Pig Returns Forecast to Remain High
AUSTRALIA - With supply of pig meat extremely tight, prices are forecast to remain high in 2009.

Pig Producers to Have a Merry Christmas
AUSTRALIA - Pig producers are set for a merry Christmas, with prices going through the roof in the past two months.

NSW Government Alarms Aussie Pig Farmers
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL), the national body representing Australian pig farmers, is extremely concerned by the NSW Government’s proposal to triple its ethanol fuel mandate for E10 petrol...

Sow Numbers Getting Elevated
AUSTRALIA - Australia's largest pork producer is lifting sow numbers and hiring staff in the face of a supply shortage.

Heated Competition Fuels Pig Market
AUSTRALIA - A continuation in strong pork and bacon demand fuelled animated and, at times, heated competition at the fortnightly Ballarat pig market last Wednesday - the third last pig sale for 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...

Hans Enters Voluntary Administration
AUSTRALIA - Hans, one of Australia’s largest smallgoods manufacturers, has entered voluntary administration but the business will continue operating while a buyer is sought.

Aussies Likely to Feel Pork Pinch This Christmas
AUSTRALIA - Christmas ham may be off the menu for struggling families this year as a pork shortage sends prices surging.

Rapid Asian Growth Provides Aussie Opportunity
AUSTRALIA - Meat & Livestock Australia Chairman Don Heatley has praised Australia’s red meat industry for the resilience it has shown during a period of high input costs and economic uncertainty whilst...

Bacon Prices Highest in Years
AUSTRALIA - Pig producers are finally experiencing an upturn in fortune with higher prices, a lower Australian dollar and dropping feed costs.

Shortage of Pigs Leads to Soaring of Prices
AUSTRALIA - It is likely that there could be fewer hams on Australian tables this Christmas because of a national shortage of farmed pigs.

Pork Prices Being Driven Up
AUSTRALIA - Demand for Christmas hams and a shortage of local pigs are driving up pork prices.

Oz Opens Doors To British Pork
UK - The doors to a new big market have been open to British pig producers with approval to export to Australia.