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The NPA has welcomed the interim findings of a review that recommends radical changes to how farms are inspected and regulated after we leave the EU.

The Government might be struggling to work out where it’s going with Brexit – but producers now have a tool available to gauge how they might be affected. 

The British meat industry has called for the Government to intervene to ensure the meat industry does not find itself at the mercy of CO2 manufacturers again.

The NPA is 20 next year and to mark the occasion, we will be holding a special celebration in June 2019. 

Agriculture remains the most dangerous industry in the UK, with fatal injury rates far outstripping all other occupations.

The NFU has launched a new service enabling farmers and the public to give information anonymously about rural crime.

The NPA has given a ‘cautious welcome’ to the Brexit agreement reached by the cabinet that would retain most of the current EU rules on agricultural goods.

The Pirbright research institute has announced new funding for research into new ways to protect pigs from African swine fever, including a vaccine for wild boar.

The NPA will continue to support UK representation on the European Pig Producers, through UK branch chairman, Lancashire farmer David Goodier.

Prices have continued at generally similar levels although the SPP nudged up a modest 0.28p to stand at 150.31p and most weekly contribution prices have remained at similar levels.