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Preparing your feral pig management plan
Pork Industry Calendar of Events
2021
OCT 11-14 – 14th SafePork Conference 2021 www.safepork-conference.com
OCT 27 – QPCG Industry Day ‘Building Resilience in a Changing World’ Toowoomba
NOV 3 – PQI 2021 AGM (Virtual) john.coward1@gmail.com
NOV 10 – APL 2021 AGM (Virtual) nikki.watson@australianpork.com.au
NOV 15-18 – Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA) Conference www.apsa.asn.au
NOV 21-23 – AVAMS21, Gold Coast www.avams2020.com.au
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Defining the problem
pig management equals the benefits is complex for many land managers, largely due to lack of in- formation.
crisis management or no management.
The options that may be available for use and how they can be applied do vary between states and territories, geographical location and habitats.
by groups of land man- agers to better understand what works, what could be done better and how the program can be adapted to improve its effectiveness and efficiency.
sounds easy.
It’s often not.
Ensuring the problem is
This lack of data was also highlighted in the NFPAP 2020 stakeholder survey, which found that very few land managers regularly measure and re- cord data on productivity or profitability losses – crop damage and live- stock losses.
Several local eradication programs are currently underway, including on Kangaroo Island in South Australia and Moreton Is- land in Queensland.
correctly defined is es- sential to determining appropriate management strategies.
The NFPAP is focussed on strategic long-term management through sus- tained reductions in feral pig populations to lessen their many impacts.
Please refer to the Pest- Smart website to access the ‘Model code of prac- tice for the humane con- trol of feral pigs’, as well as standard operating procedures for these best practice management methods.
Increasingly, feral pig management strategies are being informed using technology, including field cameras, GPS collars and aerial surveillance via hel- icopters and drones to help improve and measure their outcomes.
The impact of feral pigs in any given season can be unpredictable.
This is further exac- erbated by a lack of un- derstanding of the rela- tionship between feral pig density and their impacts.
Most data captured is on the number of pigs killed, which is not nec- essarily useful if there is no knowledge of feral pig populations present.
To achieve this, feral pig populations will need to be reduced annually by at least 70 percent over long periods of time to prevent their recovery.
Tips and tricks to apply these techniques will be discussed at our next free NFPAP stakeholder forum held virtually on Monday October 11 at 1.30pm.
We don’t have all the an- swers and there are many gaps that need to be filled – not only to coordinate and better support land managers working to- gether on the ground but to also ensure their feral pig management activities are as effective as possible.
Therefore, deciding how much to invest in feral pig management is largely based on perceptions of economic significance of pig damage, risks that they may present and the degree to which the damage can be reduced by economically feasible and practicable control measures.
These data also do not inform outcomes achieved on targeted assets being protected.
The best practice man- agement methods avail- able for feral pigs are:
Please get in touch at contact@feralpigs.com.au for details.
These factors can also influence whether a land manager chooses to get involved in a local man- agement group or not.
• Aerial shooting
• Trapping
• Ground shooting
• Exclusion fencing. Combining or inte-
This may include what was done, where, by whom, at what cost, what assets were protected, numbers of pigs killed per unit effort and the number of pigs remaining.
Please feel free to contact me on heather. channon@feralpigs.com. au or call 0423 056 045 to discuss your feral pig management issues and any information presented in this article.
Estimating the point where the costs of feral
To manage impacts from feral pigs, land managers need to consider their feral pig management op- tions – local eradication, strategic management,
grating these best prac- tice management methods is recommended as it is much more successful than any technique used alone.
This should then be used
Outcomes of some eco- nomic studies conducted to evaluate impacts from feral pigs to agriculture will be addressed in a fu- ture article.
• Baiting – using 1080 sodium fluoroacetate or Hoggone
The key to success of any management program is in the recording and use of information.
These are key priorities of the National Feral Pig Action Plan.
Notice of meeting AGM 2021
PORK Queensland Inc announces the 2021 annual general meeting will be held as a Microsoft Teams video meeting on November 3, 2021 at 2.00pm.
plus a summary of 2021 representative activities
our Queensland in- dustry.
The meeting will ad- dress:
All current members will receive an invi- tation by email prior to the date with the Teams communication platform link and more details on key issues. Membership
PQI AGM on No- vember 3, 2021 via Teams invitation.
• The election of di- rectors, including the statutory reporting re- quirements
Pork Queensland Inc welcomes new members to join the organisation and add to the strength of the representation offered to pork farmers.
New members should contact president John Coward for registra- tion details.
• The appointment of a policy officer
Current membership fees are $300 per year. John Coward
Pork Queensland Inc – President
• Annual report, in- cluding the latest on COVID-19 updates and African swine fever preparedness
Help us help you and
• The future plans for Pork Queensland Inc.
For more information on joining PQI, call president John Coward on 0407 622 166 or send an email to john. coward1@gmail.com Reminder
Concise notice of AGM 2021
NOTICE is hereby given that the An- nual General Meeting of Australian Pork Limited ABN 83 092 783278–APLor the Company – will be a virtual AGM on Wednesday November 10, 2021 at 3.15pm.
link to the 2020-2021 Annual Report, will be available from aus tralianpork.com.au no later than October 13, 2021.
The complete Notice of Annual General Meeting, including relevant registration and proxy forms and a
If you have any ques- tions about this pro- cess, please contact APL corporate and governance liaison Nikki Watson on 02 6270 8814 or by email at nikki.watson@aus tralianpork.com.au
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