers to sign up for the Government's workplace coronavirus testing programme.
4th Mar 2021
NPA calls on Defra to reject 'unscientific' transport proposals
The NPA has called on Defra to reject proposals contained in a consultation on improvements to animal welfare in transport.
4th Mar 2021
NPA welcomes temporary suspension of retaliatory US tariffs
The NPA has welcomed the temporary suspension, for four months, of all retaliatory tariffs on UK exports resulting from the Airbus dispute.
4th Mar 2021
SPP rises but slaughter down and weights still high
The GB EU-spec SPP increased for the first week since mid-July last week, rising by 0.33p to average 138.79p/kg.
3rd Mar 2021
'It is easier to fly my pigs to China than the EU'
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.
3rd Mar 2021
Budget 2021 - the key points for pig producers
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.