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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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Distinguished Visitor Award - Options for Alternative Farrowing Accomodation (Prof Sandra Edwards to Visit Australia & Dr Rebecca Morrison to Visit UK)

1 Pages
1 Jan 0010
Author(s): Dr Rebecca Morrison

This award provided Professor Sandra Edwards (Newcastle University) to visit Australia, and for Dr Rebecca Morrison (Rivalea) to visit the UK to look into alternative farrowing accommodation. Dr Emma Baxter from the Scottish Agricultural College also visited Australia during this time. Professor Edwards and Dr Baxter visited Rivalea to discuss implementation of the PIGSafe system and sow group housing, and presented at an APL/AWSC workshop. Dr Morrison visited the UK to view the PIGSafe system at Newcastle University and the Scottish Agricultural College. This award enabled the development of international research connections in pig behaviour and welfare.

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