The Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA) and his team have heard how the current pig market turmoil is damaging pig farms up and down the country at a roundtable event organised by the NPA.  Last week’s event, also attended by Defra officials, featured eight independent pig producers who had all been given notice on a least a proportion of their pigs by their processor. One has already made the decision to get out of pigs altogether, while others are reducing their herd sizes in response to the contract cuts. It is estimated that, when the contract notices start to kick…