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A website set up to promote responsible use of antibiotics on farms has been updated to provide farmers with a 'one-stop shop' on the subject. 

Two separate initiaives are running today to promote British farming. It is both Red Tractor pork day and Back British Farming Day. 

Negotiations will continue on getting permission for more meat plants to export trotters to China, after three plants were granted permission last month.  

There is an update in the members' area regarding a recent pig theft. 

The UK pig industry should celebrate the diversity of production systems within it as one of its greatest strengths, according the NPA producer group.

Red Tractor Week is underway, with seven days of activities planned to raise awareness and understanding the logo among consumers from today.

Tulip has announced its acquisition of UK pig producer Easey Holdings, in a major investment in the British pig industry.

The SPP continues to drift downwards albeit at a fairly slow rate dropping by .49p this week to 164.17p.

An update has been posted in the members' area on a possible new approach to tackling a rising problem for the pig sector. 

Ed's weekly look at the latest Brexit developments including the leak of an inflammatory report on the Government's post-Brexit immigration plans.