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Contractors for new Pig Health Scheme announced
AHDB has announced the two successful contractors who will run the new Pig Health Scheme. Following a successful tender process,…
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Industry seeking funding for major partnership PRRS project
The pig industry is seeking funding for a major new project that would deliver a co-ordinated cross-industry approach to PRRS…
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Defra updates African swine fever advice
Defra has updated its advice on how to identify and report African swine fever (ASF). You can view the updated…
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Why are processors turning away Red Tractor pigs?
Pig farmers across the country have been expressing concerns at a lack of demand for Red Tractor pigs. Are cheap…
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Mike Sheldon to continue as Red Tractor Pork chair
Mike Sheldon is to remain as chair of the Red Tractor Pork board for another year, after the assurance scheme…
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NPA launches ‘The Pork Report’ to put spotlight on supermarkets
The NPA has launched a new campaign putting the spotlight on how retailers are supporting the Great British pork industry…
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Straw prices for the week ending December 9, 2018
Merchants’ ex-farm buying-in straw prices (£/t) supplied by the British Hay & Straw Merchants Association. Trade comment: Hay prices increasing; straw prices show…
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NPA expresses concern over lack of demand for surplus Red Tractor pigs
Cheap imports and relatively high demand for RSPCA Assured pigs has resulted in unusually weak demand for surplus Red Tractor…
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Zoe Davies outlines devastating impact of ASF in online video
In a new video, NPA chief executive Zoe Davies explains how diseases like African swine fever (ASF) affect farming and…
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2019 Nuffield Farming Scholars announced
Two representatives from the pig industry are among the 19 2019 Nuffield Scholars announced by The Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust…