News

Restrictions have been put in place around another farm in Lincolnshire following confirmation of the H5N8 avian flu virus. 

Defra has started to issue notices to farmers it believes now fall within Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ), following the latest re-designation.

The National Pig Association has been invited to Downing Street to outline its views and concerns ahead of crucial Government Brexit negotiations.

APHA has issued a warning farmers and smallholders not to feed catering or kitchen waste to pigs and poultry, even if they are being kept as pets.

The NPA has called for the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) to be extended to cover the entire supply chain.

Funding for the RUMA Alliance has more than tripled this year as it oversees the drive to reduce antibiotics on farms. 

Defra is moving. The Department's staff will move into premises occupied by the Home Office in early 2018, saving an estimated £2m a year.

Advice on pig health and biosecurity will be on offer from this year's David Black Award winner as APHA hosts meetings in late January/early February. 

Controlling immigration will be a Brexit priority for the Government, Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill has told the NPA.

Delegates at the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) hoping for answers from Defra Ministers on some of the big Brexit issues were left largely unsated.