The underlying message from the Defra report on the UK’s ASF risk status is that a collective effort is needed to keep the virus out –…
Year: 2019
The NPA celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To mark this significant milestone, it is producing a series of articles looking back at what has been…
The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) has welcomed the progress made with rat control on farms and game shoots, but has warned that it needs…
We are pleased to announce the first speakers for 2019’s major pig industry event – Pigs Tomorrow, which takes place near Leicester on May 14 and…
British Veterinary Association president Simon Doherty has championed the vital and varied work of vets across England and called for the workforce to pull together to…
The average wholesale price of pork in China in the last week of January was down 15.3% from the same period in 2018, according to the…
As the clock ticks towards Brexit day, with Prime Minister Theresa May still battling to secure some sort of agreement, Alistair Driver looks whether we are…
Neil Parish, chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA), has called on MPs to ‘step up’ and back his efforts to give farmers…
Neil Parish is MP for Tiverton and Honiton and chairs the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, currently holding Defra to account over its Brexit plans…
Have you, as a pig producer or allied business, ever heard of Research and Development (R&D) tax relief, asks NPA senior policy advisor Ed Barker, According to…