Defra must move fast on pig plans to save sector

Defra’s plan to help ease the pig backlog must be turned into reality without delay to provide ‘desperate farmers with some hope of a viable future’.

Hannah Binns
News Reporter
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Defra must move fast on pig plans to save sector

Defra’s plan to help ease the pig backlog must be turned into reality without delay to provide ‘desperate farmers with some hope of a viable future’. The warning came after the Government hosted an...

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