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Red Tractor Assurance has published advice on the new pork scheme requirement to record antibiotic data coming in later this year. 

Changes to APHA's post mortem laboratories have affected vets' access to the facilities, according to a survey by the BVA.

Pig farmers have again been urged to be vigilant after bird flu restrictions were put in place in mid-Suffolk.

AHDB's Outlook webinar, which kicks off at 10.30am today, will look at the prospects for the pork sector prospects as the UK prepares to leave the EU.

Defra is re-sending NVZ designation notices to farmers it believes did not receive them in the initial tranches of letters sent out. 

The NPA's Zoe Davies made a powerful case for retaining access to permanent, unskilled labour post-Brexit, when she gave evidence to MPs on Tuesday.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has extended its free carcase collection service for diagnostic post mortem examinations in England.

Producers have been warned pigs sharing premises where avian flu has been detected in poultry could be culled if they are found to be carrying the disease.

The NPA has laid out its priorities on trade, access to labour and a future domestic farm policy in a submission to a House of Lords inquiry into Brexit.

Prevention is always better than cure but reducing antibiotic usage should not be seen as an opportunity to cut costs on farm.