Pork CRC Presents APSA Awards
AUSTRALIA - University of Queensland post-graduate, Larissa Beale, has been awarded Pork CRC Best Presentation at the 2011 13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA) Conference,...

2012 - Australian Year of the Farmer
AUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Sid Sidebottom, have welcomed 2012 - the Australian...

New Pork CRC Launched with High Integrity
AUSTRALIA - Officially launching the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, Chairman of the CRC Committee, Neville Stevens, AO, said it had the potential to build quality jobs and products for Austra...

Kathryn Adams Appointed to Pork CRC Board
AUSTRALIA - Agricultural scientist and lawyer, Kathryn Adams, has been appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, replacing Nigel Smith who retired...

Passport Project Delivers Better Pig Husbandry
AUSTRALIA - A pilot training project has delivered strong outcomes for Western Australia’s pork industry workforce.

Pork CRC's CEO is on the Road Again
AUSTRALIA - Pork CRC CEO, Dr Roger Campbell, was the first ‘cab off the rank’ at the APL/Pork CRC Roadshow in Perth on Friday, 7 October.

Farmers Use Pigs to Cultivate Paddocks
AUSTRALIA - Pigs are being used instead of tractors to cultivate paddocks at a farm at Mulloon in the NSW Southern Tablelands.

APL: Winner of Undergraduate Scholarship Award
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) is proud to announce La Trobe University student Karly Barker as the winner of the Ron Pollard Undergraduate Scholarship Award for 2011.

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...

Western Australian Pork Industry Training a Success
AUSTRALIA - Western Australia’s pork industry has been strengthened with a specialised skills training programme producing nearly 70 graduates from two courses held over the past year.

Props Needed to Push Start New Pork CRC
AUSTRALIA - Australia’s new Pork Cooperative Research Centre, the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, is open for ‘business’ and now invites proposals for its inaugural funding round (2011-2012)...

New Board for New Pork CRC
AUSTRALIA - Ensuring Australian pork is a high integrity meat that is welfare optimal, environmentally responsible, safe and nutritious is the focus of the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork.

Pork CRC: Bench Pressing Lifts
AUSTRALIA - Pork CRC's benchmarking scheme for the production performance of the country's pork industry has completed an initial pilot and is now open to producers nationwide to participate.

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.

Meriden Opens Subsidiary in Australia
AUSTRALIA - Meriden Animal Health Limited has recently opened a new office in Australia, further consolidating its sales network in South-East Asia and Australasia.

Pork CRC Appoints New Business and Finance
AUSTRALIA - Geoff Crook has been appointed Business and Finance Manager with Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), based at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy Campus.

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.

Nutrition Research to Pay Producer Dividends
AUSTRALIA - Paying closer attention to nutrition in their pre- and post- weaning pigs promises to pay dividends for pork producers thanks to enhanced intestinal and immune development, survivability and...

Hot News on Seasonal Infertility in Pigs
AUSTRALIA - Although eliminating the costly problem of seasonal infertility in pigs is probably beyond us, considerable research, supported by Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), has...

Rain Hail or Shine Grains Gain with AusScan
AUSTRALIA - With prolific weather damaged grain in eastern Australia, drought affected grain in WA and some light-weight barley in Queensland, livestock producers, particularly pig farmers, are turning...

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...

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),...

A First for Australia's Pork Industry
AUSTRALIA - Pork producers from all over Australia took the opportunity to participate in a Town Hall Teleforum to discuss the industry’s use of gestation stalls as part of the Shaping our Future...

Pork Producers Protest Against Coles Con
AUSTRALIA - Pork producers from the Victorian Farmer’s Federation (VFF), with support from Australian Pork Limited (APL), protested in Melbourne earlier today against the double standard around Coles’...

Diabetic Test to Help Pork Producers
AUSTRALIA - A simple glucose meter, or glucometer, commonly used by diabetics to measure blood glucose levels, is set to help Australian pork producers more efficiently feed their pigs.

Pork Farmers Hit Out at Coles Sow Stall Ban
AUSTRALIA - The New South Wales Farmers Association is concerned Australian pork suppliers will go out of business if major supermarkets ban pork from pigs raised in sow stalls.

APL Kicks Off Membership Drive 2010
AUSTRALIA - In accordance with the Australian Pork Limited (APL) constitution, every three years members of APL are required to renew their membership. This membership drive also provides the opportunity...

Consultation on Alternative Farming Practices Begins
AUSTRALIA - Yesterday, Australia’s pork industry announced the start of a comprehensive consultation process with its members, around some tough issues facing the industry, such as imports, labelling,...

Winner of Doug Ross Travel and Study Award
AUSTRALIA - The recipient of the Australian pork industry biannual Doug Ross Travel and Study Award has been awarded to fifth-year Charles Sturt University Veterinary student, Jill Groat.

Pig Nutrition Under Specialist Spotlight
AUSTRALIA - A radical new approach to feed formulation will be put to the Western Australian pig industry by a leading animal nutritionist from the United Kingdom.