The latest EU pig slaughterings data from Eurostat confirms that UK pig meat production was rising towards the end of 2017 while the price of sows…
Year: 2018
The latest figures from Defra indicate that production tightened up again in December. Clean pig slaughterings were 6% behind year earlier levels during the month, totalling…
Meeting 6 of the North-East Pig Monitor Farm Project will be held on Tuesday 30th January 2018 at Lochter Activity Centre, Oldmeldrum, Inverurie AB51 0DZ. Coffee…
The NPA has invited Wilfred Emmanuel Jones, aka the Black Farmer, to its next Producer Group (PG) to discuss antibiotic use and how the pig industry markets…
A key advisor to Michael Gove has promised to raise the pig industry’s concerns over public procurement with the Defra Secretary, following a visit to NPA…
Hermitage AI has re-opened a facility in Scotland, an addition that will see the company operate more than 2,000 boar spaces in Europe – making it…
A secondary school has dropped a 10-year project that saw pupils raising pigs for consumption in the canteen after a protest from a vegan parent. In…
NPA chairman Richard Lister stressed the need for the Government to play its part in championing British food after we leave the EU when hosted a…
Stewart Houston has been re-appointed for another term on the Animal Health and Welfare Board for England (AHWBE). Mr Houston, who chaired the NPA in its…
The producer share of the retail pork price fell slightly during December to 40.4%, a decline of just over half a percentage point compared with the…