Safety is paramount in Australian agriculture
ABOVE: Work still to be done to protect those working in Australian agriculture, with quadbikes and tractors the leading causes of farm-related deaths in Australia. As part of the University…
ALMTech research opens way for new pork carcass measurements
ABOVE: Calculating carcass value solely using P2 fat measurements poorly reflects lean meat yield in the fore, belly and hind sections of the carcass and fails to quantify the full…
Why humans kill animals – Part 3
ABOVE: The rufous hare-wallaby was pushed to the brink of extinction. Photo: Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Delving into and discussing the final five reasons Killing animals has been a ubiquitous human behaviour…
Why humans kill animals – Part 2
ABOVE: Indirect killing occurs when non-target animals die from accidental poisoning associated with use of the drugs, pesticides and herbicides used to protect animals and plants or as bycatch in…
Student ghosted following pork detection
ABOVE: Ghost detected more than 2kg of cooked meat, eggs and frangipani flowers that an international student had attempted to bring into Australia. An international student’s visa has been cancelled…
Spotlight on food price rises
ABOVE: The gap keeps widening between what farmers get paid and the price their produce ends up on supermarket shelves for. As people dig further into their pockets at the…
Implementing Australia’s national biosecurity strategy
ABOVE: DAFF first assistant secretary for biosecurity strategy and reform Bronwen Jaggers, with retired department secretary Andrew Metcalfe. The implementation plan to assist in delivery of Australia’s first National Biosecurity…
Ham restricted in WA schools
ABOVE: Ham considered ‘not healthy’ for children by WA Department of Health. Confusing parents, Western Australia has recently introduced a restriction on ham in school canteens. After a reconfiguration of…
Why humans kill animals – Part 1
ABOVE: Several forms of animal killing are a necessary component of our inescapable involvement in a single functioning finite global food web. An unavoidable component of human existence. Killing animals…
AMIC calls for government action to protect meat industry
ABOVE: Ongoing industrial action has seen significant disruptions across Australia’s sea freight terminals, impacting on Australia’s meat export industry. Photo: Venti Views The Australian Meat Industry Council is calling for…
Targeting post-weaning diarrhoea and antimicrobial resistance
ABOVE: Led by Professor Sam Abraham and involving the Feedworks team, a recently completed project investigated novel approaches for reducing antimicrobial resistant and pathogenic gram-negative bacteria in the pig gastrointestinal…
Applications open for John Riley Memorial Travel Award
The John Riley Memorial Travel Award is proudly sponsored and supported by the Queensland Pig Consultancy Group. Background The QPCG was formed in 1993 and since that time has taken…