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The NPA is in discussions with its allied industry members about the possibility of expanding the existing allied Industry network to provide help and support for pig producers.

Videos have been posted of all the 2018 Nuffield Scholarship presentations, including two specifically related to pig production. 

NPA producer and allied industry members are being urged to step up preparations for a ‘no deal’ Brexit, which could generate chaos across the farming sector from March 29, 2019.

Following 32 months of profitability, rising production costs resulted in negative average pig margins in the third quarter of 2018. 

Allowing imports of products like chlorine-washed chicken in a post-Brexit trade deal could negatively impact the UK meat industry, research shows.

National Pig Association (NPA) chairman Richard Lister has written to Prime Minister Theresa May voicing his support for her Withdrawal Agreement.

An additional 1.4 million primary shoppers would buy Red Tractor food following the assurance scheme’s autumn advertising campaign, polling shows.

Pig producers are being invited to join the new Pig Health Scheme, the successor to the British Pig Health Scheme (BPHS). 

A lively Young NPA National event discussed how the pig industry can get ‘on the front foot’ in its communications to the media and wider public.

Belgium’s African swine fever (ASF) restriction zone has been expanded slightly to create an additional buffer zone.