With just three days to go until nominations close, there are now 26 candidates for the NPA elections. There are 13 confirmed candidates for both the…
Month: January 2018
The NPA has welcome a speech by Defra Secretary Michael Gove during which he confirmed farm spending would be focused on public goods in the future.…
Defra Secretary Michael Gove has confirmed the UK will adopt a fundamentally different support system after we leave the EU. There will be a transitional period,…
Red Tractor Assured farmers can continue to buy professional rodenticides without taking part in a stewardship training course. The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) has…
A leading wholesaler has apologised to a Suffolk farmer’s wife after she exposed a clear case of misleading labelling. Joyce Cooper was shopping for a large…
EU pig meat production is expected to increase slightly in the next few years, but decline back to 2017 levels by 2030, according to the latest…
 While 2017 brought a welcome return to profitability in the marketplace, 2018 looks set to be more challenging for pig producers on the back of rising…
A revolution in agricultural productivity will be needed if we are to capitalise on Brexit, continue to feed ourselves as a nation, and protect the environment,…
Roadhogs Recruitment, the pig industry staff recruitment company, has a new website address. Due to a serious IT issue, its previous website address www.roadhogs.com is no longer in…
The UK has received its largest ever export order from China for frozen boar semen, in a deal which also involves training Chinese staff in artificial…