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A new online training programme has been launched for the pork sector to help improve meat skills and increase knowledge of cuts in the supply chain.

Around 50 tonnes of pork will be shipped to China each week from QPL's Brechin site, after the plant was granted Chinese export approval.

PhD student Cennydd Jones, from Aberystwyth University, is looking for pig farmers to take part in important research on biosecurity. 

Around 300 Red Tractor members will be transferred to a new certification body after SAI Global gave notice to stop operating the pigs scheme.

The Environment Agency has finally clarified the position on the requirement for farmers to cover slurry stores by February 2021. 

AHDB has created a new company called Livestock Information Limited (LI Ltd) to manage the design and implementation of the Livestock Information Service.

The NPA has warned of a ‘perfect storm’ for UK pork production after the Government rejected its calls to review damaging no deal import tariff plans.

A series of protests targeting the meat industry are planned this week, as part of the wider Extinction Rebellion protests.

Norfolk outdoor pig producers North Farm Livestock has been named as 2019 Farmers Weekly Pig Farmers of the Year. 

The Trump administration has imposed a new tariff of 25% on pork products from the EU as the trade dispute between the US and EU escalates.