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Although the latest SPP is marginally firmer, moving up by 0.11p to 145.27p, European mainland pig meat prices still have a lot of catching up to do. 

NPA members are being urged to complete a survey to help provide and up-to-date picture of crime and anti-social behaviour in rural communities

The Wild Boar population in the UK is described as the biggest risk factor for ASP becoming established in the UK, the latest members area' forum post states. 

Uncertainty in global markets, including the impact of the China-US trade dispute, will create opportunities and challenges for the pork industry. 

NPA vice chairman Rob Mutimer told Parliamentarians the pig sector does not want to be left behind the result of the world as a result of delays in the Brexit process. 

African swine fever has been reported in wild boar in Hungary for the first time, outside the ASF detection zone in place in the country.

The number of cases of African swine fever in Eastern Europe has increased significantly in the first few months of 2018. 

The third of the NPA's Spring Regional meetings will take place in Diss on Tuesday evening, April 24.

More ‘real farmers’ need to make their voices heard in the media as the future of UK farming in a post-Brexit world is debated, according a Countryfile director.

In an article on the Farmers Guardian's Brexit Hub, the NPA's Ed Barker looks at the question of whether a hard Brexit could benefit the UK pig industry.