News
5th Apr 2017
Details of new autumn pork marketing campaign unveiled
A new levy-funded campaign promoting pork steaks as a mid-week meal option is set to launch in the autumn.
5th Apr 2017
NPA welcomes Royal Society paper highlighting need for holistic approach to AMR
Reducing antibiotic consumption in animals alone will often have very limited benefits for human health, according to a new scientific paper published today.
4th Apr 2017
Seven schemes expected to qualify for rodenticide regime in 2018
Red Tractor is one of seven assurance schemes expected by the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime to qualify as proof of competence in 2018.
3rd Apr 2017
NPA seeking your views on antibiotic targets
The NPA is today opening a consultation with members on what forthcoming long-term antibiotic targets for the pig sector should look like.
3rd Apr 2017
NPA to call for UK welfare standards to be protected in Lords inquiry
The NPA will have the chance to feed in its views to a House of Lords inquiry into the implications of Brexit on farm animal welfare this week.
2nd Apr 2017
Meryl Ward reflects on two years at helm of AHDB Pork
Meryl Ward has spoken of her pride at the progress made during her two years as chair of AHDB Pork. But further change within the levy body is needed, she said.
31st Mar 2017
Brexit must free UK farming from grip of Brussels regulation - NPA
The NPA has called on the Government to use Brexit to deliver a more proportionate and sensible regulatory regime for the farming sector.
31st Mar 2017
Direct retail suppliers urged to fill in Adjudicator survey
Companies supplying supermarkets directly are being urged to fill in the Groceries Code Adjudicator's (GCA) annual survey.
30th Mar 2017
Pig farmers urged to take part in new Brexit labour survey
Pig farmers are being urged to take part in a new survey seeking to gauge the implications of Brexit for UK agriculture's supply of labour.
30th Mar 2017
Focus of future domestic farm policy dependent on trade deal
The focus of a future domestic farming policy will depend on the outcome of any trade deals the UK secures for its post-Brexit future, according to the NFU.