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Asda has increased the proportion of British pork and bacon on its shelves, the latest AHDB Porkwatch survey shows.

Defra is holding four webinars over the next two days to discuss the new official controls and plant health regulations that come into effect from December 14. 

The NPA has welcomed a manifesto pledge that could, if implemented, provide much greater protection for farmers against farm activists. 

With election day looming, the NPA has been hard at work setting out our priorities to candidates and scrutinising the main parties' policies. 

Former NPA chairman Stewart Houston has been appointed as Red Tractor’s new Pig Sector Committee Chair and Board Director.

The @GBPork Twitter feed, run by the NPA’s Andrea Vickers, is asking people to send in examples of ‘pimped up’ pigs in blankets in the run up to Christmas. 

The latest post on the forum is a request for pig producers to take part in a survey to aid research at Cardiff University.

The NPA Security Pack has been updated in the Members Area.  

Ahead of the December 12 election, the latest issue of Pig World compared the main parties’ positions on the big issues affecting the pig sector.

In her latest comment article in Pig World, Zoe provides a positive update on Government-industry African swine fever preparations.