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The NPA has welcomed the Government’s White Paper that sets out plans for a close relationship with the EU after we leave the union.

The NPA has welcomed the interim findings of a review that recommends radical changes to how farms are inspected and regulated after we leave the EU.

The Government might be struggling to work out where it’s going with Brexit – but producers now have a tool available to gauge how they might be affected. 

The British meat industry has called for the Government to intervene to ensure the meat industry does not find itself at the mercy of CO2 manufacturers again.

The NPA has given a ‘cautious welcome’ to the Brexit agreement reached by the cabinet that would retain most of the current EU rules on agricultural goods.

Asda said it was committed to supplying ‘great value’ pork and sources British ‘wherever possible’, following criticism from NPA. 

Defra has outlined its position on tail docking, as pig producers increasingly find themselves being penalised for the practice.

The private company set to take on the role of carcase grading from AHDB has sought to reassure pig producers that it is not planning to raise charges. 

New rules have been agreed in Brussels harmonisng regulation on medicated feed that will ban prophylactic use of medicines in animal feed.

The Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) alliance won two awards and Wayland Farms was highly commended at the Antibiotic Guardian Awards on Wednesday.