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Last week AHDB ran a media training session for Young NPA members to arm them with the tools to engage with both traditional and social media.

The NPA is urging Defra to push forward without delay with its review of the pork supply chain, to help deliver a fairer trading environment for pig producers.

New grants of between £1,000 and £25,000 will soon be available the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund.

Pig industry organisations are working with Defra and the VMD to gather evidence to justify a return of zinc oxide products in the UK in future.

Annual Health and Welfare Reviews are set to be rolled out more widely to livestock producers, following successful trials of the initiative.  

The NPA has responded to the Department for International Trade’s call for input on trade with South Korea. 

An eagerly-awaited report by Defra on its review of the pork supply chain is expected ‘very soon’, according to Farming Minister Mark Spencer.

The long-awaited consultation on veterinary medicine legislation was published on February 2.

Pig farmers will not see many benefits from Defra’s new environmental schemes, but other funding streams should become increasingly available. 

Members are reminded that today is the last opportunity to apply for a Slurry Infrasructure grant.