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The History of the BPA:
Commercial Producers are Welcomed into NPBA
In 1982 the Association launched a commercial section to represent
the interests of commercial pig breeders. This in turn led to the
establishment of the Allied Industry Group representing all the
companies associated with pig production and supplying the industry.
A new quarterly magazine, National Pig News, was published to
replace the NPBA Gazette.
The Voice of the Pig Industry
 In 1991 the Association was renamed the British Pig Association and
for a further decade worked hard to be the Voice of the Pig Industry
with the publication of its monthly Pig Industry magazine. Sadly
confusion resulted from two organisations claiming to represent the
industry; The British Pig Association and the National Farmers Union
Pigs Committee. As the pig industry crisis of the late 1990’s
deepened, with prices in September 1998 falling below 60 pence per
kilo and farmers taking to the streets to protest government
policies, many producers demanded a rationalisation of
representation. Another attempt to form a single organisation to
promote the interests of commercial producers was clearly the
answer. So it was that in 1999 the Commercial and Allied Industry
Committees of the British Pig Association were merged with the NFU
pigs committee to form a new organisation for commercial pig
producers, the
National Pig Association.
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Falling prices bring pig
farmers out onto the streets to protest
against low welfare imports |
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