Coles and Aussie farmers unite to fight MND
ORDER of Australia recipient, FightMND patron and co-founder Neale Daniher is calling on people in every corner of Australia to ‘beanie on, play on’ as part of the launch of…
Pulled pork sliders a winning dinner
THE ‘Get some pork on your fork’ campaign is continuing its focus on communicating easy mid-week dinner winners to our target audience of time-poor families with children, and the new…
Five freedoms domain of healthy debate
AFTER digesting a delectable animal welfare piece in an April edition of Pig Progress by Monique Pairis-Garcia, veterinarian and associate professor at North Carolina State University in the US, I…
Cost of feral pigs to producers
Feral pigs cause significant economic losses to agricultural production and, while there are many anecdotal reports of individual impacts to farmers, regional-scale costs have not been well documented. In many…
PorkStar returns
Porkstar, the chef-influencer marketing program at Australian Pork Limited, returns to in-person events and activations this month after a hiatus due to COVID-19 lockdowns and pandemic restrictions on hospitality and…
Big year in foodservice
Despite another turbulent year from a foodservice perspective at Australian Pork Limited, the overall eat-out rate – the proportion of the population eating out for lunch or dinner on any…
Celebrating women in pork
Last year, Australian Pork Limited made a commitment to address the gender inequality that exists within the global meat sector and closer to home, in Australia. With March 8 marking…
Successful transplant of gene-edited pig heart into human
In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a 57-year-old male with terminal heart disease received a successful transplant of a genetically modified pig heart on January 10 and continues to do well according…
A stabilisation of pork sales for Christmas 2021
Christmas 2021 was down slightly according to sales data obtained from Australian Pork Limited. An analysis has shown total fresh meat volume decreased by 3.6 percent compared to the abnormal…
Destructive wild pigs can help build rainforests
Wild pigs are often thought of as ecosystem destroyers, but a new study found they also cultivate biodiverse rainforests in their native habitats. Dr Matthew Luskin from the School of…
Aussie dry aged pork debut
If you’re looking for something a little different for dinner, a new flavour sensation is dry aged pork. While high-end restaurants and butcheries have been using the method of dry…
APL program inspiring butcher shop owners
Australian Pork Butchers is a free program resourced by Australian Pork Limited dedicated to providing insights, resources and marketing material to support the sale of pork within retail butchers. The…