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Eight new pork lines will be available in Aldi’s 106 Scottish stores

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

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

Pork giant banned from using ‘climate-controlled pig' marketing

Dave Myers and Si King met pig farmers Liam Tickle and Rebecca Scott from Laburnum Farm in Warrington for their new series The Hairy Bikers Go West

It comes as ASF is found for the first time in Sweden

With the sector recovering following two and a half years of crisis, Cedric Porter takes a look at the prospects in the pig sector.

The EU-spec SPP gained 0.09p/kg to reach 224.98p/kg during the week ended July 22