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.

Mislabelling Allegation Hits Primo Meats
AUSTRALIA - Primo Meats Group, Australia's largest smallgoods supplier, is under investigation over claims that subsidised pig meat imported from Denmark and Canada is being relabelled as Australian.

New Report Says Ethanol is Not the Solution
AUSTRALIA - A new Parliament of Australia report has confirmed concerns that ethanol has debatable fuel security, trade, environmental and regional development benefits.

Ministerial Inquiry Into Free Range Pork
AUSTRALIA - A Ministerial inquiry has been launched inot the rearing procedures used that constitute genuine free-range pork.

RSPCA Australia Rallies Against Cruelty
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Royal Society for Protection of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has joined the worldwide mounting clamour for improved welfare conditions in pig and egg production.

Quit Rate Up and National Herd Falls 10 Per Cent
AUSTRALIA - Australian press reports suggest that high numbers of pig farmers are deserting the industry. They cannot compete against an increasing wave of cheaper imported pigmeat products.

Pig Shooting Now More Profitable Than Pig Farming
AUSTRALIA - The "Gone Shooting" signs could start appearing on Queensland piggeries as game hunting becomes more profitable than mainstream pork production.

Productivity Commission Findings Under Attack
AUSTRALIA - Australian pork producers have hit out at the Productivity Commission findings into the Safeguards Inquiry into the Import of Pigmeat.

No case for restrictions on pork imports
AUSTRALIA - The Productivity Commission has found there is no case for immediate trade restrictions to protect Australia's pork industry. However, producers feel this is jeopardising their survival.

Call for Rethink on Pork Labelling
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Meat Industry Council has called for the requirement for country of origin labelling to be placed on unpacked processed pork products to be removed.

Charity Comes First for Aus Pork Industry
AUSTRALIA - In spite of the crisis in Australia's pork industry, Australian Pork Limited (APL) has joined forces with The Salvation Army and Foodbank Australia to donate one and a half tonnes of pork products to those less fortunate.

2007: A Frustrating Year Down Under
AUSTRALIA - In spite of the Westpac-NFF Commodity Index reaching record highs in 2007, it has been a frustrating year for Australian farmers many of whom were unable to capitalise on the commodity boom due to poor seasonal conditions and the continuing...

Pig Producers Seek More Support
AUSTRALIA - Domestic pig producers say a lack of support from Australian processors is devastating the industry.

Importers Defend Trade as Truss Demands PC Report
AUSTRALIA - There are fears pork producers may be in for a wait for the Productivity Commission's latest report into crisis-gripped industry, which is due to be handed to the Federal Government today.

Pork company defends use of imported ham
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited is calling on Australia's biggest producer of Christmas hams to withdraw one of its products from the market.

Company denies ham is a sham
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited has raised alarm bells about a processed ham, which it strongly suspects combines the meat of a Canadian pig, with the bone of an Australian pig.

Pork labels confusing say producers
AUSTRALIA - Australian pork producers have called for new labelling legislation to replace current standards which they say are unclear and misleading.

Death knell for the hog industry
AUSTRALIA - Cumberland County's hog industry will soon be a memory with the province's refusal to provide additional funding to struggling farmers, says one of the area's largest pig farmers.

Imports overwhelm pig industry
AUSTRALIA - The amount of pork consumed by Australians has jumped by more than one-third since 2002 to 486,000 tonnes.

Australian Pork Ltd. Welcomes New R&I General Manager
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited is pleased to welcome Dr Darryl D´Souza, who has been appointed to the position of General Manager, Research & Innovation. Dr D´Souza completed his PhD studies in 1998, at the University of Melbourne, and has worked...