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VIV Asia attracts over 45,000 attendees and overseas visitors predominated VIV Asia 2019, held at BITEC in Bangkok, Thailand in March attracted more than 45,000 visitors and 65% of those were guests from outside the home country. This statistic alone clearly defines VIV Asia as a truly international event, and there were plenty of participants from Australia and New Zealand. China once again dominated in visitor numbers after Thailand, with increased participation from SE Asian countries including Cambodia. There were 1245 exhibitors from 62 countries, a 17% rise over the 2017 event. The educational and informative seminars were attended by 5396 visitors over the three day period. ‘The AMR: from science to policy’, presented by the Federation of Asian Veterinary Associations (FAVA), was a popular choice with 231 attendees. Food Engineering, including processing and handling, represented 10.5% of the VIV Asia 2019 total show space, a 93% increase compared too the 2017 event. Other dominant segments of the trade exhibition halls were Farm Production 24.5%, Breeding and Hatching 6%, Crop Tech and Feed Tech Solutions 6%, Feed Ingredients and Additives 37%, Animal Health enterprises 14%, and media/ consultancy companies 2%. The use of smart phone friendly digital technology, both to source information and in the registration process, made for a faster and more organised show entry process without the long queues that were sometimes a feature of previous VIV Asia events. The completion of the Skywalk from Bang Na BTS Skytrain station to the BITEC exhibition building made the trip from Bangkok’s Hotel belt in Sukhumvit a much more pleasant and speedy process too! VIV Asia certainly owes its success to the proactive and innovative industry that works hard to improve itself and promotes excellence within the value chain throughout the years. As a way to acknowledge the importance of showing continuous dedication and passion for the industry’s developments and the VIV events, VIV worldwide together with

Positive Action Publications, once again hosted the Asian Personality Awards, during the opening ceremony of the show. The five personalities acknowledged this year were Rafael Monleon, formerly with MSD and now Aviagen, Noplit Sermsaksasitorn, Axel Arras from FPT, Alain Recroix, and Professor Thaweesak Songserm. In recent years the range of farming activities and species related segments grew from the original concept of poultry and swine, the predominant protein sources in the Asian region, to include aqua, companion animals, some dairy and even horticulture. For the 2019 event it was back to the foundation species plus some aqua related displays and seminar topics, which accurately reflects the predominant protein sources of SE Asia. The VIV Jaarburs team seem to have got the mix right because the 2019 event was a raging success. First time visitors like young Sam Platts, Commercial Development Manager at Global Nutrition’s regional Bangkok office, was stunned by the number of visitors that hit their stand from the opening of the doors on day one. “It far exceeded the traffic we experienced, even at a busy show like Eurotier,” he told Pork Journal. The often frantic activity, in comparison to some of the major trade exhibitions like Eurotier and our own PPPE events, does sometimes require a different approach when trying to apportion time to achieve meaningful conversations with key individuals. Pork Journal has found it beneficial to use the food and restaurant areas to achieve a calmer environment for discussion. Much improved at VIV Asia 2019 was the food situation with the novel food truck area and also the Rooftop café (with robotised Singha beer dispensers). As with previous VIV Asia events we have attended, there were plenty of Australians present including leading pork producers David Plant from Milne Agrigroup and Mark McLean from Riverhaven Enterprises in South Australia. One of the major exhibitors, AGCO, w

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had a number of new products on display including the new AP adjustable farrowing crate as well as the latest Massey Ferguson tractor, an iconic brand if ever there was one. Paul Evans from B&M Slots and Bob Elvin from Anglia Autoflow had plenty to occupy them and Pork Journal went to have a look at the WEDA ‘Nutrix’ liquid feeding system. B&M Slots is the WEDA Australian and NZ distributor. Tommy Krogh from SKOV was kept busy showing growers the benefits of the ProGrow system. We met Dave Roberts from Think Livestock on the Henke Sass Wolfe stand. This highly specialised manufacturer of vaccinator equipment has developed specific vaccinating equipment that suits the needs of the Australian market, such as delivery of two vaccines in a single application. One of the advantages of visiting VIV is that it is possible to discover information not always easily obtained back in Australia including massive losses of pig production in China and is currently a major threat in Europe. However the main item of both interest and concern to pork producers at VIV Asia 2019, was the threat posed by African Swine Fever. This disease has caused massive loss of production in China and is

threatening pig producers in the EU. Tony Pearson, a biosecurity expert from Lanxess in the UK which produces VIRKON S, gave a presentation on March 19 in the seminar sessions describing the threat and how to prevent its spread. We are running a full report in this issue of Pork Journal on Tony’s presentation and everyone involved in pork production in Australia and NZ

needs to fully understand the threat this disease presents and how to stop outbreaks in our markets. VIV Asia is always a great, if sometimes exhausting event, and being able to relax with friends at the end of the day during ‘happy hours’ with a cold beverage or two is always welcome. Pork Journal would like to thank EW Nutrition, Jefo and Alltech for keeping us very happy.

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African Swine Fever: a major threat to both Australian and global pork production

By PETER BEDWELL At the recent PorkStars event held on April 1, 2019 at the Chin Chin restaurant in Sydney, Andrew Spencer, CEO of Australian Pork Limited, told Pork Journal that his greatest concern was the spread of ASF, and its potential to reach Australia. In March Pork Journal attended the VIV Asia 2019 conference held at BITEC in Bangkok where, for participants from the pork sector, once again ASF was the topic. Given that Thailand is linked with often porous borders to countries in SE Asia that are already experiencing multiple outbreaks, the fear is very real. On March 13, Anthony Pearson, the Head of Technical Marketing for Biosecurity and Hygiene at Antec/ Lanxess (the UK based global manufacturers of Virkon S disinfectant) gave a presentation in the seminar sessions. ‘The threat and reality of African Swine Fever’ was his topic. We met Anthony and Mike Pritchard, Alltech/Lienerts biosecurity expert who is responsible for Virkon S sales in Australia, on the Lanxess stand at the VIV Asia 2019 event. Though the presentation was specifically directed to a mainly SE Asian audiences (Thailand is a major pork producer) its content applies to global pork production and especially the largely disease free markets of Australia and New Zealand. “The first spread of ASF outside Africa was to Portugal in 1957 as a result of waste from an airline flight being fed to pigs near Lisbon airport. After initial eradication, further outbreaks occurred and the disease

remained endemic on the Iberian Peninsula until the mid 1990s. In Spain, a species of soft tick, Orthodoros erraticus, was identified as a vector and reservoir for the virus and following this discovery in Europe, ticks of the Ornithinodoros spp were idenfified as vectors and reservoirs for the virus in Africa. “Global movement is currently not well controlled, however canine customs support, as used in Australian airports, is in-obstrusive and woks well,” Anthony pointed out. “Symptoms of ASF are similar to Acute Classical Swine Fever, HP-PRRS, Systemic Salmonellosis and Erysipias. “Strengths of African Swine Fever Virus are that it is highly contagious and complex with a multi layered envelope, virulent, Arbovirus for which there is currently no treatment or vaccine available,” Anthony stated. “ASFV is a very resilient virus that can withstand low temperatures, fluctuations in PH from 3.9pH to 11.5pH (almost like a non enveloped virus) and remain viable for long periods in tissues and bodily fluids, as well as surviving for long periods in protein environments. “The virus survives in raw meat and processed meat for several weeks to

months, especially if frozen. “The virus is known to be resilient to putrefaction with persistence in faeces, at room temperature, for 11 days and in decomposed serum for 15 weeks. “Vector longevity as soft ticks can live for 10 years, and soft ticks hide or travel on rodents,” Anthony explained. “ASFV weaknesses were, inactivating the virus during the incubation period, which is from 3 to 15 days, and secondly, that pH below 3.9 and above 11.5 will assist in the inactivation of the virus. “Inactivation is possible with proven disinfection solutions outside the pH stability ‘zone’ and sustained biosecurity protocols on potentially contaminated surfaces could interrupt incubation. “Interrupting the transmission is possible as the virus is not typically airborne and needs a vector. “The transmission is typically by contact and therefore that can be prevented with strict protocols. “Understanding the pathogen and selecting appropriate chemistry with the appropriate barriers, equipment, vehicle and personnel protocols is vital. “High pressure cleaning that could lead to aerosolisation of faecal particles

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etc, can create an ‘airborne risk,” Anthony warned. “Wild boars, also known as Sus Scrofa are a threat throughout Asia, Europe, the USA and Australia. “Additional concerns are from roughage fed in Europe from fields inhabited by wild boars so the virus could survive in infected countries in the next harvest and we should be aware of this. “With regard to waste feed the risks are clear and a leading difference in risk management will be feed management. Backyard farms are frequent users of feed waste. “During the period of high risk and challenge from ASF it may be prudent to offer feed support to small and backyard farmers,” Anthony suggested. “Whatever the size of the pig production operation, education and support is critical,” he added. “Hygiene and bio-security opportunities occur with ‘barrier’ intervention on vehicles, personnel and all inputs. “End of cycle/terminal standard operation practices should include a thorough clean then a disinfect operation including addressing biofilm and preparation for biocide. “Remove lines, clean water lines, dry clean, pre-soak surfaces, detergent soak, rinse, maybe twice, disinfect dry surfaces (maybe twice), set equipment and apply a final disinfection. “The continuous reduction in pathogen pressure should address risks of cross contamination, multi age sites, neighbours in close proximity and all viral challenges in production. Good mortality management is vital,” Anthony said. “Chemistry can break the chain of resistance. Treat the susceptible host with vaccination, medication, exploit genetic resistance and use best possible housing management. “At the barriers during end of cycle/ terminal phase use concentrate on all aspects of good bio-security including disinfection. “Selection of disinfection is a balance of choice where considerations such as season, temperature water and surfaces like plastic and metal which are fast drying, and concrete which has a residual nature are important. “Prepare a list of priorities and key considerations. Chemistry options including product data is important as is contact time. Should it be one minute, 5, 10, 20 or more? “Water hardness with an organic challenge needs to be considered. “The mode of action of the

Top: Chemistry options – strengths and weaknesses. Above: Mike Pritchard, Biosecurity Manager, Alltech/Lienerts with Anthony Pearson, Lanxess. chemistry applied where residual on surfaces, could lead to pathogen resistance or secondary gas for floor reared weaners. “Dangers to the weaners needs to be considered in essential herd applications, as does danger to operating personnel with safety in use such as respiratory and contact issues,” Anthony said. “Compare the pathogens on your list from most difficult to least difficult to manage.” Returning to the topic of virus strengths and weaknesses Anthony said “pH stability highlights the challenges of some chemistries with a direct correlation to longer contact times required for their effectiveness”.

Anthony showed a table of available chemistry options with strengths and weaknesses tackling bacteria (both Gram- positive and Gram –negative,) viruses (enveloped and nonenveloped) fungi, mycrobacteria and endospores. Of ten chemistry options only three oxidising chemistries were effective against all potential pathogens. They were Hydrogen Peroxide2, Peracetic Acid, and KMPS/Virkon. On the topic of investment in vehicle barriers, Anthony suggested that “farms should try to organise pigs going to market into pens at the site perimeter, thus reducing the risk from incoming vehicles,” he said. “There is plenty of guidance material in both print and on line format available

HEALTH FEATURE from Lanxess (virkon.com). In concluding his presentation Anthony reminded his audience that “there is no vaccine for ASFV”. “It’s important to control, track and monitor wild boar activity and be prepared with effective barrier practice and policy. “When it comes to biosecurity upgrades, do it now, don’t wait. It makes sense,” he said. “Virkon S is proven to inactivate African Swine Fever. It is most effective when applied through managed protocols as an essential barrier, and, when needed, it’s the product of choice to address contaminated premises and equipment.” “Could African Swine Fever become a zoonotic virus?” That was the truly scary question that Anthony posed as he pointed out that of 1,415 pathogens known to infect humans, 61% were Zoonotic (i.e transmitted via other species). “Though Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) is generally considered not to affect humans, there was a case of a farm worker drinking contaminated milk

during the 1967 outbreak. He suffered mild fever, sore throat and blisters but recovered with no lasting ill effects. “How many people are eating contaminated pork?” Anthony questioned in concluding his presentation. Anthony Pearson’s full presentation is available from Michael Pritchard who is the Biosecurity Manager and expert at Alltech/Leinert, which is the Australian distributor for Antec/Lanxess products and in particular Virkon S disinfectant. As far as Pork Jourrnal knows Virkon S is the only disinfectant available in the Australian market that has an AVPMA approved label for use in combating ASF. Michael can not only make available the presentation on ASF delivered at VIV Asia 2019, but also can supply all other advice on the best use of Virkon S which at present seems to be the only effective protection available apart from strict maintenance of bio security protocols. Pork Journal would urge all those involved in commercial pig rearing to

obtain this presentation from Michael. His mobile number is 0407 764 850 and email is mpritchard@alltech.com The greatest danger to our pork industry is from infected pork products coming into Australia (and New Zealand) illegally. In recent times Australian customs authorities have confiscated hundreds of potentially infected samples and in 15 instances found ASF present and in two cases FMD. The threat is real and is not going away any time soon as more outbreaks or potential outbreaks from wild boars are discovered almost on a daily basis.

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Intensive Animal Industry Conference On March 7, 2019 The Toowoomba and Surat Basin (TSBE) Food Leaders Australia (FLA) held its Intensive Livestock Industries Conference at the new Dalby Events Centre. “Food Leaders Australia is a collaborative membership based group created specifically to assist the food and agriculture sector,” said Bruce McConnel, the General Manager of TSBE Food Leaders Group. “Its influence stretches far beyond the Toowoomba and Surat Basin region and now incorporates lucrative air freight catchments in Australia and overseas. “The aim of the group is to assist members by bringing investment and export opportunities into the agri sector, as well as work with existing food producers, processors and exporters to capitalise on local and export markets. “Utilising the strong commercial and networking partnerships of TSBE, we are committed to linking members with opportunities, economic development, through investment attraction, as well as providing advocacy for members. “This is evident in our continuing development of air freigt routes from Brisbane West Welcamp Airport to markets right across south east Asia and the Middle East,” Mr McConnel said. “Throughout the Western Downs, and the Southern Queensland region, the intensive animal industries are a key driver of employment and economic growth. “The region has many advantages that see continued strong investment in the beef, pork, poultry and dairy sectors. “Without reliable grain production, significant infrastructure spending in air, road, rail and available workforce, Southern Queensland will continue to drive these industries within Australia.” Bruce McConnel welcomed the many attendees from far and wide and Cr Paul McVeigh, the Mayor of Western Downs Regional Council. A resident of the Western Downs for more than 50 years, Councillor McVeigh has been involved with farming on numerous family properties in the area and prior to his current position was a director of Cotton Seed Distributors. He is passionate about agricultural development, water rights and the vast potential of the Western Downs region.

Master of Ceremonies, Wayne Bradshaw from Jefo Aust/NZ, complete with a pair of Jefo ‘flying mics’, introduced the next speaker and in general kept the show on the road and thus to time with a busy schedule. Jodie Taylor, General Manager for community and liveability Western Downs Regional Council presented ‘Making investment easier: updated local planning processes to assist intensive animal industries invest in the region’. The previous speaker Cr Paul McVeigh, had defined his council’s enthusiasm for encouraging intensive agriculture to the Western Downs. Jodie described just how that would work for those in intensive ag industries wanting to grow their businesses in this booming agricultural hub. The horror stories from poultry industry participants on dealing with some councils are legion; 150page plus environmental impact guidelines and a general antipathy to any form of intensive livestock rearing. The WDRC, apart from encouraging intensive livestock to invest, has created a planning approach that is simply efficient, saves both time and thus unnecessary cost and delay. Jodie explained that potential livestock producers could, after defining exactly what they wanted to achieve, meet with skilled council planners and be guided as to how they could best approach their application. The aim of this was to avoid a repetitious submission process and thus curtail the time frame of application to completion. “Connectivity is an important component of what we have to offer with road and rail links to ports and even airfreight from Wellcamp to Asia and beyonf,” Jodie said. “Increased certainty, reduced risk and short timelines add up to greater investment confidence,” Jodie stated. “We mean business – WDRC timeframe for approvals average 5 weeks. “Other councils average is 12 months,” she pointed out in concluding her presentation. Seems simple on the face of it, but infrequently practiced in the real world. Jodie’s email is Jodie.taylor@wrdc. qld.gov.au and they are, she emphasises, there to help producers who want to take advantage of what this region has to offer. ‘Regional council planning- case

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SA Pig Industry Day 2019 roundup By GRAEME POPE Pork SA chair and Riverland pig producer Mark McLean welcomed an audience of more than 150 to the 2019 Pig Industry Day, held in Tanunda on February 22. Whilst appearing a little more upbeat than at the 2018 event, Mark stressed the key profit drivers of pig prices and grain prices were continuing to cut deep and that industry recovery was still very much on the discussion agenda. “It’s great to see so many of you were prepared to leave your farms and your businesses to hear about what we can do as an industry, and as individuals, to get us out of this situation”, Mark said. He highlighted the three main areas Pork SA had focused on during the past year. “We have arranged for charitable donations of pork into Catherine House and the Hutt Street Centre in Adelaide and we thank Big River Pork for facilitating the processing of that product and the producers who have committed enough pigs for the 12 months. “We have tried eating our way out of trouble by sending a social media message through SA media identity Andrew ‘Cosi’ Costello, and have received over 1.5 million hits. “And we have established links to a variety of counselling services available to producers and their families. “Today we are keen to move forward. We are here to enjoy our friendship and support for each other, and you are all testament to the resilience of Aussie pig farmers and our agribusiness partners,” he said. Mark concluded by acknowledging the support given to Pork SA during the last year by SARDI and APL, and thanked the group of Adelaide University Pig Club students present taking care of speakers presentations and question time during the day’s program. Dr Kate Plush, SunPork Group, was the first up speaker providing a research update on managing larger litters, with tips for keeping extra pigs alive and thriving through to slaughter. “There are four main problems created by large litters, when born alive hits 15 or more. We have issues with

Dr Kate Plush, SunPork Group and Dr Jan Anderson, Greystone Veterinary. farrowing ease and increased stillbirths, more non-viable piglets to deal with, getting enough colostrum into every piglet and fostering techniques,” said Kate. “Stillbirths increase with total born, but we’ve had some good results across several trial sites by giving sows access to a fibrous substrate such as Lucerne hay or straw pre-farrowing, and using crates than can be opened-up to give sows more space during farrowing. “In one trial with P1-P3 sows, we reduced stillbirths from 0.9 down to 0.2 pigs/litter by farrowing with crates opened-up. “Replicated trials using Lucerne hay to allow sows to exhibit ‘nesting behaviours’ pre-farrowing had also reduced stillbirth rates from 0.4 to 0.1 pigs/litter, and from 0.9 to 0.5, without changing farrowing duration or inter-pig intervals across all studies,” Kate added. “We believe the substrate used, either hay or straw, affects the sow through several behavioural and nutritional interactions. Being a fibre source, it affects faecal moisture content when eaten and so lowers the risk of obstruction to pigs during delivery. Less straining by sows reduces blood flow to the uterus and risk of hypoxia, and being able to perform pre-farrowing nesting behaviours releases oxytocin, a hormone that assists with uterine contractions,” she said. But Kate stressed that less viable pigs needed to be identified and managed quickly, to allow them to recover from birth trauma, regain body

heat through adequate colostrum intakes and avoid risk of overlay. “Every piglet needs a minimum of 200gm of its mother’s colostrum to survive. Sows usually produce between 3.0-3.5kg of colostrum during the first 24 hours post-farrowing, but there will be variability in intakes between litter mates,” Kate said. “Managing colostrum intakes is the key to fostering, and no pigs should be moved off its mother until it has received adequate maternal colostrum. “Udder capacity should be assessed pre-farrowing, with counts for the number of functional teats on each sow. First parity sows should get as many piglets as their udders allow, with fostering occurring between 12-24 hours after farrowing and minimal piglet disturbance after an initial fostering to minimise disease transfer and maximise weaning weights,” Kate stressed. “Pigs given adequate colostrum will grow better on their own mum, and fostering should focus on helping those pigs weighing less than 1.1kg at birth to stay warm, to get enough colostrum and to be fostered onto the ‘right sow’ at the ‘right time’. “In the longer term, we should pay more attention to breeding and selecting sows with better udder capacities,” Kate concluded. Queensland vet Dr Jan Anderson, Greystone Veterinary, stressed the importance of ‘connecting’ with farm staff, staff training and setting production targets as being key essentials when attempting to achieve 30 pigs

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Communications Manager Australasian Pork Research Institute Ltd (APRIL) is seeking applications for Innovation and Commercialisation projects. An independent, member based research entity, APRIL continues the approach to research, education, training and commercialisation of the very successful CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork, which concludes June 30, 2019. APRIL Innovation Projects are negotiable to around 12 to 15 months, have a maximum budget of $50,000 to $75,000 and require a minimum external cash co-investment of 25% of the total cash cost of the project. There will be two calls per calendar year for Innovation Projects, with the first deadline on May 17, 2019. Open all year round, Commercialisation Projects are where the path to market of a product or technology may be close and additional co-investment may bring it to fruition. Such projects require a co-investment external contribution of 20% of the total cash project cost. Duration is negotiable if beyond 12 months. Commercialisation income is a clear imperative for the future of APRIL, hence supporting projects in this

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Pluske said. APRIL Innovation Project proposals must demonstrate originality, uniqueness and creativity, according to APRIL Commercialisation and Research Impact Manager Charles Rikard-Bell. “They should establish new concepts or challenge existing ones, address significant challenges or critical barriers to progress and be able to improve or apply new theoretical concepts, methodologies or tools to benefit industry,” Dr Rikard-Bell said. Assessment of applications will be based strongly on these criteria and will be favourably considered if they can demonstrate revenue generating potential. APRIL and Pork CRC have already successfully commercialised and managed research technologies of benefit to Australasia’s pork industry. Applications can be lodged by researchers currently working in the pork industry, but are also welcomed from individuals and organisations not necessarily with a direct affiliation with the Australasian pork industry. APRIL website (www.april.org.au) contains application templates and a budget spreadsheet and information on the application process. For further information, contact Dr Rikard-Bell, on mobilr +61 439 513 723 or email c.rikardbell@april.org.au, or contact Professor Pluske, on mobilr +61 410 436 871 or email j.pluske@ april.org.au

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Piggery placements tick students’ boxes Another four Adelaide University students have gained an APLsponsored Undergraduate Industry Placement Award during their 2018/19 academic summer break and completed a twoweek period of work placement in SA piggeries. The awards are designed to provide students with a greater understanding of the pork industry and to gains hands-on experience within their host farm’s production system. The program has been offered by APL to tertiary students since 2005/06, with the first Adelaide University student placed on-farm in 2008/09. Since then, more than 75 Adelaide or Roseworthy Campusbased students have taken up the opportunity to complete an industry placement and experience first-hand many of the production routines implemented in commercial piggeries but often given only theoretical coverage within their study course. In SA, this APL program is co-supported by Pork SA, enabling industry consultant Graeme Pope, Nuriootpa to promote the opportunity to Adelaide University students, assist with their applications by locating host farms, and when practical, conduct on-site introductions between students and their host farm’s staff. This additional support has contributed to more than 60% of SA placement students seeking either further pig-focused studies or pig industry employment after graduation. During this summer, placements were hosted by piggeries at Lameroo, Coonalpyn, Keyneton and Brinkley. “The placement is an amazing experience where you can have practical real life experience that can either reinforce knowledge you already have, or it teaches you new information, and it can prepare you for topics you may not have already started, like reproduction. “Spending that time at the piggery allowed me to have an insight in the industry whilst being surrounded by lovely and knowledgeable people. “I would recommend this experience to anyone, especially if you are interested in reproduction and livestock production. I am very thankful to the farm that took me in and filled me with information.” (Student Megan Folwell, Coonalpyn). “Before conducting the placement, I did not have a lot of experience with pigs. Being at McPiggery, I certainly have learnt a lot about the fundamentals of a piggery, especially in tha areas of farrowing and breeding, making me seriously consider a

career in the industry. “I highly recommend the placement to any university student wanting to broaden their horizons.” (Student Katelyn Heinrich, Lameroo). “The biggest benefits to me were that my placement gave me a chance to not only back up the theory that we have learnt at university, but also to do things that we will be learning about this year. “My placement also showed me how much planning goes into running a well organised piggery and this can make the day to day operation easier. “Although each week was similar, if something didn’t go to plan, then it was easy to adjust to compensate.” (Student Warren Jeffrey, Brinkley).

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PorkStars at Chii Town, Surry Hills Sydney As increasing numbers are experiencing ‘miserable meat free Mondays’ (we are told)’, Pork Journal joined the faithful band of sisters and brothers who give up their often one day off, to join in a celebration of pork, this time at Chii Town, downstairs at the famous Chin Chin restaurant in Surry Hills, Sydney. The PorkStars crowd was celebrating the Year of the Pig on April 1, 2019 and chef Ben Cooper did not disappoint with a fabulously creative eight course virtuouso demonstration of how to make the best of the fabulous food resource that is Australian pork. An interesting aspect to the meal was, that while it used some of the many products pork has to offer creative chefs like Ben, it was light on bulk volume. It included a fabulous variety of taste treats from the Pork Crackle and Spiced Cashews, to the Coconut Sorbet with Candied Pork Belly, Asian Caramel, Peanuts and Shiso Cress. The PorkStars dinners are a great opportunity to catch up with favourite chefs like Lauren Murdoch but also some great producers like Matt and Sue Simmons from Melanda Park Free Range Pork, which has featured in two of our recent Pork Journals in the last few months.

APL’s CEOAndrew Spencer was present and we took a moment to discuss the appalling threat that African Swine Fever presents to global pork production, as detailed elsewhere in this issue of Pork Journal. Chii Town is famous for its spicy dishes but Ben used those fabulous Asian spices to enhance the flavour of his pork dishes rather than blow your head off. So in recognition of the global nature of pork appeal, an Australian gathering was getting ‘pork on their chopsticks’. Altogether a fabulous experience.

1. Chef Benjamin Cooper. 2. Don Arnold, photographer, chef Lauren Murdcoch. 3. Sue and Matt Simmons, Melanda Park with APL CEO Andrew Spencer. 4. Great menu. 5. Dom Sweeney, Gourmet Traveller Wine. 6. Fabulous pork dishes.

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Moorey has moved from pigs to poultry! Well known SA pig industry identity and ‘Mr Fix-it’ Michael Moore has recently left PIRSA after a career spanning more than 30 years to take up his new role as Executive Officer of the Australian Chicken Growers Council. Pork SA Chair Mark McLean formally thanked Michael during the 2019 SA Pig Industry Day dinner for his many years contributing to developments within the SA pig industry. Michael joined the SA Department of Agriculture in 1987 as a Technical Officer based at the Northfield Pig Research Unit, assisting in pig nutrition and health research projects under the management of the late Paul Heap. In 1992, he moved across to SARDI to run the SA Pig Health Monitoring Scheme. In that role, he was responsible for daily abattoir slaughter checks and herd health reporting back to participating farms. The role also saw him travelling both interstate and overseas to train new inspection staff at other plants. Having an innate interest in the capabilities of computers to generate data, Michael excelled at new and improved ways to report and communicate on-line slaughter reports to his client’s farms and their vets. In 1998, Michael moved into a broader pig industry advisory and development role, joining the rest of the SA Department’s pig industry staff located at the Pig and Poultry Production Institute (PPPI) at Roseworthy Campus. In this role, he worked in tandem with Graeme Pope to deliver the SA government’s pig industry extension service, including organising industry training workshops, assisting students, managing the logistics around organisation of many annual SA Pig Fairs, and assisting SA producers to implement pre-APIQ on-farm quality assurance programs. He was a regular and reliable editorial contributor to the PPPI’s quarterly publication Pig Industry News, often with his focus on explaining the practical implications behind managing a changing herd health status, or explaining changes to state-based regulations impacting pig keeping. In 2000, he created the PIRSA Pork Page, a monthly update of news and events for the SA pork industry, forwarded to an address list of 300 for

the past 19 years! With the development of new pig export abattoirs at both Pt Wakefield and Murray Bridge, the SA Pork Industry Strategic Plan demanded consistent pig numbers to supply both plants. Here Michael’s skills at understanding both the needs of commercial pig production systems and working with government agencies were increasingly sought after by producers, developers and regulators.

Michael moved his office from Roseworthy back to Adelaide in 2006 to enable greater access to this client base. In more recent years, significant expansion within the SA chicken meat industry has seen a greater need for Michael’s skills to be utilised by the chicken industry. The SA pork industry congratulates Michael and thanks him for his many years of contribution to new developments within both the state and national pig industries.

Pork SA Chair Mark McLean thanks Michael Moore for his contribution.

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ASF China: Rabobank predicts fall in pork In a recent prediction of Rabobank, African Swine Fever is said to be decreasing the Chinese pork supply by 25 to 35%. In the analysis, it is stated that the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus is affecting an estimated 150-200 million pigs. In doing so, the analysts say, the expected loss in pork production of 30% is nearly 30% larger than annual US pork production and equivalent to Europe’s annual pork supply. The analysts continue to say that these losses cannot easily be replaced by other proteins (chicken, duck, seafood, beef, and sheep meat), nor will larger imports be able to fully offset the loss. “We believe this will result in a net supply gap of almost 10 million metric tonnes in the total 2019 animal protein supply.” Inaccurate reports of Chinese herd liquidation and an early regional supply imbalance were disruptive to initial price discovery, obscuring the impact of production losses, the analysts wrote. As the government eased restrictions on the movement

of animals (and pork), regional prices converged, but moved higher along with the herd loss. With the full magnitude of herd losses quantified, global protein customers are scrambling to secure long-term supplies. The analysts stated that China’s herd-rebuilding will be slow and take years. Producers remain cautious given the risk of recontamination and are focused on improving biosecurity at remaining operations. Government support for rebuilding cannot convince producers who will in the end carry the bulk of the risk. As is well-known, ASF has also reached Vietnam and Cambodia. The analysts said: “Based on the commonalities with Chinese production, we expect these markets to suffer sizeable ASF herd losses (on a percentage basis) and experience similar difficulties in disease containment. Much of South East Asia will have difficulty repopulating its herd and securing provisional protein supplies. ASF losses in South East Asia will exacerbate global protein shortfalls, adding further upside pressure to global markets.” The bank’s analysts expected available global protein supplies to be redirected to China in an effort to satisfy the growing protein deficit: “This unprecedented shift in trade will likely create unexpected product shortfalls in markets previously served by these suppliers, creating short-term market volatility that will ultimately result in higher global protein prices.” A secular shift towards lower Chinese pork consumption will support increased demand for poultry, beef, seafood, and alternative proteins that will shape global production trends. Opprtunities for pig exporters

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The bank expected animal protein companies with an exportable surplus and access to markets in China and South East Asia stand to benefit from the impacts of ASF. The EU, the US, and Brazil appear best placed to respond to increased import demand for pork and other animal proteins into China and South East Asia. As ASF has also entered Europe, the potential for outbreaks to restrict exports from significant pork-producing countries, such as Germany, cannot be ruled out, the analysts wrote. Such restrictions would complicate the trade response to ASF in China and South East Asia. Zooming in on the USA, Rabobank said that the current tariffs on US pork exports to China are restricting current trade. Further, the US is a major poultry producer and exporter, but cannot export to China due to a ban associated with avian influenza imposed in 2015. Far away from these realities, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) continues with incidentally reporting outbreaks. The most recent ones confirmed to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) took place in the westernmost provinces of Xinjiang and Tibet. With that, all mainland provinces of China have been infected with ASF – only the island of Hainan has not confirmed any outbreaks yet. Both in Xinjiang as well as in Tibet, a total of three outbreaks have been confirmed. The two westernmost outbreaks in Xinjiang were found relatively close to China’s eastern borders. Officially the virus is now about 100km in a straight line from the border with Kyrgyzstan, 150km from Tajikistan, 200km from India and 230km from Afghanistan. This article was reproduced from Pig Progress and written by Editor, Vincent ter Beek.

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Lienert Scholarship for 2019 presented By GRAEME POPE The 2019 Ronald J Lienert Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Adelaide University student Katelyn Tomas by Nick Lienert during the SA Pig Industry Day dinner held in Tanunda on February 22. This prestigious Scholarship is awarded annually by the SA pig industry in recognition of the Industry contributions made by the late Ronald Lienert, and provides funding for a pig-focused Honours research program at the Roseworthy Campus. Katelyn’s research project will focus on improving piglet viability and colostrum quality by feeding creatine to sows before and after induced farrowing. During the final year of her Bachelor of Science (Animal Science) undergraduate degree, Katelyn participated in several extra curriculum opportunities aimed at widening her knowledge and experience within the pig industry.

Victorian Pig Fair This year’s Victorian Pig Fair, to be held on June 18, 2019 will have a fresh approach according to the Victorian Pig Fair Committee. The revised format of the fair is a single day event to be held at the Bendigo Harness racing facility. The day will include a quality line up of guest speakers presenting topical pig industry information followed by speed dating which will allow sponsors to promote their businesses and products. The evening will consist of dinner combined with entertainment of a twilight harness meeting. A great social atmosphere wher producers and sponsors can mingle. The committee is relying on sponsorship to ensure the continued success of this industry gathering. There are three levels of sponsorship and the Gold and Silver categories will have a race named after their company. Please contact President John Bourke on 0419 552 768.

She was awarded an APL-sponsored Undergraduate Industry Placement Award and completed a period of piggery work experience at Myora Farm, Mt Gambier during the 2017/18 summer, followed by a week at the SABOR Artificial Breeding Centre, Clare. She was also a member of the Adelaide University’s Intercollegiate Meat Judging Team which travelled to NSW to learn more about the meat industry and competed against 130 students from around the world judging pork, beef and lamb carcases. Katelyn was the highest scoring Adelaide University member and received a further training week in Brisbane alongside 20 other meat judges. She has also been a member of the University’s ‘Pig Club’ during 2016-18, and been involved in taking pigs to the Royal Adelaide Show. Completion of a pig-focused Honours program at Roseworthy Campus in 2019 is the next step in Katelyn’s continuing pig industry education.

Ronald J Lienert Memorial Scholarship winner Katelyn Tomas.

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