Tag: Pig

Wild boars are costing farmers hundreds of thousands of dollars, with one Central Tablelands farmer shifting to cattle after losing so many of his sheep to the feral pests.  Source: ABC Livestock Wild pigs ‘breeding like rabbits,’ causing huge financial losses

A mysterious outbreak of feral pigs in regional South Australia could be linked to illegal hunting activities, environment management authorities say. Source: ABC Livestock Menacing feral pigs on the loose in regional SA for possible ‘hunting’ activities

A newly released poison bait is being hailed as a major breakthrough in feral pig control. Source: ABC Livestock This humane breakthrough in feral pig control targets pigs’ weakest part: their stomachs

It’s one of the ironies of rare breeds: that to save them, they have to be eaten. But Victorian farmers are determined to preserve rare pig breeds facing extinction. Source: ABC Livestock How dedication and exotic spices are helping to save rare pigs

In this wild hunt for boars, shooters forgo sleep and comfort, marauding the bush in central Queensland, to try to make a dent in the feral pig population — Australia’s most damaging agricultural pest. Source: ABC Livestock On the hunt day and night in Australia’s biggest pigging competition

JBS Australia is set to become the largest pork processor in Australia, following its acquisition of the nation’s biggest pork producer, Rivalea. Source: Beef Central 5m Rivalea acquisition makes JBS Australia’s largest pork processor

JBS will supply a third of Australia’s pig meat after announcing it will buy Rivalea piggery in a $175 million deal. Source: ABC Livestock Pork for 5m: Brazilian based JBS snaps up Australia’s largest piggery, Rivalea

JBS will supply a third of Australia’s pig meat after announcing it will buy Rivalea piggery in a $175 million deal. Source: ABC Livestock Pork for 5m: Brazilian based JBS snaps up large Australian piggery, Rivalea

One of the nation’s most productive swine sperm banks is taking extra steps to protect itself against a virus that has been labelled “COVID for pigs”. Source: ABC Livestock How ‘hotel quarantine’ for sperm-donor pigs could help stave off deadly virus

African swine fever (ASF) and foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus fragments have again been detected in pork products seized at Australia’s international mail centres, highlighting the significant risk these products pose for the nation. These findings do not change Australia’s FMD or ASF-free status. Source: Beef Central ASF and FMD found in pork… Read more »

A devastating second wave of the deadly disease that claimed the lives of tens of millions of pigs last year appears to have rendered China’s plan to rebuild its herd “simply impossible”. Source: ABC Livestock New swine fever strains wipe out up to 8m pigs in China in two months

A devastating second wave of the deadly disease that claimed the lives of tens of millions of pigs last year appears to have rendered China’s plan to rebuild its herd “simply impossible”. Source: ABC Livestock Up to 8m pigs feared dead in 8 weeks as new swine fever variants emerge in China

A pig-killing disease that has wiped out almost 1 billion pigs worldwide mutates and establishes new variants as the minister says the coming weeks are “critical” for keeping the virus out. Source: ABC Livestock New variant of African swine fever raises biosecurity alert level

Australia is a strong step closer to having a single, nationally-coordinated strategy to guide feral pig control efforts with the release of the draft National Feral Action Pig Plan. Source: Beef Central Feedback sought on draft National Feral Pig Action Plan

China is making a surprisingly rapid recovery in pork production after the devastating effects of African Swine Fever last year, an international meat trade webinar was told this morning. Source: Beef Central China making surprisingly rapid pork recovery after ASF, webinar told

With weddings, birthdays and other festivities cancelled, Deb and Daryl Hancock found themselves having to grow out their suckling pigs, and it wasn’t cheap. Source: ABC Livestock ‘Easter never happened’: Mired in COVID-19, family forced to fatten suckling pigs

With African Swine Fever now knocking on Australia’s door after reaching East Timor, long called-for efforts to develop a national strategic plan for controlling feral pigs are finally gaining serious momentum. Source: Beef Central Why a national feral pig plan is long overdue

A vegan animal activist, who said she stole several piglets after being confronted with “putrid” conditions at a Queensland piggery, is ordered to pay compensation and undertake community service. Source: ABC Livestock Vegan activist ordered to pay compensation for stealing piglets from Queensland piggery

The potential revival of commercial harvesting of feral pigs faces significant business and market challenges, according to a new National Feral Pig Action Plan report. Source: Beef Central Market hurdles inhibit viability of feral pig harvesting

The fight against Australia’s 23 million feral pigs has been strengthened with the appointment of former RuralCo boss John Maher as leader of the group tasked with halting their spread and preventing African swine fever. Source: ABC Livestock New faces to tackle fight against feral pigs and African swine fever

Experienced agribusiness leader John Maher has been confirmed as the chair of the Steering Group leading the development of National Feral Pig Action Plan. Source: Beef Central Maher takes up national feral pig fight

Scientists in the United Kingdom believe they’re a step closer to finding a vaccine for the deadly pig disease African swine fever. Source: ABC Livestock African swine fever vaccine a step closer

A new species of bacteria is found to be behind mystery lung infections in pigs, resulting in economic and animal health benefit. Source: ABC Livestock ‘Significant to the industry’: Australian scientists identify pig lung infections cause

Would Australia go in ‘all guns blazing’ to cull feral pig populations if an African Swine Fever outbreak is detected here? Source: Beef Central Will feral pig culls be ramped up if ASF reaches Australia?

African Swine Fever (ASF) has been detected for the first time in Papua New Guinea, bringing the disease to within a few hundred kilometres of Australia’s coastline. Source: Beef Central African Swine Fever confirmed in PNG

A disease that has devastated the global porcine population, killing 800 million pigs, spreads to Australia’s closest neighbour. Source: ABC Livestock African swine fever outbreak in Papua New Guinea has Australian biosecurity on high alert

JD has a penchant for treats and pats, and his ability to sniff out high-risk biosecurity threats makes him an invaluable asset keeping African swine fever out. Source: ABC Livestock Meet the latest detection dog at the frontline of keeping Australia free of swine fever

When Jillian Head suffered post-natal depression after the birth of her daughter, her family embarked on living a simple life as pig farmers – without any prior experience. Source: ABC Livestock On this farm there are veggies, chickens and happy pigs in mud — you won’t find electricity or running water

Up to 1,300 pigs are killed in a fire, inside a shed at a piggery at Mannum in South Australia’s Murraylands, which has left an estimated damage bill of $1 million. Source: ABC Livestock Hundreds of pigs killed in fire at Murraylands piggery

The highly contagious African swine fever, deemed the biggest threat to Australian livestock in a generation, appears to be spreading in neighbouring countries across Asia. Source: ABC Livestock Philippines’ African swine fever outbreak suspected to be caused by pork smuggled from China

Minister for Agriculture Bridget McKenzie appeals to returning travellers from Bali and elsewhere in Indonesia to be extra diligent about declaring what they’re bringing back in, and to clean shoes and any other outdoor equipment. Source: Beef Central African swine fever warning for Indonesian travellers

Stuffing the humble Chinese dumpling — or buying this year’s Christmas ham — is becoming very expensive, with pork costs almost doubling as swine fever devastates the world’s pig population. Source: ABC Livestock Dumplings, Christmas ham costs rise as deadly disease spreads

If African Swine Fever gets into Australia what happens next? Authorities have played out a mock scenario to work out how to best handle an outbreak. Source: ABC Livestock Mock African swine fever outbreak tested in ‘Exercise Razorback’

MEAT samples testing positive for African Swine Fever are continuing to be detected in the luggage of air passengers from high risk countries. Source: Sheep Central African Swine Fever detections continue at Australian airports

The African swine fever pandemic is creating an unparalleled global meat shortage, which means Australian consumers can expect to fork out more for meat this Christmas and perhaps the next few after that. Source: ABC Livestock Ham and pork will cost you more this Christmas, and other meat prices are set to follow

As the viral disease continues to spread across southeast Asia, Indonesia has reported its first outbreak of African Swine Fever, with reports of up to 4000 pigs dying at several sites near Medan, in Northern Sumatra. Source: Beef Central Indonesia reports first African Swine Fever outbreak

African swine fever is believed to have first emerged early last century, but due to a lack of commercial interest no vaccine was developed. Now the world is racing to find a way to stop the spread of the disease. Source: ABC Livestock African swine fever has killed 200 million pigs — where is… Read more »

There needs to be a nationally coordinated cull to reduce Australia’s 24 million feral pig population, according to the National Farmers’ Federation. Source: ABC Livestock Farmers call for massive feral pig cull, to reduce potential spread of African Swine Fever

Far north Queensland’s largest and oldest piggery is closing after 49 years, impacted by drought, cheap imports, and rising costs as the agricultural profile of the area changes. Source: ABC Grain ‘A sad moment for us’: Spiralling costs, imported pork and drought spell death knell for NQ piggery

In 30 years of meat trading I have never seen such a global protein deficit before, and I know of no other precedent in the last 100 years that rivals the situation brought on by African Swine Fever, independent analyst Simon Quilty writes in his latest ASF update. “To me these are uncharted waters that… Read more »

A Vietnamese woman has been deported for carrying 4.6 kilograms of raw pork meat in her luggage following a tightening of Australia’s biosecurity laws due to the threat of African swine fever. Source: ABC Livestock Woman deported for smuggling 4.6kg of uncooked pork into Sydney Airport

The green hills of south-west Victoria couldn’t be further from the latest outbreak of the highly contagious viral disease African swine fever (ASF) in Timor-Leste, but pork producer Xavier Meade isn’t taking any chances. Source: ABC Livestock Australian pork producer not taking chances with African swine fever

The disease has arrived on Australia’s doorstep in Timor Leste. While authorities hope they can keep it out of Australia, farmers fear the arrival of the disease is inevitable. Source: ABC Livestock More than a quarter of the globe’s pigs have been killed as African swine fever keeps spreading. Here’s what we know

Sniffer dogs are being urgently flown to northern Australia to try and stop a disease that has wiped out around 20 per cent of the world’s pig population from coming onto Australian shores. Source: ABC Livestock ‘One quarter of the world’s pigs will be dead’: Sniffer dogs flown up urgently to protect Australia against… Read more »

South Korea suspends popular tours of Panmunjom in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) as part of efforts to contain an outbreak of African swine fever, which is complicated by the inability to hunt pigs due to a 1953 ceasefire agreement. Source: ABC Livestock Panmunjom tours in DMZ suspended to contain swine fever

In light of the ASF outbreak in pork populations throughout Asia and the detected cases of the disease in imported product into Australia, this webinar will bring producers up to date with important information around on-property biosecurity plans and potential disease identification. Source: Beef Central BeefConnect Webinar Oct 2 – Disease investigations: A producer’s… Read more »

OUTBREAKS of African Swine Fever were confirmed last Friday in East Timor, just 650km from Darwin, bringing into focus an ongoing close working relationship between Australia and East Timor on prevention of exotic diseases that will now prove to be critical in keeping ASF at bay and from entering Australia. Source: Sheep Central African… Read more »

It’s estimated that African swine fever has killed 25 per cent of the world’s pig population. The deadly disease has now reached Timor-Leste, about 650 kilometres from Darwin. Source: ABC Livestock A pig-killing disease is now on Australia’s doorstep

An outbreak of African Swine Fever was confirmed last Friday in East Timor, just 650km from Darwin, bringing into focus an ongoing close working relationship between Australia and East Timor on prevention of exotic diseases that will now prove to be critical in keeping ASF at bay and from entering Australia. Source: Beef Central … Read more »

New research on where feral pigs live and how far they travel is being hailed as “one of the best data sets in the world” by a shooter contracted to manage the invasive species, while also raising alarm bells about serious diseases. Source: ABC Livestock Feral pig research could be a game changer for… Read more »

A deadly pig disease that has decimated herds across Asia has spread closer to Australia with The Philippines confirming it has tested positive to African swine fever. Source: ABC Livestock Deadly pig disease African swine fever tests found positive in The Philippines

Agriculture Minister Bridget McKenzie says last Friday’s roundtable of industry leaders, scientists and governments in Canberra has helped to bolster Australia’s preparedness for the growing threat posed by African swine fever. Source: Beef Central Roundtable bolsters African Swine Fever preparedness: McKenzie

Australia’s chief vet says a highly contagious disease that’s led to millions of pig deaths will continue to spread. The government, meanwhile, is yet to implement a new biosecurity levy beset by costly delays. Source: ABC Livestock Biosecurity levy still in limbo as African Swine Fever tipped to spread

Chinese officials are worried that a potential 10 million tonne pork shortage caused by the impact of African Swine Fever could spoil upcoming Chinese New Year and other celebrations. Source: Beef Central China admits African Swine Fever now endemic across the country

The circumstances that led to the jailing of two west Australian pig farmers this week have highlighted the disturbing potential that exists for Australia’s livestock industries to be exposed to devastating disease outbreaks. Source: Beef Central WA farmers jailed over Illegal pork semen imports

Two WA pig producers are jailed over an illegal pig semen racket that spawned more than 2,000 piglets in Australia. Source: ABC Livestock Farmers jailed for smuggling pig semen in shampoo bottles

Almost five million pigs in Asia have now died or been culled because of the spread of African swine fever, a contagious viral disease that affects domestic and wild pigs and that was first detected in Asia one year ago this month. Source: Beef Central One year on, close to five million pigs lost… Read more »

Pig producers in New South Wales battle a combination of factors that have seen up to 80 per cent of them selling all their pigs and leaving the industry. Source: ABC Livestock ‘I’m a fool to be hanging in’: Pig farmers leaving in droves amid desperate plea to buy Australian pork

After 10 years of “working their guts out” and never taking a holiday or a weekend off, the family behind Rhodavale Pork decides to call it a day. Source: ABC Livestock Free-range pork producer questions industry’s future as family decides to bow out

WA Police charge a 25-year-old man who streamed footage on Facebook live claiming to be inside a Pinjarra piggery and alleging it showed animal cruelty. Source: ABC Livestock Animal activist faces trespass charge after live streaming piggery video

A South Australian man who was attacked by a 220kg boar wins a worker’s compensation claim against his employer, who claimed his injury was actually caused in a game of tug-of-war with his dog. Source: ABC Livestock Man wins worker’s compensation claim after being attacked by ‘agitated 220kg boar’

Betty, the piglet born with just two hind hooves, is saved from slaughter just in time for the Lunar Year of the Pig. Source: ABC Livestock Hoofless piglet’s lucky break for Lunar New Year

About 100 workers at South Australia’s Port Wakefield abattoir are without work, after a decision by parent company JBS to move from two shifts to a single day-shift operation. Source: ABC Livestock 100 jobs cut at Primo pig abattoir

At a farm in central-west New South Wales, a herd of pigs is slaughtered at a mobile abattoir on the property, meaning the animals never need to leave the farm. Source: ABC Livestock The pig farmers who are also processors, saving animals a trip to the abattoir