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Pigs eligible for Scotland's Specially Selected Pork brand, which would have been slaughtered at Brechin, are be slaughtered  at Tulip's Ashton abattoir.

Some of the steam has come out of the pig market in the past few weeks with extra pigs around as well as a slightly more fickle demand for some parts.

This week’s Brexit developments were dominated by the news that the Government revealed its intentions over future customs arrangements. 

We are having some ridiculous restrictions imposed on our farms, writes a Wiltshire vet on the forum. 

UK food and drink exports grew to £10.2bn in the first six months of this year, up 8.5% on 2016 and a record for the first half of the year. 

We have a query for members in the members' area. 

A grant worth £2.4 million has been awarded to the Pirbright Institute to lead an international team developing a vaccine against Nipah virus (NiV).

Pig producers are being urged to submit antibiotic data onto the eMB-Pigs database ahead of changes to Red Tractor rules.

An overwhelming majority of the public are actively supporting the farming sector, according to the 2017 results of the NFU's Farmer Favourability survey.

More updates have been posted in the general forum and in the members' area.