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The new year brings many opportunities, chief among them negotiating a good Brexit deal for the pig industry, according to the's NPA chairman.

Three major supermarkets published antibiotic usage data.

And now for some good news. Pork sales increased in volume and value in the 12 weeks to December 3, new figures from Kantar WorldPanel show.

The UK administraions have joined forces with the NPA and other industry bodies to remind pig keepers not to feed kitchen scraps to their animals.

The NPA's Ed Barker summarises the major Brexit developments in another busy week. 

Member states have been asked to provide an action plan outlining how they intend to tackle the problem of tail biting in pigs.

Potentially valuable data gathered from Food Standards Agency (FSA) inspections at abattoirs is not being passed back to producers, it has emerged.

It has not been an easy year for Theresa May and her colleagues, what with Brexit and various other political challenges.

Defra has published a draft Bill on animal welfare that sets a requirement for the Government to treat animals as sentient beings. 

The Environment Agency has extended the consultation on controversial new charging proposals by two weeks.