RSPCA Takes Pig Action into the Classroom
AUSTRALIA - The RSPCA in Australia took its activism into primary school class rooms in Brisbane, where pupils played pigs to demonstrate what it was like for sows to be kept in stalls.

Ozzie Opinions Urged on Transport Welfare
AUSTRALIA - The Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPI&F) is urging North Queenslanders to have their say on proposed Australian Standards and Guidelines for the Welfare of Animals for the Land Transport of Livestock.

Burke’s Silence Will Kill off Pig Industry
AUSTRALIA - Opposition agricultural spokesman Nigel Scullion says that productivity commission's report on the inquiry into safeguards into the import of pig meat has left Australian pork producers in a precarious position.

Final PC Inquiry Hammers Australia's Pig Farmers
AUSTRALIA - Australia's pig farmers claim their hope of import Safeguards and extra support for the industry's dire situation have been ignored by the final report to the Federal Government from the Productivity Commission (PC).

NSW Pork Industry Will Die, says Farmers
AUSTRALIA - The NSW Farmers Association has endorsed claims made earlier this week that the Federal Government must act now to save the local pork industry.

Drought Figures: Oz Farmers Hot Under the Collar
AUSTRALIA - According to recent figures, several areas in Australia are already slipping back into draught. The news will draw massive concern amongst farmers who suffered a disastrous set back in production after last years draught.

Grain Prices Are to Blame, Not Imports
AUSTRALIA - Higher grain prices are behind financial pressure faced by pig farmers, a Productivity Commission report has found.

No Assistance for Aussie Producers
AUSTRALIA - Hopes that the pig industry would get extra Government support and some protection from imports have been dashed. A report to the Federal Government from the Productivity Commission says the problems are being faced aby the whole livestock...

Pork Production - Growth Industry in Morocco
AUSTRALIA - Although pork consumption is a religious taboo in Morocco, pig farming is booming in the Muslim country as a result of its booming tourism trade.

Gas and Dust Prove Dangerous Relations
AUSTRALIA - New research has reinforced the danger of dust and gas emissions in livestock buildings. Apart from the noxious smell, particles smaller than 2.5 micro metres can penetrate the deepest areas of the lungs and cause respiratory disease.

Stirling Products Signs Licensing Rights For Omega-3 Meat Enhancement Technology
PERTH - Stirling Products North America Inc and PEI Pork Plus Inc have signed an Memorandum of Understanding which provides Stirling with the opportunity to become the exclusive sales and distribution partner for PEI Pork’s Omega-3 Meat Enhancement Technology...

Price Relief Forecast for Pork Producers
AUSTRALIA - Pork producers will get some welcome relief from low returns and competition from imports in 2008-09 with prices tipped to rise by 7 per cent, the ABARE Outlook '08 conference in Canberra has heard today.

Environment and Livestock Find a Single Voice
AUSTRALIA - With climate change and greenhouse gas emissions two of the biggest issues facing agriculture Meat & Livestock Australia has bolstered its ‘green’ credentials by employing one of Australia’s leading experts in the field.

Animals and the Next Great Social Justice Movement
AUSTRALIA - Increasing concern for animal welfare and consumer demand for organic and free range products— backed up with stricter food labelling requirements—is, according to this story, likely to trigger the next great social justice movement in Australia,...

Reducing Feed Wastage
AUSTRALIA - Estimates have shown that 10 per cent of feed delivered to the farm is wasted leading to large losses at a time when feed prices are rising.