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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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Group Demonstration Award - Delivery of Four (4) ProHand Training Courses in SA

1 Pages
1 Sep 0010
Author(s): Graeme Pope

ProHand is a stockperson training program designed to reinforce the beliefs of farm staff about the sensitivity of pigs to their handling and the productivity and welfare consequences of routine adverse handling. Four courses were delivered in February, March, May and June, 2010 using regional TAFESA Campus computing facilities located around SA and/or Roseworthy Campus for completion of the two sessions. A total of 47 trainees completed the sessions. The main findings from APL Project 2009/2330 “Benchmarking On-farm Benefits of Adoption of ProHand Principles” were integrated into the course to add further value in this training to attendees.

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