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Monday, November 10, 2008
Preventive Strategies to Help Animal IndustryAUSTRALIA - The Department of Agriculture and Food has created a new position - Animal Welfare technical officer - to help livestock industries to develop preventive strategies in animal welfare risk...
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Pork Prices Being Driven UpAUSTRALIA - Demand for Christmas hams and a shortage of local pigs are driving up pork prices.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Unity Towards Improvement of Regional BiosecurityQUEENSLAND - Queensland biosecurity experts have joined forces with their Papua New Guinea counterparts to implement systems for animal disease surveillance and control in the villages of Australia´s...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Chefs Compete in Battle of the BologneseAUSTRALIA - Sydney’s Hyde Park hosts a fearsome culinary showdown this Saturday the first of November from noon, as part of the Sydney Food & Wine Fair.
CSIRO: Reduction in Biotechnology PredictedAUSTRALIA - Australia’s CSIRO Livestock Industries and its partner, New Zealand’s principal pastoral food Research Institute, AgResearch, have predicted the global financial crisis could significantly...
Friday, October 24, 2008
Oceans Over-fished to Feed LivestockAUSTRALIA - Fishing to produce fish meal as a feed ingredient for farmed fish, pigs and poultry is unsustainable, new research has found.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Young Scientists Recognised for AchievementsAUSTRALIA - Young up-and-comers in the scientific field were recently recognised for their achievements in this year’s Australian Agricultural Industries Young Innovators and Scientists Awards.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Pork Profits Upped by High Cereal SuppliesAUSTRALIA - A major pork industry seminar has heard that improving the quality and supply of cereal grains is crucial to reducing the cost of production and improving productivity in the Australian pork...
Friday, October 17, 2008
Pigs Finally Make a ProfitAUSTRALIA - A pork producer from south-east Queensland has recorded his first profitable month in almost a year.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Slow Recovery for Australian Pork IndustryAUSTRALIA - More than one out of five pork producers have been forced to quit the industry this year.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Pigs to Determine Healthy Foods for HumansAUSTRALIA - Researchers believe that the expression 'eating like a pig' may take on more positive connotations after conducting a study into why certain foods lead to better health.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
APL Responds to Piggery Health ConcernsAUSTRALIA - Recent media reports on the case of two piggery workers contracting the pig-borne disease Streptococcus suis (S.suis) pose little need for concern according to the pork peak industry...
Monday, October 06, 2008
Pig Workers Contract Heart Disease from AbattoirAUSTRALIA - Two piggery workers have survived a potentially deadly disease of the heart valves after contracting Strep suis from animals bound for the abattoir.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Horizons ‘08 – Agriculture's Future: Value or Volume?AUSTRALIA - Australasia’s major science and agribusiness conference, being held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 28-30 October 2008, is expected to generate strong debate on the future for Trans-Tasman...
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Pig Producers Set to Reap RewardsAUSTRALIA - After suffering financial losses for the past year, pig producers finally look like they're set to reap the rewards of hanging on and getting through the industry's most challenging period...
Animal Health Laboratory Internationally RecognisedAUSTRALIA - Australian scientists will be better prepared to tackle exotic animal diseases, such as avian influenza (AI), following international recognition of CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Steve Martin Elected New WAPPA PresidentAUSTRALIA - Wannamal producer Steve Martin was elected president of the WA Pork Producers' Association, after Cuballing producer Graeme Dent's fixed three-year term expired.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Constraints and Opportunities in the Pork IndustryAUSTRALIA - Pork CRC’s third year review by the Australian Government is to be held in December and, as part of the process, moving forward, Pork CRC will survey all participants and expect to receive...
Thursday, September 04, 2008
WA Pork Producers Poised to Face Tough TimesAUSTRALIA - Vigorous debate, mainly centred on feeding for profit, highlighted a dynamic and productive series of meetings and forums held by WA Pork Producers’ Association (WAPPA) last Friday as part...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
Pig Industry Emergency Exercise to Be ConductedAUSTRALIA - Stock & Land reports that Primary Industries and Resources, South Australia (PIRSA) and Australian Pork Limited (APL)...
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Lawyer Fights Farms on Animal WelfareAUSTRALIA - A lawyer hired by the federal government to examine Australia's animal welfare strategy says farmers are failing to make sound arguments in support of their practices.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Pig Prices Highest Since March 2007AUSTRALIA - Over-the-hooks pork and bacon prices are currently the highest since March 2007 and sow prices have been better than ever since November 2007.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Animal Rights Group Angers Pork Board MemberAUSTRALIA - A Pork Queensland board member was shocked to discover that animal rights activists have used a child in a campaign calling on people to eat only free range pork.
Monday, August 04, 2008
Australian Pork Industry Fights BackAUSTRALIA - The pork industry claims that it can't afford to match a radio advertising campaign against intensive pig farming, being run by Animals Australia.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Aussie Pork Industry Challenged by ImportsAUSTRALIA - The ailing Australian pig industry is finally starting to turn a corner, with prices on the way up. But imports remain a challenge, with numbers showing no sign of easing in the short term...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
CSIRO Opens Rapid Response Animal Disease CentreAUSTRALIA - The Federal Minister for Industry, Innovation, Science and Research, Senator the Hon Kim Carr, officially opened CSIRO Livestock Industries’ Diagnostic Emergency Response Laboratory (DERL)...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Aussie Vendor Declarations Improve BiosecurityAUSTRALIA - New research by Animal Health Australia (AHA) has shown that livestock producers are highly aware of National Vendor Declarations (NVDs) and are using them effectively.
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
The Quest for a 'Green' Agricultural SystemAUSTRALIA - CSIRO research underway in Central Queensland’s cattle country is investigating whether the integration of trees, pasture and livestock into a single agricultural system will produce greater...
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Huvepharma Adds to Veterinary Pharmaceuticals RangeAUSTRALIA - Huvepharma is adding to its product portfolio of anticoccidials, enzymes and in feed microflora managers with the launch announced this week at World Poultry Congress in Brisbane of a range...
Aborigine Piggery Economically ViableAUSTRALIA - A community of Aborigines in Santa Teresa is pleased to announce the addition of six new piglets to its greenhorn piggery.
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