Pig Welfare Standards Now Compulsory in Victoria
AUSTRALIA - Pig welfare standards have been made compulsory in Victoria.

Farmers: RSPCA Logo Misleading; RSPCA Responds
AUSTRALIA - Free-range farmers are urging the consumer watchdog to investigate the RSPCA's standards for pork sold in supermarkets, warning the RSPCA logo dupes consumers into thinking that they are buying...

Reminder: Don't Feed Swill to Pigs
AUSTRALIA - As we enter the festive season with its focus on food and travel, pig owners are reminded that food scraps (also known as swill) must not be fed to pigs.

Senators Concerned over FMD Virus
AUSTRALIA - A Senate inquiry has voiced "serious concerns" about Australia's ability to respond quickly to an outbreak of the highly contagious livestock virus, foot-and-mouth disease.

APL: Know Your Animal Welfare Rights
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) has issued a producer notice asking pig producers to "know your animal welfare rights." This is a timely reminder to all pork producers.

Abattoir May Lose Licence After Pig Investigation
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - The Department of Primary Industries has launched a full investigation into slaughter practices at a Victorian abattoir following serious animal welfare complaints concerning the slaughter...

Strengthening Australia's Ability To Combat FMD
AUSTRALIA - The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has released a review of Australia’s ability to manage to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD).

One-Third of Pork Producers Shut Down Sow Stalls
AUSTRALIA - One year after the pork industry said it would voluntarily phase out sow stalls, around one-third of the industry has made the move.

Call to Use Coconut-Based Baits for Feral Pigs
AUSTRALIA - Queensland researchers say coconuts should be used as baits to control feral pigs in the state's north.

Pork CRC Delivers in a Competitive World
AUSTRALIA - Delivering the 2010/2011 and final annual report of the CRC for an Internationally Competitive Pork Industry, Chairman, Dr John Keniry, said its three research programmes had delivered exceptional...

Free Advice for Pig Farmers in Central West
AUSTRALIA - Pig farmers who are planning to move from individual sow stalls to group housing will be able to get the latest advice on shed conversions at a free seminar in Forbes on Thursday 13 October....

Research Community Helps Kickstart New Pork CRC
AUSTRALIA - Applications for the 2011-2012 inaugural funding round for research projects with the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork are in and early indications are that the research community and...

DAFWA: Responsibility for Animal Welfare Legislation
AUSTRALIA - The Department of Agriculture and Food has today taken over administration of the State’s animal welfare legislation.

Pork CRC: From the Top Shelf
AUSTRALIA - "We are rapidly approaching the official end of the CRC for an Internationally Competitive Australian Pork Industry," writes Dr Roger Campbell, CEO of Pork CRC.

Benchmark When Only the Best Will Do
AUSTRALIA - Experienced pig nutritionist Geoff Handley of Highspec Rural Services credits the recent push by Australia's Pork Cooperative Research Centre (Pork CRC) to implement a national performance...

More Pig Farmers Want RSPCA Seal of Approval
AUSTRALIA - The RSPCA in Australia is finding more and more pig producers are applying to be a part of its Approved Farming Scheme.

Pig Day Out Attracts Speakers from Far and Wide
AUSTRALIA - The annual Pig Day Out next month has attracted speakers from as far away as New Zealand to update pig producers on the latest research and developments in the industry.

Calls for Pig Farmer to Stand Down Rejected
AUSTRALIA - The State Government has rejected suggestions a Gingin pig farmer facing animal cruelty charges should step down from his role with the Agricultural Produce Commission.

Greens Urge Reform of Hen and Pig Laws
AUSTRALIA - The ACT Greens want the territory to pursue national reform of battery hens and intensively farmed pigs, despite the ACT having no piggeries and just one chicken farm.

Senator Carr Drives Pork CRC into the Future
AUSTRALIA - Australia's pork industry, which has an annual farm-gate value of A$1 billion, contributes $3 billion annually to the national economy and generates 8,000 jobs, has welcomed the announcement...

CSIRO Investigates How Farm Animals 'Feel'
AUSTRALIA - CSIRO is researching ways to improve the welfare of livestock by developing scientific methods for assessing how animals 'feel' in response to common management practices.

RSPCA Welcomes Pledge to Scrap Sow Stalls
AUSTRALIA - The RSPCA has described the pork industry's vote to phase out sow stalls as a momentous day for pigs in Australia.

Aussie Pig Farmers Promise to Scrap Stalls by 2017
AUSTRALIA - Australia's pork producers have agreed to voluntarily phase out sow gestation stalls by 2017.

Supermarkets Dictating to the Pork Industry
AUSTRALIA - One of Australia's leading pig producers says it's the big two supermarkets that are driving the future of his industry.

Pork Producers Welcome Coles' Sow Stall Ban
AUSTRALIA - Australian pork farmers have welcomed the decision by Coles today to apply its 'gestation stall-free fresh pork policy' to now include all forms of Coles branded pork products by 2014.

Coles Widens Ban on Pork from Sow Stall Piggeries
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) has welcomed Coles supermarket's decision to import only pork products from suppliers that do not use sow stalls.

Consumers Confused over 'Free-Range Pork' Label
AUSTRALIA - It has been alleged that consumers are being misled over 'free-range pork'.

New Welfare Regulations for WA Pig Industry
WESTERN AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA - The State Government has urged pork producers to familiarise themselves with a new set of animal welfare regulations for the Western Australian (WA) pig industry.

Pork CRC: Productively Feeding US and Them
AUSTRALIA - Delivering the keynote address, The Modern Pork Industry – Breakthroughs and Future Opportunities, Dr Roger Campbell, CEO of Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC),...

RSPCA to Hold Meeting on Welfare During Transport
QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA - The red meat industry will actively engage in a farm animal handling and transport symposium being organised by the RSPCA next month.