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For the first time ever, China accounted for nore than half of UK fresh and frozen pork exports in April. 

In horse racing terms, pig prices have remained generally stable, but price wise, the stable door seems to be bolted.

There is an update in the Members Area on the latest pig farm animal rights incursion.

A Tönnies abattoir in northwestern Germany has closed due to a mass COVID-19 outbreak. See Members Area for NPA comment. 

The NPA has continued to make the UK pig sector’s voice heard as a lead story it helped to arrange in the FT on a UK-USA free trade agreement generates huge interest.

We have posted an update in the Members' Area on animal rights activity targeting the pig sector.

More than one million people have now signed the NFU’s petition to ensure UK producers are not undermined in future trade deals. 

The NPA is backing calls from the NFU and farming organisations across the EU for more progress in trade talks in order to establish a UK/EU free trade agreement.

Ceva has launched a new web-based system that helps producers manage production flow. 

The Government is to phase in its controls on imports from the start of next year when the Transition Period ends.