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AGCO’s successful Taiwan bid
AGCO Grain and Pro- tein Australia is proud to announce it has been successful in its pro- posal to rebuild and modernise a massive pig farm project in Taiwan, worth $A280 million for Taiwan Sugar Co.
The project, one of the largest in the region, will consist of six sites spread over Taiwan.
and project management resources in the region to help execute delivery of the large project.
This project will be a joint effort between repu- table Taiwanese construc- tion companies including Forest Water Environ- mental Engineering Co Ltd, Topco Scientific Co Ltd, Hwa Fong Construc- tion Co Ltd and Chen Wei Development Co Ltd.
The entire project is expected to take two years to complete, with AGCO supplying most of the equipment from the ground up, valued at over $50 million and show- casing AGCO Grain and Protein iconic brands in- cluding C-Lines buildings and Automated Produc- tion equipment.
With a renewed sense of biosecurity importance, AGCO Grain and Protein will provide Taiwan Sugar Co with a best-in-busi- ness, high-tech biosecure, highly productive and ef- ficient swine farm.
Strong record of
antimicrobials use
in Australian pork
The AGCO Grain and Protein project will inte- grate both American and European technological solutions and help Taiwan Sugar Co achieve interna- tional standards of swine production.
This was assessed and designated as ‘substan- tial’.
The study confirmed industry reliance on anti- microbial agents, with a low importance rating – tetracyclines, penicillins and sulphonamides – for human use.
In these Australian food sectors, AMR prevalence data for animal pathogen, sentinel indicator and zo- onotic foodborne bacteria are available, due in no small part to the indus- try’s commitment to re- searching these important public health fields.
No virginiamycin use was reported on any farm. It was noted, from a 2009 research paper, that ceftiofur was used off- label on 25 percent of
By comparison, at the other end of the scale, the performance of eggs, horticulture and seafood were considered ‘limited’.
farms.
Understandably, pro-
Right up front, the re- port noted that antimicro- bial resistance is a natural phenomenon.
In the period since, ceftiofur usage on farms has been significantly re- duced.
The single most pow- erful contributor to resist- ance is the global unre- strained use of antibiotics.
Large farming busi- nesses have taken a clear decision not to use this drug at all.
The World Health Or- ganization has described AMR as one of the key global health issues facing our generation.
The Department of Health report noted the medications checklist in APIQ.
The global nature of the problem means that no one country can act in isolation.
In addition, the industry has supported the devel- opment of the Antimicro- bial Prescribing Guide- lines for Pigs to guide the prescribing practices of vets working with pork producers.
Increased international travel, medical tourism and global trade provide opportunities for resist- ance to spread across all borders.
The Australian pork in- dustry was one of the first of the animal industries to initiate projects focused specifically on under- standing AMR risks.
Both the Australian and New Zealand gov- ernments have recog- nised and responded to the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance through several initiatives for assessment and im- proved antimicrobial use.
In support of this one of the main aims of the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork and the new research entity Aus- tralasian Pork Research Institute Ltd – APRIL – is finding credible alter- natives to antimicrobial agents for common pig diseases.
In the landmark docu- ment, recognition of the efforts of pork producers was heartening.
While pork industry antimicrobial usage has been submerged beneath the extensive livestock sector – millions of sheep www.porknews.com.au
Always more to do ... it never ends, but job well done so far.
Ross Cutler
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AGCO Australia Ltd will collaboratively uti- lise its collective design
The project will set a new benchmark for swine producers in Taiwan as well as the rest of the world, featuring ‘under one roof’ design concepts.
ducers and their veteri- narians responded.
It need not be part of farm health care.
It will also cater to envi- ronmental needs and fully comply with international animal welfare standards.
LEVELS of resistance to antimicrobials of critical importance to human use is low in Australian pork.
and cattle – where rela- tively few animals are in- spected let alone treated, the way the industry uses antimicrobials was docu- mented.
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Producers, through re- search funded by Aus- tralian Pork Limited, can be proud of this record.
The method producers use alternatives to prevent disease – vaccines, op- timal housing, batch sys- tems – was also reported.
A recent study of an- timicrobial resistance, published by the Depart- ment of Health, reviewed the available AMR lit- erature and data for Aus- tralian pork, beef and chicken.
Recommendations for use provided by the Aus- tralian Veterinary Asso- ciation have been widely followed.
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