The Climate Solutions Fund is an Australian Government initiative that offers landholders and businesses the opportunity to run new projects that reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere. Project owners can earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (carbon credits), which can be sold to the Australian Government or to the rapidly emerging private market. Recently released, the animal effluent method provides new opportunities for piggeries and dairies to earn carbon credits and diversify their revenue sources. Do you want to access low-cost finance to invest in …

APL General Manager, Research and Innovation, Dr Heather Channon has been appointed as Australia’s first national feral pig management coordinator. The appointment follows a $1.4 million package which was announced by the Federal Government last year for APL to support a coordinator to tackle Australia’s feral pig population and reduce the risk feral pigs pose to Australia’s biosecurity. Feral pigs are a major pest to Australia’s $60 billion agriculture industry. Dr Channon’s appointment was a great outcome for the pork …

Women in Hospitality (WOHO) was founded in 2016 and recently (25 Feb) began its interstate expansion with an event in Brisbane. More than 70 people attended the inaugural Queensland event at Baedeker, with plans for continued establishment in that state. PorkStar’s Kylie Roberts attended the event, continuing the programme’s support for WOHO, which supports and fosters career development of women in the hospitality industry. The organisation has a busy year ahead, with plans to expand into Perth, plus continuing to roll out events …

Lorraine Gordon, Program Director and Founder at the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance, recently announce the launch of our series of videos that spread hope for a resilient farming future. The videos include one-on-one interviews with Charles Massy, Bruce Pascoe, Terry McCosker, Kerry Cochrane, Tammi Jonas, Tim Wright,  Derek Smith, Michael Taylor, and Helen and Mike McCosker. The videos will be targeting farmers around the country, educating them on the practice’s potential to improve soil health, human health, landscape resilience and biodiversity.

Pork SA will hold its Annual Pig Industry Day and Award Dinner on Friday 28th February 2020 at the Barossa Weintal, 235 Murray Street, Tanunda. The Industry Day is supported by the SA Pig Industry Fund, Industry Partners, APL and SARDI and will be a collaborative effort featuring major technical and policy updates from APL. The event will follow the format used for recent successful meetings at this time and venue, including seminars, a trade display, a happy hour and an industry …

Registrations are now open for Climate and Carbon in Agriculture 2020. Hosted by the Climate Research Strategy for Primary Industries (CRSPI), the conference will be held 31 March – 1 April 2020 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. During the two-day event, CRSPI will host international and Australian thought leaders, providing attendees with their insights into adapting to and mitigating the effects of, a changing climate and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Among them will be Dr Richard Denniss, Chief Economist and …

New point of sale kits are now available for butchers to order. The kits align with our new ‘Quickie’ TV commercial which launched on 20 January. Producers can share the link below with their local butchers or order the point-of-sale kits yourselves if you would like to give them out to your local butcher. For more information, or to order a ‘quickie’ kit, visit www.porkbutchers.com.au/give-your-customers-the-gift-of-a-quickie If you haven’t already, watch the 30-second advertisement below.

Gerald Wursag (PigPass app developer) and Steve Miller (APIQ✓® Operations Manager) met with various PigPass stakeholders recently to gain a better understanding of their needs around electronic movement reporting, a critical step if they are to make the change from paper-based NVDs to fully electronic with the PigPass app. As well as catering for both Android and Apple operating systems, the app needs to be simple to use and flexible enough to be used by as many stakeholders as possible, …

The APIQ✓® Major review stakeholder communication meetings are well and truly underway. Over the last three weeks, Tracey Edwards of Prime Consulting and APIQ✓® Operations Manager Steven Miller have been holding meetings in Casino, Bendigo, Ballarat, Perth, Young, Auburn and Tailem Bend. These meetings have provided an opportunity to discuss key topics and seek stakeholder feedback on current and forthcoming priorities. The final round of face to face meetings will be held in Murgon at the Australian Hotel from 2.30-4.30pm …

A new advertising trial will start in Adelaide on Monday night [10 February]. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the fact that the majority of the ham and bacon sold in Australia is made from imported pork. The campaign will also help consumers identify products made from Aussie pork. The entertaining and educational ads will run across television and radio for five months, backed by SA targeted social, digital ads and retailer engagement. Watch the ad below. For more information, contact APL …

This meeting is being organised to discuss future small holder support networks and how to assist with exotic disease preparedness. This will be the 6th workshop organised by the Pork Innovation Pilot group as part of the Foot-and-Mouth disease Ready project. Dr Lechelle van Breda, Manager production stewardship and African swine fever (ASF) co-ordinator at Australian Pork Limited, will provide a biosecurity update and discuss what you can do to help protect your pigs from exotic diseases such as ASF. When: …