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A series of videos has been produced raising awareness of the risk posed to the UK pig herd by the African swine fever (ASF). 

Defra has published an updated contingency plan for exotic notifiable diseases of animals in England. 

MPs have called on the Government to introduce legislation to ensure imported food products are held to current British standards under future trade deals.

Cranswick suffered a small drop in pre-tax in the six months to September 30, but revealed it has undertaken record capital expenditure during the period. 

NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has explained to LBC listeners why feral boar need to be controlled in the UK. 

US pig producers, on average, produced pigs at an average cost of 50p/kg below the GB figure in 2017, according to a report from AHDB.

Unfortunately pig prices are in many cases continuing their downward track with the latest SPP losing a further 0.36p to stand at 143.57p.

The NPA has warned of the dangers of a future US-UK trade deal that results in UK producers being undercut by cheap imports. 

Tulip recorded further heavy losses in 2017/18 and is ‘dragging down’ parent company Danish Crown’s results. 

Georgina Crayford has presented the key findings from her Nuffield Scholarship on antibiotic usage in the pig sector to a conference in Glasgow.