The NPA’s Georgina Crayford outlines some of her key findings from her Nuffield Scholarship on global attitudes towards antibiotic use in livestock  Having recently returned from…
Month: March 2018
Richard Lister has been re-elected as chairman of NPA for a second three-year term, with Norfolk farmer Rob Mutimer elected as his vice chairman. Mr Lister,…
Stewart Houston, one of the driving forces behind the formation of the NPA and a former chairman, has been awarded the association’s third Lifetime Fellowship. Stewart was…
This meant the total pig population stood at 4.7 million head, the largest for the time of year since 2006. The increase was supported by a…
The impetus in pork sales recorded in the latter half of 2017 seems to have faded in recent weeks, according to the latest data from Kantar…
Former Chief Veterinary Officer Nigel Gibbens is joining the RUMA’s (Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture) Independent Scientific Group. Mr Gibbens, who retired this month after…
As D-Day approaches with only another 12 months to go before the UK is due to leave the EU in March 2019, negotiators are saying they…
Denmark is echoing Donald Trump and has said it will build a 43.5 mile fence on its border with Germany to keep out wild boars that…
New environmental permit charges published by the Environment Agency will add unjustified costs to pig farming businesses, the NPA has warned. NPA chief executive Zoe Davies described…
Farmers face a lot of uncertainty in the coming years, but armed with the best advice from the industry’s top leaders they will be able to…