The pig farming sector suffers more than any other from mental health problems, according the findings of a major piece of research by the Royal Agricultural…
Month: October 2021
A video featuring a livestock farmer talking about the challenges affecting the sector and how farm support charity The Farming Community Network (FCN) can help has…
The NPA has welcomed the Government’s support package for the pig industry, but has warned that the situation on many farms remains at critical point. The…
AS overweight pigs continue to back up on many pig farms, environmental specialist ARM Buildings Limited has made an urgent plea to pig farmers to check…
The Government has announced the introduction of private storage aid and temporary butchers visas as part of a package of pig industry support measures to help alleviate…
An announcement on visas for the processing sector is ‘imminent’, Defra Minister Richard Benyon has told the House of Lords this morning. After weeks and weeks of…
Ministers have confirmed one-month levy holidays for pig producers in England and Scotland during November, estimated to be worth just under £1 million in savings for…
Shadow Defra Secretary Luke Pollard has urged the Government to listen to pig farmers and ‘step up and take action now’ to save the industry from…
Red Tractor will not take action against farms that are failing to comply with scheme standards due to factors out of their control in the current…
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have teamed up to invest £500,000 in UK agriculture to help the industry transition…