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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.
CMG buys Great Southern pig firm from Paspaley
26 Jan 10 | Craig Mostyn Group has bought the Great Southern Pig Company's operations at its two outdoor piggeries at Albany and Narrogin, Western Australia, from the Paspaley Group.
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.
22 Nov 09 | PPC Linley Valley Fresh (PPC) has won the 2009 Work Safety Award Western Australia, for best solution to an identified workplace safety and health issue.
WA pork industry profiting from CRC research
11 Nov 09 | Australia’s pork industry is finally enjoying better times with rising pig prices, falling grain prices and a very welcome return to profitability, a situation that’s been enhanced by some vitally important research from the Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC).
25 Oct 09 | RESPONDING to the push to be more "carbon friendly", pig producers were asked to look at how they better manage their effluent ponds at an Australian Pork Limited/Pork CRC roadshow in Perth last week.
PPC Linley Valley wins big in Hong Kong
28 Sep 09 | Leading Western Australian pork processor, PPC Linley Valley Fresh, has won the Hong Kong Australia Business Association (HKABA) 2009 Business Award, Exporting of Goods, Large Company Category.
Pork research takes a sniper approach to targets
01 Sep 09 | Research proposals for 2009/2010 submitted to the Pork CRC have demonstrated its continuing relevance to Australia’s pork industry, according to the CRC’s Project Manager, Graeme Crook.
Finding better wheat and barley for pigs
06 Aug 09 | IF the Australian pork and grain industries are successful in developing varieties of wheat and barley specifically for pigs, then pork producers may find their cost of production is decreased and graingrowers might see more money in their pockets.
New WA pork industry training officer
29 Jun 09 | Pork Industry Training WA has appointed Frances Gartrell as its new training officer.
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.
IGA drives Aussie pork message
02 Jun 09 | Over the next few weeks IGA supermarkets will start to use distinctive labels to help Australian consumers more clearly identify and buy Australian grown pork.
WA industry sheltered from swine flu fallout
30 Apr 09 | WA pork exports could increase following the discovery of swine flu in Mexico over the weekend.
Butchers back better labelling for Aussie pork
30 Mar 09 | A new marketing promotion will see butchers across Australia will help consumers more clearly identify home-grown, fresh Australian pork.   | CommentsComments (1)
Pig out at Medina
24 Mar 09 | Pig producers will be able to ‘pig out’ at the industry’s open day at the Department of Agriculture and Food’s Medina Research Station on Friday 27 March.

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