Imports blamed for pork job cuts
AUSTRALIA - Victoria's largest pork producer is blaming cheap imports for its decision to dramatically scale back operations.

Middle East Livestock Cruelty Draws Mixed Response
AUSTRALIA - Footage Of livestock mistreatment in the Middle East has raised concern across Australia. The Animal Australia organisation has called for a ban on all Australian livestock exports to the Middle East, but this action has been criticised by...

Productivity Commission Inquiry into the Australian Pigmeat Industry
AUSTRALIA - The Treasurer, the Minister for Trade and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry announced that the Productivity Commission will undertake a safeguards inquiry into the impact of imports of pigmeat on the Australian pork industry....

Pork industry nets $280,000 in Government funding
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) has secured grants of $280,000 in the recent round of funding from the federal government’s Advancing Agricultural Industries program.

Dealing With Drought: Secure Today, But Prepare For Tomorrow
AUSTRALIA - “To meet the challenges of a changing climate, we need a visionary new approach in the way Australia deals with drought,” said National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) President David Crombie, today.

Price Of Bacon And Eggs On The Up
AUSTRALIA - Two of Australia’s food industries today warned consumers that the cost of producing foods present on most households’ shopping lists has risen sharply due to the ongoing high price of grain.

Higher pig prices must stay, to offset feed costs
AUSTRALIA - A welcome improvement in pig meat prices at the Dublin pig market, SA, during recent weeks has sparked hope for sustained higher returns for pig producers grappling with high feed prices.

Cull threat for Victoria's pig producers
AUSTRALIA - Increased imports, low farm gate prices and high grain feed costs have left many pork producers with no option but to sell stock.

Australian scientist wins funds to study pig flu
AUSTRALIA - Australian scientist, Dr Cheryl Jenkins, has been awarded a $US8,500 government agricultural grant to research the cause of pneumonia in pigs.

'Free range' tag on pork threatens industry
AUSTRALIA - A bitter row over what defines a free range pig is threatening to tear apart the potentially lucrative free range pork industry.

Pig farmers should cut production to stay afloat
AUSTRALIA - Chairman of the NSW Farmers Association pork committee, Dugald Walker, believes the industry needs to cut production by 20 per cent to stay viable.

Australian Pig Farmers on the Brink of Ruin
AUSTRALIA - The prolonged impact of drought, compounded by record levels of pig meat imports into Australia and a strong AUD affecting exports have brought Australia’s pork industry to its knees.

Feed prices worry pork producers
AUSTRALIA - Soaring feed prices are forcing Queensland pork producers to consider their options.

Outrage as pigs released to go wild
AUSTRALIA - Pig shooters and conservationists are angry at reports of domestic pigs being released into the wild in Queensland.

How Healthy Is Red Meat
AUSTRALIA - The role of the Human Nutrition R&D program is to provide credible and sound nutrition evidence to support the essential role of Australian red meat in a healthy diet.

High pork prices behind China farm murders
AUSTRALIA - A husband and wife team of pig farmers has been stabbed to death by a would-be thief - the first casualties of a sharp rise in Chinese pork prices.

New marketing manager for APL
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL), the pork industry’s national representative body, has appointed Peter Haydon as General Manager for Marketing.

Pigs key to understanding drug resistance in hospitals
AUSTRALIA - Pigs could be the key to understanding how antibiotic resistant bacteria persist in Intensive Care Units.

Two major pig events merge
AUSTRALIA - Two of Australia’s premier pig industry events have merged to create the largest single pig industry showcase and exchange of research and innovation ideas in the southern hemisphere – PPPE 2008 “The Leading Edge”.

Factoring meat into our carbon footprint
AUSTRALIA - The debate about climate change has been raging for a few years now and it is certainly beginning to heat up. The sceptics are slowly being muffled by the overwhelming scientific evidence. However, there is one simple thing which isn’t being...