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Cooperative Research Centre for
an Internationally Competitive
Pork Industry
AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE
Brian Luxford
General Manager
Technical Services - QAF
Issues Affecting Industry
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Imports
Carcase Weights
Exchange Rates
Animal Welfare
Labour Market
Seasonal Variation
Health and Quarantine
Imports
PRIME PRICE HSCW – NATIONAL PIG MARKET
2.80
2.70
2.60
AUS$/per kg
2.50
2.40
2005
2.30
2004
2.20
5 YR
AVE
2.10
2.00
1.90
1.80
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5
9
13 17
21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49
WEEKS
Carcase Weights
There are 3 current markets:
1. Retail which is 50 to 70 kg
HSCW;
2. Manufacturing which is 70 to
90 kg HSCW; and
3. Japan export which 95+ kg
HSCW.
Exchange Rate
AUSTRALIAN PORK IMPORTS & EXPORTS VOLUME (MT)
Pork Exports (MT)
11000
10500
10000
9500
9000
8500
8000
7500
7000
6500
6000
5500
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Fe
b9
M7
a
A y
u
Fe No g
b- v
M98
a
A y
u
Fe No g
b- v
9
M9
A ay
Fe N ug
b -o v
0
M0
A ay
u
Fe No g
b- v
M01
a
A y
u
Fe No g
b- v
M02
a
A y
u
N g
o
Fe v
Mb
A ay
N ug
o
Fe v
Mb
A ay
N ug
o
Fe v
Mb
a
A y
ug
Tonnes
Pork Imports (MT)
Month
Animal Welfare
• Sow Housing
• Progeny Stocking Rates
• Weaning Age
Labour Market
• Cost of Labour
• Shortage of Skilled People
Seasonal Variation
SEASONAL FARROWING RATE
82.00
80.00
Farrowing rate %
78.00
76.00
74.00
72.00
QAF 2004
70.00
68.00
66.00
64.00
62.00
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug Sep
Mating month
Oct
Nov Dec
Health and Quarantine
• High health status
• Importation of genetic
material
Cost of Production/kg
carcass weight
• Feed Costs:
(feed conversion +
diets costs)
$1.00
• Fixed Costs:
.85
(labour, medication, energy
freight, repairs, depreciation)
Feed Costs
Aim is to pay less than 1.2 cents per
MJ DE
• Getting more out of existing
raw materials
• Identify new materials
FCR
Aim is to reduce MJ/kg carcase
weight to 30
• Currently 36 MJ/kg carcase
weight
• Genetic improvement
• Environmental manipulation
Fixed Costs
Aim is to increase pigs sold/sow/year
by 10%
• Will require increased reproductive
performance
• Will require increased growth rate
• These will need to be balanced
Wish List
• Increase average litters/sow
lifetime to 4.5
• Increase numbers weaned to 11
per litter
• Average energy cost to be 1
cent/MJ DE
• Wean to slaughter FCR of 1.8/kg
live weight
Any Questions?