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ThePigSite Latest News
Friday, October 19, 2007
Imports blamed for pork job cuts AUSTRALIA - Victoria's largest pork producer is blaming cheap imports for its decision to dramatically scale back operations.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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.
Thursday, October 04, 2007
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.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
'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.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
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.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Feed prices worry pork producers AUSTRALIA - Soaring feed prices are forcing Queensland pork producers to consider their options.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
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.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
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.
Monday, August 06, 2007
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.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
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.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
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”.
Monday, July 30, 2007
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...








