Pig values appear to be pausing for breath at a time when pig producers need prices to re-accelerate to try and reduce the gaping chasm between…
Month: April 2022
The NPA has announced a new leadership team for the Young NPA, which brings young people from across the pig sector together as a forum for discussion…
Cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been reported by local authorities in both Tripura in Northeast India and in Chukha, Bhutan. According to ANI News,…
UK exports of pig meat (excluding offal) have risen by 9% year-on-year to 19,800 tonnes across February, according to data from HMRC. The rise is 1,600…
Pig meat imports to Japan have returned to pre-Covid levels across the first two months of the year, the AHDB has reported. The country, which is the…
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Retailers and processors must increase the prices paid to pig producers to beyond £2/kg or risk losing the sector, according to NFU Scotland. In the last…
The NPA and NFU have called on Defra Secretary George Eustice to provide ‘urgent, direct support’ for pig producers in response to soaring costs of production and…
Retailers need to understand the urgent need for further pig price rises, as ‘apathy’ in some quarters continues to hold the market back, according to Thames…
Following the publication of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s excellent report into labour shortages in food and farming, its chair Neil Parish gave a…