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The French authorities are planning to cull all wild boar in a zone along the Belgian border to try to prevent an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF). 

New calculators to help pig and poultry farmers demonstrate compliance with new permitting rules will be available soon.

The NPA Producer Group has highlighted the potentially severe implications of a Brexit ‘No Deal’ for the pig sector.

The latest phase of AHDB’s £2.5 million Midweek Meal campaign is back on our screens this week, with a fous on the health benefits of eating pork. 

The NPA has reminded MPs of the potentially catastrophic implications of a Brexit ‘No Deal’ for the pig sector, ahead of a potentially defining Brexit vote today.

Farmers will face new restrictions on the storage and use of fertilisers and manure, under the Government’s new Clean Air strategy, which was published today.

The Pig Health and Welfare Council (PHWC) has recently published a set of guidelines on responsible use of antibiotics.

NPA chairman Richard Lister recently attended a meeting at which the Government’s plans for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT were discussed.

Welcome to 2019 – a year of unknowns. In Ed's latest summary of the state of play with Brexit, he tries to unpick what might happen next week. 

The latest posts on the NPA Members' Forum discusss the issues of tail docking and castration.