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Reduced nightly heating for indoor weaner sheds

Australian Pork (APL)

Heating weaner sheds in winter represents a significant energy cost in the pig industry. Reducing the heating cost in weaner sheds may be a way to control the cost of production if animal welfare and performance are not compromised. An overseas study showed that a heating regime with 6°C reduction...

8 Mar 2021 - 30 Jul 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Standardised antimicrobial testing

Australian Pork (APL)

One of the key steps in controlling and managing bacterial infections in animals is by accurate identification of infections, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the disease-causing pathogens. Standardisation of these methods will allow for benchmarking of antimicrobial resistance and facilitate the reduction of antimicrobial resistance in the pig industry. This...

31 May 2017 - 28 Jun 2018

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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More piglets born alive with dextrose

Australian Pork (APL)

Seasonal infertility can manifest itself in various forms but reports typically concentrate on reductions in farrowing rate and litter size. In herds that suffer reproductive loss during summer months, either through reduced farrowing rates or pigs born per litter, or a combination of both. Management strategies have been adopted to...

12 Feb 2018 - 27 Jun 2019

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Viability of biogas on medium-scale piggeries

Australian Pork (APL)

Biogas is a renewable source of energy that can be produced and captured from piggery effluent and can be used as an energy source to generate electricity, for heating and cooling, or can be purified into biomethane for higher-end users. Biogas improves social license due to odour reduction and sustainable...

19 Mar 2019 - 1 Jun 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Piggery Odour Emission Rate Validation Study

Australian Pork (APL)

Piggeries have the potential to cause odour impacts and as such, odour is an important consideration at all stages of piggery planning, construction, and operation. Accurate odour data and models are needed to accurately predict odour emissions, and as such, provide clarity during the planning and development of new or...

13 Apr 2018 - 4 Sep 2020

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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Analysing production costs of whole v immunocastrated males

Australian Pork (APL)

APL has previously conducted research studying the effects of immunocastration (IC), such as improvement of pork eating quality and affect on P2 backfat. However, while approximately 60 per cent of the Australian herd utilises IC in their production, it is understood that the remaining portion may not use this technology...

1 Jun 2021 - 28 Oct 2021

Australian Capital Territory, Australia

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On-Farm Experimentation

Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

This project will develop new data analytics methods for farmer implemented trials that account for spatial variability across paddocks and generate value through data driven decisions. This project applies the principles of on-farm experimentation in the context of the Western Australian grains industry. The project team will build systems to...

1 Oct 2018 - 10 Dec 2021

New South Wales, Australia

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Seafood tracking and traceability

Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

This Food Agility project will track fish from bait to plate. It harnesses a range of technologies to verify fish origin and quality and to support an online trading system for Sydney Fish Market.

1 Mar 2019 - 31 Jul 2020

New South Wales, Australia

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Enhancing Rice Provenance and Quality Prediction

Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

This project aims to reduce the amount of rice cracked during processing by delivering a digital ‘Product Quality and Prediction’ program in three stages so it can help growers choose rice varieties that are less prone to breakage.

26 Sep 2021 - 30 Nov 2022

New South Wales, Australia

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Data-driven Regional Development - Gippsland

Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

Agribusiness Gippsland and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) University are leading a strategic project to provide baseline data of food value chains across agriculture sectors in the Gippsland region. These are supply chains that include various value-adding steps during different stages of production and distribution.

16 Jul 2018 - 16 Oct 2018

New South Wales, Australia