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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Production Management
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Outlook '10: Promising Future for Aussie Pig Meat AUSTRALIA - Australian pig meat production will increase slightly over the next five years in response to better prices and more palatable feed grain costs.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Australian Agriculture Must Adapt to Climate Change AUSTRALIA - Australian agriculture needs to adapt now to climate change according to a CSIRO book launched today entitled: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Preparing Australian Agriculture,...
Monday, February 22, 2010
Weaning Age Does Not Affect Lifetime Performance AUSTRALIA - Weaning piglets at 13 or 21 days of age influenced growth immediately after weaning but it was not a major factor in lifetime performance or body composition at commercial slaughter weights,...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
PITWA Introduces Pork Industry Skills Passport AUSTRALIA - Pork Industry Training WA (PITWA) last week introduced 20 WA pork producers and piggery workers to the Pork Industry Skills Passport, which details and endorses a person’s workplace skills...
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Ractopamine Improves Growth and Leanness in Males AUSTRALIA - Ractopamine improved growth performance in entire and immunocastrated male pigs without affecting meat quality, according to researchers based in Western Australia.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
New Grain Variety to Help Pigs Grow Faster AUSTRALIA - Australian scientists have developed a new variety of grain which can help make pigs grow faster.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Pork Producer Forum in Young AUSTRALIA - The NSW Farmers’ Association Pork Committee is inviting all pork producers to attend a Producer Forum and Dinner in Young next week.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Breakthrough Helps Aussie Pork Producers AUSTRALIA - A major technological breakthrough will help pork producers use canola meal more efficiently and give them the potential to use more of it in pig feeding rations.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Medina Pig Out Day to Showcase Research on Pigs AUSTRALIA - Pig producers will be able to ‘pig out’ at the industry’s open day at the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Medina Research Station on Friday, 27 March.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
'No Obstacle' in the Creation of Organic Standards AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited says there's nothing stopping producers from creating their own organic and free-range standards.
Friday, January 02, 2009
DDGS Granted First-ever Clearance in Australia AUSTRALIA - Australia’s first imported sample of US distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product of US ethanol production, successfully cleared inspections after arriving at the Port of...
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Pork CRC Helps Cut Costs and Push Production AUSTRALIA - At a time of great challenge for the Australian pork industry, research by the Pork Cooperative Research Centre in the last year has reduced feed costs and improved herd production efficiency...


