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The EU-spec SPP for the week ended 16 October dropped back to 146.35p/kg.

Despite a widening price differential between farmgate pig prices in the UK and EU, UK imports remained relatively low during August.

UK clean pig slaughter in September was similar to last year.

Liming review

Find out how we are supporting pig farmers during these challenging times.

According to provisional figures published by Defra, the UK pig population was 4% up in the year to June 2021, standing at 5.28 million head.

Cattle vets are being called on to spearhead efforts to populate the new national Medicine Hub with farm antibiotic data

The decision comes in response to the continued build-up of pigs on farm, falling prices and high production costs.

The EU-spec SPP moved up in the week ended 9 October, reaching 151.01p/kg.

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