National Pig Association THE VOICE OF THE UK PIG INDUSTRY NPA is active on members' behalf in Brussels & Whitehall, and with processors, supermarkets & caterers - fighting for the growth and pros-perity of the UK pig industry.

The meeting was chaired by Stewart Houston. Speakers included Giles Penn of DRS, Jim Burling of Bowes of Norfolk, Meryl Ward, Richard Longthorp, Howard Revell of BQP, contract-finishers David Murrell and James White, Mark Haighton of George Adams, and Ian Campbell and Digby Scott on behalf of NPA.

After the formal part of the meeting, would-be contract-finishers were invited to explore individual contract-finishing opportunities with the producers present, whilst sampling outstanding pork products supplied by Geo Adams and BQP and prepared and served by Ann Scott and Sally Selby.

The meeting was a pilot and may be repeated in other parts of the country if producers identify a need. Meryl's husband Steve has suggested a meeting with land agents could prove fruitful at the moment, as they are about to embark on a new round of grant-aided farm business assessments.

Source: the National Pig Association - 15th February 2006