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Pig farmers are being urged to put their names forward for Open Farm Sunday, the annual event that attracts thousands of people onto farms across the country.

A new levy-funded campaign promoting pork steaks as a mid-week meal option is set to launch in the autumn.  

Reducing antibiotic consumption in animals alone will often have very limited benefits for human health, according to a new scientific paper published today.

Red Tractor is one of seven assurance schemes expected by the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime to qualify as proof of competence in 2018.

NPA members in the South Central region are urged to come along to the association's spring regional meeting tonight, where crucial antibiotic targets will be discussed. 

The NPA is today opening a consultation with members on what forthcoming long-term antibiotic targets for the pig sector should look like.

The NPA will have the chance to feed in its views to a House of Lords inquiry into the implications of Brexit on farm animal welfare this week.

Meryl Ward has spoken of her pride at the progress made during her two years as chair of AHDB Pork. But further change within the levy body is needed, she said.  

Prices are continuing their remarkable rally which has seen the SPP rise from 112p to 151.7p over the past 12 months or so, with further increases forecast.

The NPA has called on the Government to use Brexit to deliver a more proportionate and sensible regulatory regime for the farming sector.