New opportunity to export UK pork to South Korea

This was the first outbreak of 2024 and the first case of African swine fever in the Gyeongbuk region.

Animal welfare to be enhanced with launch of the Animal Sentience Committee and consultation on penalty notices.

While margins were still negative, improving pig prices and feed costs moved the sector much closer to profitability.

The government has committed to regulating pig contracts to support the supply chain and provide greater certainty across the whole sector.

Outbreaks of African swine fever have spread in the country even in the winter.

Five cases of Seneca Valley Virus in pigs have been confirmed for the first time in the United Kingdom.

The Commission has provided additional time for businesses to adapt their supply chains.

The new Slurry Infrastructure grant will help farmers improve their slurry storage.

Antibiotics sales for use in food-producing animals more than halved since 2014.

After seven successive quarters of negative margins, the English pig breeding herd has been reduced greatly.

The concentration of pig slaughtering in larger facilities continues.