Eight new pork lines will be available in Aldi’s 106 Scottish stores
Defra estimated an ASF outbreak could cost the UK between £10 million to £100 million
As well as managing his own herd, Chris Hudson is involved in a number of conservation and promotion projects for rare breed pigs.
It is a deal estimated to be worth around £12 million to the pig sector over the first five years of trade
National Pig Association chief executive Lizzie Wilson told visitors to the Pig and Poultry Fair in Birmingham that worrying amounts of illegally imported pigmeat being seized at the Port of Dover increased the UK's exposure to ASF
Italy has announced plans to send soldiers to hunt wild boar as it looks to protect its prosciutto and sausage industry from African swine fever (ASF)
National Pig Association chair Rob Mutimer said: "The bill for deforestation soya is a three figure increase on what market soya is at the moment"
National Pig Association, chair Rob Mutimer, said increased activity from animal activists over the last 3 months was one of the ‘major issues' facing the pig sector right now, not only at farm level, but he said he was also alarmed by the increased number of processors which were being targeted
Prices have slipped behind 2023 levels for the first time in two years
Nine producers have been elected to PIG, alongside four allied industry representatives, to sit on the NPA's decision-making body