Free range pork production consists of outdoor paddocks, which
include rooting areas, wallows and kennels/huts for shelter. The
huts allow the animals to seek shelter from environmental extremes.
They also provide additional protection for the piglets when very
young.
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Video Interview
Free range, organic pig farmers Miriam and Jack are dedicated
and enthusiastic about the way they farm and look after their
animals. Around 5 per cent of pigs grown in Australia are raised on
free range farms. Free range systems require specific environmental
and climatic requirements thus limiting where they can be located.
However, those areas that are suitable for free range production
produce a top quality, niche market product that mainly caters for
the high end retail and restaurant trades.
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Did you know?
ORGANIC FERTILISER
Most pig farmers use the manure and effluent on their farms, as an organic fertiliser, to improve crops and pasture as well as restore degraded soils.