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East Anglia's livestock farmers are waiting anxiously for test results on a possible outbreak of foot and mouth disease at a pig farm in west Norfolk.

East Anglia's livestock farmers are waiting anxiously for test results on a possible outbreak of foot and mouth disease at a pig farm in west Norfolk.

The Co-op has pledged £19m in support for British pig farmers through a new cost of production-based pricing model to be reviewed monthly. The price paid

Grocery retailer Co-op has urged more supermarkets to supply more British pork after announcing a £19m investment to help struggling pig farmers.

Pig producers have backed the Co-op's calls for UK's biggest retailers to do more to issue support to the sector after the supermarket unveiled a £19m pledge.

The move follows a public letter to the supermarket giant claiming farmers would go out of business.

Tesco has announced a total of £10m in funding for the UK pig industry to offset soaring on-farm costs. The UK’s largest supermarket chain has provided

Extra £6.6m in support takes total to £10m, after criticism supermarket was not paying ‘fair price’ for pork

Tesco has today announced £6.6 million in funding for pig producers after the sector singled out the retailer for not doing enough to support it.