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The European Commission has confirmed the EU-wide ban on the use of zinc oxide at medicinal levels in piglet feed, giving member states up to five years to phase it out.

The Queen's Speech, setting out the Government's legislative programme for the next two years, includes an Agriculture Bill.

Soaring populations of wild boar could pose a risk to human health, according to researchers.

Antibiotic data representing 70% of 2016 English pig slaughterings has now been loaded onto the eMB-Pigs database.

As formal Brexit negotiations begin, here is a reminder of our priorities for the negotiations. 

Another positive day for sellers and prices firmer than the current Government is looking at present, with the SPP rising by 0.85p to stand at 161.70p. 

We have posted an update in the members area that might be relevant to certain members. 

NPA chairman Richard Lister has sent an open letter to new Defra Secretary Michael Gove outlining the association's position on Brexit.

The NPA has given its response to a new label on bacon informing consumers pigs have been ‘Raised Without Antibiotics’.

NFU president Meurig Raymond has called on the Government to adopt a collaborative approach to Brexit, after its electoral setback.