British Veterinary Association president Simon Doherty has championed the vital and varied work of vets across England and called for the workforce to pull together to…
Month: February 2019
The average wholesale price of pork in China in the last week of January was down 15.3% from the same period in 2018, according to the…
As the clock ticks towards Brexit day, with Prime Minister Theresa May still battling to secure some sort of agreement, Alistair Driver looks whether we are…
Neil Parish, chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA), has called on MPs to ‘step up’ and back his efforts to give farmers…
Neil Parish is MP for Tiverton and Honiton and chairs the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, currently holding Defra to account over its Brexit plans…
Have you, as a pig producer or allied business, ever heard of Research and Development (R&D) tax relief, asks NPA senior policy advisor Ed Barker, According to…
The pig industry’s allied businesses have vowed to support producers over the coming months as the uncertainty over Brexit casts a shadow over the sector. With…
The RSPCA and the British Veterinary Association have joined forces to call on the UK Government to repeal a legal exemption that permits animals to be…
China imported 1.2 million tonnes of fresh/frozen pork, 24,000 tonnes (2%) less than in 2017, according to new figures from AHDB Pork. In addition to this,…
Businesses that export meat products to the EU are being urged to register to ensure they are approved for export in the event of a no…