Processors in spat with Eustice over crisis in pig sector

Pork processors have hit back after Defra Secretary George Eustice accused them of ‘ripping up their contracts’ with British farmers as the crisis in the pig sector intensified.

Abi Kay
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Processors in spat with Eustice over crisis in pig sector

Pork processors have hit back after Defra Secretary George Eustice accused them of ‘ripping up their contracts' with British farmers as the crisis in the pig sector intensified. A group of pig farmers,...

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