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As D-Day approaches with only another 12 months to go before the UK is due to leave the EU in March 2019, negotiators are saying they want a deal in place by the end of the year. 

With almost exactly a year until official leave date for Brexit, we have had a week where actual tangible progress has been made.

Denmark and has announced plans to build a 43.5 mile fence on its border with Germany to keep out wild boar that may be carrying African swine fever.

New environmental permit charges published by the Environment Agency will add unjustified costs to pig farming businesses, the NPA has warned

It might not feel like spring yet... but the NPA's spring regional meetings are just a few weeks away. 

The NPA has welcomed the appointment of a new chairwoman for Ladies in Pigs (LIPs).

The NPA has welcomed a deal announced today on a 21-month transition period after we leave the EU.

NPA senior policy Georgina Crayford has challenged pig producers to consider making at least one change on their farm to use antibiotics more responsibly.

The Co-op has announced that from July all its own-brand pork products will be sourced from outdoor-bred pigs on RSPCA Assured farms.

Although the SPP has only moved a fraction adding 0.05p to 145.71p, industry sources are indicating they feel that UK pig prices might be getting better as supplies tighten.