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Pork
Animal technology
Research project

Pig Welfare and Pork Provenance

This project will develop a system where information from tags on individual pigs can be used to quickly identify and respond to animal health issues in commercial piggeries, and create a digital record to share information through the supply chain.
  • Funded by

    Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

  • Project date

    1 Jul 2022 -
    30 Jun 2025

  • Research organisation

    Curtin University

Multiple industries
Pork Poultry Sheep & lamb
Imagery
Research project

The use of Infra-red technologies to improve animal welfare

The project will provide data and evidence for local producers about a. the value of using drone technologies (infra-red and …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    14 May 2022 -
    14 May 2023

  • Research organisation

    Department of Education, Western Australian College of Agriculture Cunderdin

Multiple industries
Aquaculture Beef cattle Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Data and AI
Research project

A common approach to sector-level GHG accounting for Australian agriculture

This project is focused on developing a common framework for greenhouse gas accounting of Australian agricultural activities at the sector level.
  • Funded by

    Agricultural Innovation Australia (AIA)

  • Project date

    18 Nov 2021 -
    31 Mar 2023

  • Research organisation

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Multiple industries
Pork Wool
Research project

Real-time, data-driven approach to assessing networked biosecurity risk

The purpose of this project was to interview a number of red meat stakeholders that are custodians of biosecurity data to collect feedback, and identify data sharing opportunities to determine the key risks and opportunities for data sharing between government and commercial organisations.
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    30 Oct 2021 -
    30 Sep 2022

  • Research organisation

    Exoflare Pty Ltd

Multiple industries
Alternative protein Aquaculture Beef cattle Beverage Cereal grains Cotton Cross industry Dairy Eggs Essential oils Forestry Fruits Game Honey bees Natural capital assets Nuts Oilseeds Other rural industries Packaged food Pasture, fodder & feed Pork Poultry Pulse grains Sheep & lamb Sugar Vegetables Wild catch fisheries Wine Wool
Multiple technology areas
Data and AI Traceability
Research project

OzAg Data exchange

The Australian AgriFood Data Exchange has a vision to create an interconnected data highway for Australia’s AgriFood value chain.…
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    30 Jun 2021 -
    30 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    KPMG Australia

Pork
Animal technology
Research project

Analysing production costs of whole v immunocastrated males

APL has previously conducted research studying the effects of immunocastration (IC), such as improvement of pork eating quality and affect …
  • Funded by

    Australian Pork (APL)

  • Project date

    1 Jun 2021 -
    28 Oct 2021

  • Research organisation

    The University of Melbourne

Pork
Research project

Western Australian Pork Producers Association Agtech Up-take Project

This project aims to facilitate the acceptance and use of Data PigTM technology by Western Australian pork producers. Data PigTM …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    29 May 2021 -
    6 May 2023

  • Research organisation

    Western Australian Pork Producers Association Inc

Pork
Multiple technology areas
E-commerce & market platforms Food processing technology
Research project

Impact Assessment of Investment in Processing RD&E Projects

As part of its Statutory Funding Agreement with the Commonwealth Government, Australian Pork Ltd (APL) is required to prepare and …
  • Funded by

    Australian Pork (APL)

  • Project date

    12 Apr 2021 -
    31 Aug 2021

Pork
Indoor agriculture
Research project

Reduced nightly heating for indoor weaner sheds

Heating weaner sheds in winter represents a significant energy cost in the pig industry. Reducing the heating cost in weaner …
  • Funded by

    Australian Pork (APL)

  • Project date

    8 Mar 2021 -
    30 Jul 2021

Multiple industries
Cotton Pork Poultry Sugar
Multiple technology areas
Input management Plant science
Research project

Biorefineries for profit - phase 2

The Biorefineries for Profit project is developing technologies to convert crop and crop-processing residues into high value animal feed supplements …
  • Funded by

    Sugar Research Australia (SRA)

  • Project date

    26 Jul 2019 -
    1 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    Queensland University of Technology

Pork
Multiple technology areas
Machinery & hardware Renewable energy
Research project

Viability of biogas on medium-scale piggeries

Biogas is a renewable source of energy that can be produced and captured from piggery effluent and can be used …
  • Funded by

    Australian Pork (APL)

  • Project date

    19 Mar 2019 -
    1 Jun 2020

  • Research organisation

    University of Southern Queensland (USQ)

Pork
Multiple technology areas
Animal technology Data and AI
Research project

Piggery Odour Emission Rate Validation Study

Piggeries have the potential to cause odour impacts and as such, odour is an important consideration at all stages of …
  • Funded by

    Australian Pork (APL)

  • Project date

    13 Apr 2018 -
    4 Sep 2020

  • Research organisation

    Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)

Pork
Animal technology
Research project

More piglets born alive with dextrose

Seasonal infertility can manifest itself in various forms but reports typically concentrate on reductions in farrowing rate and litter size. …
  • Funded by

    Australian Pork (APL)

  • Project date

    12 Feb 2018 -
    27 Jun 2019

Pork
Animal technology
Research project

Trends in environmental impacts from the pork industry

The aim of this project was to determine the trend in environmental performance of the Australian Pork (APL) industry by …
  • Funded by

    Australian Pork (APL)

  • Project date

    1 Sep 2017 -
    1 Dec 2019

Pork
Multiple technology areas
Automation Consumer health
Research project

Standardised antimicrobial testing

One of the key steps in controlling and managing bacterial infections in animals is by accurate identification of infections, and …
  • Funded by

    Australian Pork (APL)

  • Project date

    31 May 2017 -
    28 Jun 2018

  • Research organisation

    Murdoch University

Multiple industries
Dairy Pork
Research project

Enhancing the profitability and productivity of livestock farming through virtual herding technology

This project aims to evaluate the on-farm application of virtual fencing and herding technology, demonstrate its implementation and extend its …
  • Funded by

    Dairy Australia

  • Project date

    1 Jul 2016 -
    31 Dec 2022

  • Research organisations

    Australian Pork (APL), Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Dairy Australia, Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA), The University of Melbourne, The University of Sydney (USYD), University of New England (UNE)

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