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...

SAFF pork annual meeting July 27
AUSTRALIA - Water access and environmental guidelines for buffer distances for piggeries are just two of the key discussion items for the 2007 SAFF Pork Industry annual meeting.

Pork industry calls for tougher import restrictions
AUSTRALIA - The peak pork industry body is calling on the Federal Government to increase restrictions on pork imports.

New research seeks to control Glässer's disease in pigs
AUSTRALIA - Trials to combat outbreaks of the devastating Glässer's disease in pigs are being conducted as part of a three-year project being conducted by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.

High dollar takes toll on pig markets
AUSTRALIA - Pork producers are hoping for a turnaround in prices soon, as their traditional 'low' period eases off. However, an increase in imports, a strong Australian dollar and high feed costs are all working against them.

Novel Bungowannah virus - a possible new species of pestivirus in pigs
AUSTRALIA - Scientists at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute in Camden, New South Wales have identified a possible new species of porcine pestivirus.

Aussie Exodus causing concern
AUSTRALIA - High feed prices and increasing global competiton is having a dire effect on Autralia's pig industry. Confidence is low and there are clear signs that more pig farmers are choosing to leave the industry.

Virtual Fences For Real Livestock?
BRISBANE - A virtual fence for livestock that allows better use of pasture, protects the environment and reduces labour, is being developed by the CSIRO Food Futures Flagship using satellite technology.

Banks heed warning from Chinese pork - Western inflation will rise
AUSTRALIA - For more than a week now, share markets have been volatile, as fears of rising inflation spooked investors around the world. So far most of the fears have centred on the United States. But the bigger worry, potentially, is China.

Pork producers back farm QA requirements
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL) CEO Andrew Spencer welcomed the recent announcement by the New South Wales (NSW) Food Authority, that all animals sent for slaughter to NSW domestic abattoirs must be accompanied by a complete and valid National...

Aus Pork Ltd welcomes new QA rules in NSW
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited has welcomed the move by the NSW Food Authority to require all pigs sent to NSW domestic abattoirs be accompanied by a valid National Vendor Declaration (NVD) from June 30.

Feral pig removal trial to be adopted far north
QUEENSLAND - Feral pig management will be stepped up in far north Queensland with a three-month trial programme to remove feral animals.

EnviroCheck – enhancing pig producers profits
AUSTRALIA - Pig producers across Australia are being invited to undergo an Australian Pork Limited’s (APL) EnviroCheck and be eligible for an APL Environmental Stewardship award.

Australia Launches Red Meat Processing Sector Environmental Guidelines
AUSTRALIA - The red meat processing industry has achieved a major milestone in environmental management through the official launch today of its Environmental Best Practice Guidelines by Federal Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Peter McGa...

The New Model Code of Practice is the way forward for
AUSTRALIA - Australian Pork Limited (APL), the national representative body for Australia’s pig farmers, has welcomed the Primary Industry Ministerial Council (PIMC) endorsement of the new Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals –Pigs.

Pig Farmers to Change Stalls Before 2017
AUSTRALIA - Animal welfare groups have condemned the decision by agriculture ministers to extend for another 10 years the practice of confining breeding sows.