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APRIL Stakeholders’ Forum – emphasis on commercialisation
Pork Industry Calendar of Events
2021
DEC 4 – AVAMS21 – Gold Coast www.avams2020.com.au
2022
JAN 11 – Banff Pork Seminar 2022 (Virtual) – Banff, Canada www.banffpork.ca
FEB 23 – Queensland Pig Consultancy Group (QPCG) Industry Day ‘Building Resilience in a Changing World’ Toowoomba
APR 18-20 – United Pork America’s – Orlando, United States www.unitedporkamericas.com
APR 26-29 – Anuga FoodTec – Cologne, Germany www.unitedporkamericas.com
MAY 15-17 – Pork Production, Poultry Information Exchange and Australasian Milling Conference (PIX/AMC) – Gold Coast www.pixamc.com.au
AUG 19-21 – Kingaroy Baconfest 2022 www.kingaroybaconfest.com.au
2023
NOV 13-16 – Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA) Conference www.apsa.asn.au
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THE Australasian Pork Research Institute Lim- ited Stakeholders’ Forum was held on a virtual plat- form for the second year running on November 15.
sow block to reduce ag- gression at mixing will be invaluable as the product is launched into these mar- kets.
The meeting attracted ap- proximately 80 registrants and the program included APRIL industry and pro- ject updates, with excellent presentations from David Baines of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board, Dr Mark O'Dea of the Depart- ment of Primary Industries and Regional Develop- ment in Western Australia, Dr Alice Weaver of the South Australian Research and Development Institute and Dr Rob Smits of Aus- tralian Pork Limited.
was an emphasis on the APRIL's commerciali- sation activities, and at- tendees heard short pres- entations provided by Dr Charles Rikard-Bell from APRIL, Steve Lydea- more from Anatara Lifes- ciences, Dr Ricardo Es- querra from Ridley and Dr Tom Harrison from Apiam Animal Health.
which AusScan Online is applied.
surance Program stand- ards, to provide a form of enrichment to sows in the breeding cycle.
In late 2020, Apiam Animal Health, in col- laboration with Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, released the law- sonia intracellularis qPCR diagnostic test to the Aus- tralian pig industry.
In addition, Lauren Staveley of SunPork pro- vided an overview of her Industry Placement Pro- gram experiences and reinforced the benefits of this important program for the Australasian pork industry.
In this regard, a brief outline of APRIL's com- mercialisation activities for 2021 were presented at the forum.
The report aids nutrition- ists in providing a rapid assessment of the new season’s energy values for each grain type across dif- ferent regions in Australia.
The EMAI produce the standards required for the test and have also devel- oped standards which can be transported to overseas laboratories, enabling the technology to be expanded into larger markets.
Thank you to all pre- senters for putting in the time and effort to pre- pare talks, answer ques- tions and participate in the forum, and to all those who attended and contrib- uted to the discussions.
AusScan Online repre- sents global scan numbers with only a small fraction coming from local labo- ratories.
The outlook for Aus- Scan Online in 2021-2022 is very positive with the expected upgrade of the pig digestible energy cali- brations – delayed due to COVID-19 – a market awareness campaign for the faecal starch calibra- tion and an assessment of a hand-held device utilising AusScan calibrations as well as other quality pa- rameters.
Ridley are currently eval- uating potential distribu- torships for key markets in Europe and the US.
Earlier this year, an APRIL commercialisation project with Anatara LifeSciences, Ridley and Murdoch University
Let’s hope that by this time next year, the Stake- holders’ Forum can return to a face-to-face format.
In Australia, the three integrated groups with sub-license agreements have consistently applied the calibrations throughout the year, with Ridley ex- panding the technology into their regional mills.
The Ridley Enrich sow block saw substantial growth in 2020-2021 with a 222 percent increase in sales over the previous year's sales, and average quarterly sales of 12.5 t and an annual total of 50 t.
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The Ridley Enrich sow block.
More information on any of the presentations or material discussed can be obtained by contacting either Dr John Pluske at j.pluske@april.org.au or Dr Charles Rikard-Bell at c.rikardbell@april.org.au
Two new AusScan On- line customers enrolled this year, namely Inghams Enterprises and Milne Agriculture in Perth WA, expanding regions in
The growth is due to the requirements of Coles sup- pliers, under Australian Pork Industry Quality As-
A key part of this year’s Stakeholders’ Forum
AusScan Online re- corded its highest ever quarter with 13,775 scans, and the highest total 43,164 scans for this financial year 2020-21, which was the third consecutive year in which scans exceeded 40,000 and represented a 7.6 percent growth over 2019-20.
The Early Harvest Re- port will continue as a feature for the 2021-22 harvest.
This study will provide an additional data set on the block in a different ju- risdiction as well as having potential to expand appli- cation of the block into US commercial environments.
A new initiative in 2020- 2021 was to provide an Early Harvest Report to key customers.
The enrichment block provides manipulable and rootable material for sows, which is part of the APIQ requirements.
The technology provides a more precise detection of l intracellularis compared to existing diagnostic methods.
AusScan Online col- lates a significant number of scans from different regions across Australia every month.
An experiment has also commenced with the Ridley Enrich sow block research at the US De- partment of Agricultuire and Purdue University, being led by Dr Jeremy Marchant-Forde.
As part of the launch, Apiam have been running an awareness and surveil- lance program and have submitted up to 40 sam- ples per quarter.
The collective experi- ences in application of the
APSA addresses pork industry challenges
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creasing focus on pig mental state being the major outcome in any welfare intervention.
work on the APSA com- mittee this year, and for her appointment as chair of the committee moving forward.
Dr Kells raised the need to promote positive experiences rather than simply avoid negative events as part of welfare standards.
We look forward to continuing the work un- dertaken on projects pre- sented and to meeting face to face again in 2023.
Congratulations to APL research and in- novation manager Dr Rebecca Athorn on her
Gemma Wyburn APL R&I Climate Friendly Farming Program Leader
Dr Pat Mitchell was the winner of the APSA Fellow Award, with Trevor Mitchell.
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