News

The Polish Agriculture Minister is proposing new laws to allow the army and police to shoot wild boar to prevent the spread of ASF.

New posts have been published on the main forum and the members' forum. 

There is a new post in the Members' Area regarding the animal rights activity targeting the pig sector. 

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.