Farming leaders are meeting Agriculture Minister Nick Brown today to discuss compensation for pig farms hit by the swine fever outbreak. The European Union partially lifted its ban on the export of ...

British pig producers are once again grappling with tight margins, as farmgate prices fall while costs remain stubbornly high ...

The National Pig Association has challenged a claim made on BBC Farming Today that sow farrowing crates will be banned “within four years”.

A firm running a controversial pig farm which has attracted hundreds of complaints over smell has been refused retrospective planning permission for the site. Breckland Council said Cranswick, one of ...

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Pig farmers in Britain have started culling their healthy pigs due to a lack of workers. Pig slaughterhouses lack workers, who are instrumental in ensuring a continuous process of production. As a ...

Figures released by Defra, which suggest that the UK pig breeding herd has fallen to a new low, have been questioned by the AHDB. The number of pigs in the UK remained broadly stable at 4.7m in 2025, ...

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