Australian Pork Limited

Australian Pork Limited (APL) and APRIL (Australasian Pork Research Institute Ltd) have partnered to deliver research outcomes and solutions for the Australian pork industry based on the recent pork industry Green Paper outcomes and our strategic priorities.  

APL and APRIL seek to support research applications that will achieve the following industry deliverables (further information is provided on the research priority areas for each organisation at the next step):   

• Pig Genetics   
  Expected outcome: Working to enhance the rate of genetic improvement in the Australian pork industry while maintaining current or better health status.  
• Pig Care and Wellbeing  
  Expected outcomes: Providing novel tools or approaches to support continuous improvement and assessment of pig care and wellbeing and demonstrate the welfare credentials of Australian pork. 
• Pig Health, Biosecurity and Antimicrobial Stewardship  
  Expected outcomes: Delivering novel technologies and approaches to mitigate risks and production impacts of infectious diseases, enhance emergency animal disease preparedness, and reduce antimicrobial use.  
• Environment, Human Capacity and Society   
  Expected outcome: Delivering practical solutions to reduce environmental impact, to identify practices to improve sustainability, and build a resilient and skilled rural and regional workforce. 
• Pig Processing   
  Expected outcome: Ensuring a sustainable processing sector for the future. 
• Feeding and Nutrition  
  Expected outcome: Making positive contributions to lowering the overall cost of production.   
• Data and Information 
  Expected outcome: Exploiting the benefits of technologies with existing and future information for more efficient and profitable pig production, processing, and understanding of market trends.   
• Enhancing pork and product quality  
  Expected outcome: Increasing share of fresh meat through improving product quality.