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'Happy New Year', begins the latest entry on the forum, before going onto predict what lies ahead in the market in 2020.

Not a particularly auspicious start to the year, with some puzzlement as to why the latest SPP has actually slipped by 0.45p to 162.44p.

If 2019 was the year the UK descended into a mire of political chaos the like of which we had never seen before, 2020 at least offers the prospect of some stability. 

It's that time of year when the vegan agenda is increasingly rammed down the public's throat - but veganuary also presents an opportunity for the livestock sector to hit back.

NFU President Minette Batters has highlighted the need to uphold the UK's food values as we enter in post-Brexit trade deals. 

Pig producers making an application for a new pig or poultry environmental permit after December 1 will need to use an updated version of the application form.

NPA chairman Richard Lister's thoughts on the year ahead? Does the opportunity outweight the threat?  

NPA Allied Industry Group chairman Hugh Crabtree discusses the 'unstoppable trains' coming at the pig sector in 2020. 

The NPA's Lizzie Wilson sets out some of the environmental issues pig producers need to look out for in 2020.

If 2018 was a slightly turbulent time for British politics, 2019 was something of a typhoon.