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Pig industry figures welcomed news from a BBC reporter that labels on food served at the event in Glasgow showed a bacon roll had a lower carbon count than a plant-based croissant

There will be a one month pork levy holiday during November 2021 for English and Scottish pig producers

A new source of food grade carbon dioxide (CO2) is due to come on stream as soon as this weekend, thanks to the initiative shown by brothers Richard and Ed Nimmons.

Pork processors have hit back after Defra Secretary George Eustice accused them of ‘ripping up their contracts’ with British farmers as the crisis in the pig sector intensified.

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said this was a ‘huge win’ for farmers and food producers

The importance of external markets to the Scottish red meat industry has been highlighted in a new report from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), which showed the sector was worth more than £1 billion to the economy.

The Pig Producers Hardship Support Scheme will provide support to farmers impacted by the Covid-related closure of Brechin abattoir

TAKING the supreme title in the sheep ring was a Badger Faced Texel, the champion of the any other pure continental section.

UK pork producers have been reminded of the looming threat African swine fever (ASF) poses following the disease’s ‘inexorable spread ever westwards’.

Farms are being urged not to overlook the effect of rising temperatures on livestock and to take precautionary measures against heat stress after the Met Office issued its first ever extreme heat warning.