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Pig industry

Pig production is an important rural industry that contributes significantly to the Queensland economy, providing employment for more than 6000 people. DPI&F is developing on-farm technologies and practices to minimise the environmental impacts of pig production and is addressing the effective use of feed materials and enterprise management tools to minimise business risk..

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Feed cheque Demo

Improve feed quality: register for a Feedcheque demonstration project

Assess on-farm diet preparation and quality control procedures to avoid losses in production efficiency and profitability.
Pig Feed PriceTrends

Pig and feed price trends

Baconer and pig feed price trends to December 2007.

Page maintained by Alison Spencer
Last reviewed 16 November 2006

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