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The National Pig Association (NPA) has warned any friction at the UK-EU border when the Brexit transition period comes to an end will hit exports of breeding stock and cull sows.

Farmers have benefited from lower fuel prices over the last few months, but costs of a range of key inputs are now creeping up.

So it is now official, the UK is in recession as a result of two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

All Government departments must be aware that introducing friction at the UK-EU border will have a major effect on pig production, processing and herd health, says Ed Barker, senior policy advisor at the National Pig Association.

The Government’s Trade Bill has left MPs with less power to scrutinise trade deals and protect farmers than UK MEPs had in the EU, says Tim Farron, agriculture spokesman for the Liberal Democrats.

New Trade and Agriculture Commission member Shanker Singham has not always had the best reputation in the farming community. Abi Kay speaks to him to find out how he thinks UK farmers can be protected in a post-Brexit world.

During my early-teen growth spurt I had skinny, matchstick legs and gigantic size-12 feet which I could barely control. This made me hopeless at football – this was in the1980s and Peter Crouch had not surfaced yet.

Irish farmers could be entitled to payments in the region of €100 (£90) per head of cattle slaughtered due to Brexit and Covid-19 disruption.

The US beef industry has been at the centre of discussion on a post-Brexit US-UK trade deal. In the first of a four-part series examining the US beef industry and markets, Farmers Guardian’s sister company Urner Barry looks at the structure of the industry from the ranch to the packing plant.

The UK Government either does not appreciate, or care, about what Brexit is about to bring for farmers, says Deidre Brock, SNP Westminster spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.