The NPA has written to Dame Angela Eagle calling on the farming minister to convene an ‘urgent industry roundtable’ to discuss the ‘extremely challenging market’ independent pig producers are currently facing. Chief executive Lizzie Wilson warns the minister that the future of many independent pig producers has been cast into doubt, as the leading pork processors have given notice on contracts to suppliers up and down the country. “Although the recent media attention has largely focussed on producers supplying the Morrison’s owned abattoirs, all the major processors have been serving notice on their producers’ contracts,” she says. The letter highlights…