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Russia agrees to accept US pork
10 Mar 10 | THE US Department of Agriculture has confirmed an agreement between the United States and Russia that will re-open the Russian market to U.S. pork.  | What Bindaree wants from beef's ...Visit The LandOutlook '10: Promising future ... | GALLERY: Photos from Beef Spectacular
China to become major pork importer
08 Mar 10 | CHINA will become a major importer of pork, according to Dr Dermot Hayes, an agricultural economist at Iowa State University.  | Lack of support ends World ...Middle East demanding wider ...Visit Stock Journal | GALLERY: Photos from Woolorama
Outlook '10: Promising future for pig meat
05 Mar 10 | AUSTRALIAN pig meat production will increase slightly over the next five years in response to better prices and more palatable feed grain costs.  | Outlook '10: Sheepmeat exports ...Outlook '10: Tough times ahead ... | VIDEO: ABARE Outlook - what did you ...
Enviropig moves ahead
27 Feb 10 | ENVIRONMENT Canada is set to announce that the University of Guelph has successfully satisfied the requirements of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act allowing the "Enviropig" to be produced using approved containment procedures.   | Grass vs grain: a vexed questionUS animal activists launch a ... | GALLERY: Photos from the NSW property ...
No relief to pork glut
26 Feb 10 | Pig meat prices dropped only slightly this week, resisting a flood of export product on an already glutted domestic market.
Antibiotics found to aid reduction of E. coli in swine
25 Feb 10 | ANIMAL producers know that the current trend is to discourage the continued use of antibiotics in livestock.  | CommentsComments (2) | Clearing up misconceptions ...All parties turn against ... | AUDIO: Coalition moves to block BSE ...
Pork's footprint really a problem for retailers
02 Feb 10 | Pork producers are identifying ways to reduce their carbon footprint, but more than 25 per cent of the matter depends on retailers and consumers.  | CommentsComments (1) | Cheers for Abbott's property ...$3b of rewards in Coalition's ... | VIDEO: Langi Kal-Kal female cattle sale
Pfizer swine flu vaccine approved in US
28 Dec 09 | PFIZER Animal Health said its swine influenza vaccine, a killed virus vaccine developed and made at its plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, has been approved in the US.  | Managing flystrike - feedback ...Disaster on the high seas - ... | VIDEO: Trent Loos' US update: Chicago ...
19 Dec 09 | DANISH pig researcher Flemming Thorup presented producers with management strategies to maximise litter size at the Agriculture and Food Department's information day held last week that centred on getting the most out of herd fertility.
Russia gives US pork the cold shoulder
19 Dec 09 | RUSSIAN officials are hinting they are about to close their swinging doors to pork imports from the United States.  | New England genetics make sheep ...Visit The LandSheepmeat industry denies ... | VIDEO: COP 15: World leaders arrive ...
COP 15: Learning from Danish piggeries
12 Dec 09 | AUSTRALIAN and Danish farmers share a lot in common when you compare the environmental, safety and animal welfare pressures constantly pressing them to improve their practices.   | CommentsComments (2) | COP 15: Global agriculture's ...China must be part of ... | VIDEO: Naracoorte weaners to $705
Aussie pork's new strategic plan 2010 – 2015
21 Sep 09 | THE national body for pork producers, Australian Pork Limited (APL) has just released its new Strategic Plan for 2010 to 2015.   | 'Grand final' crowd push ewes ...McAngus lifts McDonald's beef ...Visit The Land | VIDEO: $60 price boost at Wodonga ...
Korea reopens market to US pork, live swine
13 Aug 09 | SOUTH Korea has announced it will inspect only a sample of US pork shipped to the country and will lift a ban on US swine, restrictions that were established last spring in the wake of the A/H1N1 influenza outbreak in the US and other parts of the world.   | Russian beef imports fall, but ...Lamb prices fall further | VIDEO: Mixed re-veg reaction on Lower ...
Swine flu pigs on the mend
03 Aug 09 | The first pigs infected with Influenza A H1 are now recovering, NSW acting chief veterinary officer, Dr Ian Roth, said today.   | CommentsComments (3) | Swine flu found in NSW piggery | VIDEO: Meet NSW Farmer of the Year, ...
Swine flu found in NSW piggery
31 Jul 09 | Swine flu, or the influenza A/H1N1 (2009) virus, has been detected in a NSW piggery as a result of human-to-pig transmission.  | CommentsComments (4) | Organic food not nutritionally ...Health Commission forgets the ... | VIDEO: Meet NSW Farmer of the Year, ...
Eat more pork to fight type 2 diabetes
14 Jul 09 | A high protein diet with regular pork intake and resistance exercise is an excellent way for sufferers of type 2 diabetes to lose weight, new research has found.   | CommentsComments (10) | Studs showcase SA's best at ...Visit Stock JournalDohne switch to profitsVisit Stock Journal | VIDEO: Sky News rural analysis: MIS ...
01 Jul 09 | The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Bartter by Baiada Poultry after competition concerns were resolved by Baiada's undertaking to sell certain Victorian assets to competitor La Ionica Poultry.
Prices give piggeries a leg-up
23 Jun 09 | AS the pig industry prepares to commemorate the centenary of stud breeding in Australia, pig producers are still smiling, thanks to handy prices over the past few months.  | Boy from the bush has world at ...Visit Stock JournalSA breeders take home top ...Visit Stock Journal
Swine fever could destroy pork industry: UWA
18 Jun 09 | An outbreak of classical swine fever starting in North Queensland could spread through Australia's 20 million feral pigs and decimate Australia's pork industry, University of Western Australia researchers have found.
APP vaccine breakthrough wins award
12 Jun 09 | A BREAKTHROUGH vaccine delivery system against the endemic pig disease Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP) has received the prestigious Cooperative Research Centre Association’s Award for Excellence in Innovation for 2009.   | Lamb export returns up 33pcVFF Livestock president says ... | VIDEO: Strathalbyn steers to $2.20/kg
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