News
29th Mar 2021
Gene editing offers huge potential but clear leadership needed to engage consumers
Gene editing technology offers huge opportunities for the UK pig sector’, but clear leadership is needed to adress a number of significant barriers to its commercial use.
26th Mar 2021
Volunteers wanted to test new livestock traceability service
The new Livestock Information Service is seeking help to test help it build the new multi-species livestock traceability service for England.
24th Mar 2021
Rob Mutimer elected as new NPA chairman
Norfolk outdoor pig producer Rob Mutimer has been elected as the new chairman of the National Pig Association (NPA).
23rd Mar 2021
Farmers encouraged to take part in rodenticide resistance study
Farmers are being urged to help create a more accurate national picture of resistance to rodenticides in rats and mice.
22nd Mar 2021
Poultry housing order to be lifted
Defra, Welsh Government and Scottish Government have announced that the compulsory housing measures for poultry and captive birds are set to be lifted on March 31.
19th Mar 2021
UK pork exports halved in January, as EU trade collapsed
UK exports of pig meat halved in January, as shipments to the EU plummeted due to new Brexit checks and bureaucracy.
18th Mar 2021
Radio 4 interview - Zoe calls for retailers to do more to back British pig farmers
NPA chief executive Zoe Davies has called for retailers to do more to support British pig producers as they continue to struggle with pigs backed up on farms.
18th Mar 2021
NPA calls on Government to act to ensure continuation of breeding pig trade
The NPA has called on the Government to ensure there is a sufficient resource to facilitate and monitor the safe movement of breeding pigs in and out of the UK.
18th Mar 2021
SPP drops slightly but slaughterings remain well above 2020 levels
Following two weeks of encouraging increases, the EU-spec SPP recorded a marginal decline last week.
17th Mar 2021
China ASF resurgence complicates global pork market
The spread of African swine fever (ASF) over the winter in China is further complicating the global pork market, according to Rabobank.