Voting is underway to elect a brand new NPA Pig Trade Group from a powerful subject of 20 candidates from throughout the pig sector.

They embody a mixture of present PIG members and people looking for to symbolize their sector on the NPA’s decision-making physique for the primary time. They are going to be competing for 12 locations, eight for producers and 4 for allied trade, on the streamlined PIG.

Producers

The record consists of 12 producers from a mixture of manufacturing methods and enterprise sizes and kinds:

• Fred Allen
• Tom Allen
• Joe Dewhirst
• Ash Gilman
• Robin Lawson
• Rob Mutimer
• Adrian Russell
• Phil Stephenson
• John Stockings
• Matt Swaine
• Sam Ward
• Helen Webb.

Allied trade

Eight allied trade representatives, once more drawn from a variety of enterprise varieties, have put their names ahead.

• Oliver Bown
• Peter Bryant
• Andy Corridor
• Joe Lunt
• Jon McKechnie
• Michelle Sprent
• Tim Types
• Gemma Thwaites

You may learn all 20 manifestos HERE 

NPA chief govt Lizzie stated: “We’re thrilled to have such a powerful subject of candidates in each the producer and allied trade elections, with mix of expertise and new blood. It will be a really aggressive election.

“We urge all our members to learn the manifestos and use the ability of your vote to elect the strongest potential candidates to information us by this very important time of transformation for the pig sector, over their three-year phrases.”

How the elections work

NPA members will now elect the 12 members of the PIG:

• The newly elected group will encompass eight producers and 4 allied trade members.
• Producers shall be elected on the idea of essentially the most votes acquired, reasonably than a regional foundation, as beforehand.
• Efforts shall be made to make sure a steadiness between indoor and outside manufacturing and unbiased and company producers.
• Allied members shall be elected by way of most votes in 4 classes – buildings/gear, well being, advertising/processing and diet/feed.

Voting course of and guidelines

• Voting by way of e mail opened on Monday, January 22, with poll types emailed to members and accessible within the Members’ Space of the web site. Types ought to be returned to: [email protected]
• Postal ballots shall be despatched to those that haven’t voted on-line (or can’t) on Monday, February 5.
• Voting closes at 5pm on Thursday, February 22. The outcomes shall be printed within the March version of Pig World and on the NPA web site.
• You may solely vote in case you are a paid-up member of NPA. Just one vote could also be forged per membership quantity – you will need to due to this fact agree who places the casting vote ahead.
• Producer members can solely vote for producer candidates and allied trade members can solely vote for allied trade candidates.
• A present producer member could vote for as much as eight producer candidates.
• A present allied trade member could vote for as much as 4 allied trade candidates.