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The Australian pork industry is moving towards lower confinement systems after weaning and during gestation. In October 2013, APL and Pork CRC held sow housing workshops to provide information to Australian pork producers on group housing of sows. In April 2014, a further two sow housing workshops were held in Toowoomba and Melbourne to provide an update of how pork producers are managing these changes to lower confinement systems some 18 months later. These workshops provided new information on the principles …

From 19–21 November, the APL Board, Management, Delegates and staff convened in Melbourne at the APL Delegates Form, Annual General Meeting (AGM), and Annual Conference. APL Board Members, Mr Aeger Kingma and Mr Andrew Johnson being eligible, offered themselves for re-election to the APL Board as elected Directors and were subsequently nominated. Both were re-elected unopposed to the office of Director. Kathy Grigg’s reappointment as a Specialist Director was ratified by APL Delegates at this AGM.