More questions than answers seem to be the current position with the value of pigs becoming more volatile day by day as the effects of the…
Month: March 2020
EU pig prices are rising again, following several weeks of declines, gaining more than €10/100kg (£8.86/100kg) during February, despite the impact of Coronavirus on exports to…
The total number of pigs in the EU (including the UK) remained relatively steady in the year to December 2019, at 147.9 million head, according to provisional…
The organisers of the British Pig & Poultry Fair have stressed that it is ‘business as usual’ for now amid fears the event might not be…
The NPA is urging members to familiarise themselves with Government advice on Coronavirus. It has highlighted advice for businesses and employers published by Public Health England…
MPs have put further pressure on the Government over import standards by tabling an amendment to the Agriculture Bill calling on it to enshrine its commitments to upholding…
The NPA has urged the Government to maintain current EU tariffs on non-EU pork imports once the current Brexit transition period ends on December 31. In…
The farming industry breathed a sigh of relief after Rishi Sunak announced he would not be scrapping the red diesel duty relief for agriculture. As had…
Defra has appointed Nicholas Saphir, who has helped build the organic dairy co-operative OMSCo over the past 18 years, as the new chair of AHDB. Mr…
More than 15,000 people have signed an NFU petition urging the Government to commit in law to banning imports of food in future trade deals that would…