Pig Production

After decades of teaching high school science, Mr Cox decided to drop a couple of days at his local school and instead turn his hand to free-range pig farming.

Mick and Ben Hewitt often do business in boardrooms, but it is clear the brothers are truly content in the dust and dirt.

Parents in Lucindale, in South Australia's south-east, can just ask their children to find out how the pig that became their Christmas ham lived.

Off the back of Australia's failed eradication of varroa mite, researchers are testing the country's ability to control an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among the feral pig population. The results are troubling.

A micro abattoir in Victoria's central highlands gets the local council's green light promising improved animal welfare and a secure supply chain for local farmers.

Linley Valley Pork says it is deeply concerned by animal welfare issues on the property, where hundreds of pigs have died in recent days.

The pork industry slams animal activist groups claiming some posed as plumbers to get into an Australian Pork Limited office.

The owner of a WA piggery is struggling to get his pigs to abattoirs due to a processing backlog that has so far cost him half a million dollars.

Seven animal activists have been charged with trespassing after they allegedly broke into an abattoir in Benalla and chained themselves to machinery.

Australia's chief vet says people should remain alert to the risks for years to come, after Indonesia moves away from an emergency response to a business-as-usual approach to the disease.

There are calls for greater scrutiny of the pork industry after the ABC's 7.30 program airs video of pigs being stunned by carbon dioxide before slaughter.

The use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs before slaughter is legal and widespread – but activists believe the industry doesn't want you to know what it looks like.

A group of farmers and health-conscious Australians say they are part of a food movement that involves Bitcoin.

The "sounds and stuff you saw" have not left WA farmer Michael Lange since 50 per cent of his piggery went up in flames. His recovery has been helped by the generosity of the communities around him.

A trial in northern Australia is looking at giving peanuts growers an extra revenue stream to encourage more plantings.

After the deaths five people and thousands of pigs, developers are waiting for the go-ahead to start manufacturing the vaccine on an industrial scale.

Neighbours of a WA piggery say they are still battling the stench left by its former owner, which copped a $700,000 fine for the odours last week.

Hams are the go-to for Christmas spreads this year due to dramatic rises in beef and lamb prices, while pork remains steady.

Animal activists have accused several Victorian piggeries of using sow stalls for extended periods, despite the pork industry pledging to voluntarily phase out the practice by 2017.

Pest specialists say it has taken the threat of potentially disastrous diseases to instigate action on feral pig control, as aerial shooting culls almost 20,000 in seven months.

With foot-and-mouth disease on Australia's doorstep and biosecurity measures increased, landholders are worried feral animals could cause an uncontrollable outbreak. 

Viral fragments of foot-and-mouth-disease have been found in Australia. But what does that actually mean — and what would it look like if it spread throughout the country?

Foot-and-mouth disease is spreading across livestock in Bali and throughout Indonesia. If it were to reach Australia, the consequences would be devastating. 

In this week's episode of Movin' To The Country, meet the chef who moved to Australia for love and ended up running a regenerative piggery that moves around the Macedon Ranges.

A livestock disease that could shut down Australia's meat and livestock trade has reached Bali, sparking calls for harsher border measures for those returning from the popular tourist destination.