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Scottish MP says UK pig crisis is 'not a false alarm'

Farming Minister rejected calls for targeted intervention in the pig sector, as the pressures farmers faced right now were 'materially different' to the crisis in 2021

Rachael Brown
Chief Reporter
clock 鈥� 3 min read
Scottish MP says UK pig crisis is 'not a false alarm'

The Gordon and Buchan MP has warned the UK Government that the continued backlog of pigs since the beginning of this year was having a 鈥榗atastrophic' effect on the Standard Pig Price and has urged the...

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