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Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation has announced the completion of the its acquisition of Tulip Ltd from Danish Crown.

The NPA has thanked members to who have already contacted their MPs to explain how a Brexit no deal could cause long-term damage to the production of pork in the UK.

The next NPA Autumn Regional meetings takes place in Newbury on Tuesday - and, with so much going on, it will be a meeting not to miss!

A new online training programme has been launched for the pork sector to help improve meat skills and increase knowledge of cuts in the supply chain.

Around 50 tonnes of pork will be shipped to China each week from QPL's Brechin site, after the plant was granted Chinese export approval.

NPA chairman Richard Lister has posted a poignant entry on the forum in response to Ian Broumpon's post about the welfare of stockpeople. 

Another case of Swine Dysentery has been confirmed on a pig farm in Norfolk.

PhD student Cennydd Jones, from Aberystwyth University, is looking for pig farmers to take part in important research on biosecurity. 

The two latest entries on the forum cover the threat of a Brexit no deal and the Welfare Code, and what was missing from it.  

Around 300 Red Tractor members will be transferred to a new certification body after SAI Global gave notice to stop operating the pigs scheme.