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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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Investigating the Proportion of Gilt Progeny Which Enter the Breeding Herd- SunPork Solutions

16 Pages

Author(s): Robert Hewitt

Progeny born to gilts are recognised as having a significant impact on the efficiency of pig production. When compared to progeny of multiparous sows, the progeny of gilts are lighter at birth and weaning, have reduced lifetime growth rates and have a greater susceptibility to disease. These factors all contribute to substantial impacts on progeny feed efficiency and the overall feed efficiency of the herd. This project builds on this impact and looks to assess the impact of selected gilts born to first parity sows on the overall reproductive efficiency of commercial herds.

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