Pork sales steady at butchers
May 5, 2009
A Mount Gambier butcher claims the swine flu crisis is yet to have any impact on pork sales at his store.
“People are still happy to buy pork, they are still buying their bacon, ham and pork products,” Grantville Court Butchers owner Willy Orr told The Border Watch yesterday. Read more
Swine flu fears hit pork industry
April 30, 2009
One of South Australia’s largest pig producers has moved to calm fears over the outbreak of swine flu, but has warned the full ramifications of the mutated strain is not yet known.
Myora Farm near Mount Gambier has been forced to beef up biosecurity protocols at its 500-pig a week operation, following swine flu sweeping several countries and suspected cases being reported in Australia. Read more
Call to support pork industry
November 18, 2008
The state’s pork industry has called on the South East community to continue supporting the sector this Christmas, despite prices soaring for the festive staple. Read more
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