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  • Biogas Code of Practice Consultation Workshops

    APL has developed a risk based Code of Practice for On-farm Biogas Production and Use (Piggeries) in response to growing interest in Biogas technology from Australian pig producers.  APL, through a previous project identified that there was a lot of …

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  • 2015-2020 Strategic Plan Consultation

    The APL 2015–2020 Strategic Plan consultation process continues with all meetings across the country now completed. To all of those producers who attended meetings, APL thanks you for your contributions so far. APL would like to offer all producers that have …

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  • Corrective Statement

    Australian Pork Limited (APL) issued Media Releases on 11 April and 19 December 2012 concerning the progress of the Australian pork industry’s initiative to move away from the use of sow stalls by 2017. APL made statements in those Releases …

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  • Notice of AGM and Annual Conference

    The APL Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the Marriott Hotel, cnr Exhibition and Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne on Thursday 21 November 2012. The Annual Conference will commence at 9.00am and the AGM will commence at 1.00pm. For …

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Complete Research Reports

Environmental management (SG5)

A Review of Australian Regulations and Standards for the Handling and Treatment of Biogas (Abstract)

Angus Davidson

A Review of Australian Regulations and Standards for the Handling and Treatment of Biogas (Report)

Angus Davidson

Stephen Wiedemann to Visit Anaerobic Digestion Facilities in Europe

Stephen Wiedemann

Distinguished Visitor Award - Claire Penniceard to Visit Tasmania to Speak on Environmentally Sustainable Production

Malcolm Cowan

Travel Award - Jeremy Whitby to Attend the North Island Biogas Seminar - New Zealand

Jeremy Whitby

PigGas - Pork Industry Greenhouse Gas Calculator and Case Studies

Ian Kruger, Greg Mills, Patrick Madden

Assessing the Medium-Term Impact of Permeable Pond Covers on Pond Performance and Odour Management

Neale Hudson

Data Collection to Underpin the Quantitative Assessment of Odour, Dust and Noise Emission from Free Range Piggeries

Ass Prof Thomas Banhazi

Assessing the Medium-Term Impact of Permeable Pond Covers on Pond Performance and Odour Management - Monitoring Phase

David Duperouzel

Nutrient Extraction from Spent Bedding and Pond Sludge

Robyn Tucker, Mick O'Keefe, Eugene McGahan, Paul Jensen, Damien Batstone

Demonstrating the Utilisation of Spent Eco-Shelter Bedding in Broadacre Cropping Systems

Tony Craddock, Brendan Wallis

Exploration of the Opportunities to Establish Anaerobic Digestion for the Generation of Biogas

Glenn Poad, Eugene McGahan

Low Cost Options for Reducing Effluent Pond Methane

Glenn Poad, Eugene McGahan, Dr Matt Redding

Low Cost Methane Capture and Combustion from a Piggery Effluent Pond

Ian Longfield

Urrbrae Agricultural High School Integrated Livestock Biogas Generation and Flaring

Peter Smith

Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Australian Piggeries

Dr Matt Redding

Improved Piggery Effluent Management Systems Incorporating Highly Loaded Primary Ponds

Alan Skerman

Nutrient Extraction from Spent Bedding and Pond Sludge

Robyn Tucker

Nutrient Mapping of Free Range Pork Production Using Electromagnetic (EM) Technology

Justin Galloway

Methane to Markets (M2M) - Methane Recovery and Use at a Grantham Piggery

Alan Skerman

PigGas - Pork Industry Greenhouse Gas Calculator and Case Studies

Ian Kruger

Quantitative Assessment of Odour, Dust and Noise Emission from Free Range Piggeries

Ass Prof Thomas Banhazi

Code of Practice for On-Farm Biogas Production and Use (Piggeries)

Prime Consulting

R&D Priorities: Environmental Management

Demonstrating the Utilisation of Spent Eco-Shelter Bedding in Broad-acre Cropping Systems

Tony Craddock

Queensland Sedimentation and Evaporation Pond System (SEPS) Trial

Alan Skerman

Queensland Sedimentation and Evaporation Pond System (SEPS) Trial

Alan Skerman

Assessment of Treatment Technologies and Strategies to Mitigate GHG Emissions

Caoilinn Murphy

Sludge Management for a Covered Anaerobic Pond at Bears Lagoon Piggery

Scott Birchall

PigBal 4 User Manual

Alan Skerman

PigBal 4 Model

Alan Skerman

Sludge Handling and Management

Eugene McGahan

Establishing Energy Usage on Australian Piggeries to Enable Implementation of Energy Reduction Strategies

FSA Consulting

Establishing Energy Usage on Australian Piggeries to Enable Implementation of Energy Reduction Strategies

FSA Consulting

Tracking Nutrients In Outdoor Piggery Systems

FSA Consulting

Gas Safety Management Template

John Fleming

Gas Safety Management Plan Template V1

John Fleming

Tracking Nutrients in Outdoor Piggery Systems

Stephen Wiedemann

Case Studies on the Development and Implementation of Nutrient Management Plans at Ten Australian Piggeries

Dr Rob Wilson, FSA Consulting

SEPS: Sedimentation and Evaporation Pond Systems 2015

Robyn Tucker, FSA Consulting

Reducing Energy Costs in Piggeries

Robyn Tucker, FSA Consulting

Getting the Best Value from Manure Nutrients

Robyn Tucker, FSA Consulting

New Design Guidelines for Anaerobic Ponds

Robyn Tucker, FSA Consulting

Minimising Odour From Piggeries

Robyn Tucker, FSA Consulting

Rotational Outdoor Piggeries and the Environment

Robyn Tucker, FSA Consulting

Piggery Manure and Effluent Management and Reuse Guidelines

Robyn Tucker, FSA Consulting

Piggery Manure and Effluent Management and Reuse Glovebox Guide 2015

Robyn Tucker, FSA Consulting

Development of New Emission Reduction Fund (ERF) Methods for the Pork Industry

Kalinda Watson, Stephen Wiedemann, Eugene McGahan

Better Nutrient Management on Pig Farms: A Guide for Interpreting Soil and By-product Analyses

Stephen Wiedemann

Trends in environmental impacts from the pork industry

Stephen Wiedemann, Eugene McGahan, Kalinda Watson, Leo Biggs