Biomin mycotoxin event another great success The second edition of the Mycotoxins in Focus event, organised by animal nutrition company Biomin was a great...
India challenges WTO trade ban on US poultry India has challenged a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling, asking it to lift a ban on the import of poultry...
New measures by USDA against Salmonella and Campylobacter The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed new federal...
UK spent hen price suffers after AI outbreak Spent hen values in the UK have taken a hit as a result of the continuing fallout from the outbreak of highly...
US poultry exports to Taiwan boosted by high pork prices US poultry exports to Taiwan increased significantly during the first half of 2014 due to exceptionally high...
Marel Stork to supply Chinese poultry processing plant Beijing Dafa Chia Tai (Part of the CP Food Group) and Marel Stork Poultry Processing signed an agreement for...
South Africa considering concessions for US chicken To help secure the renewal of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa), South African poultry producers are...
Cargill’s new processing plant running in China Cargill has opened a new poultry processing plant in China. The company’s mission is to improve efficiency and...
In ovo feeding for stronger leg bones Current broilers may suffer from leg problems. Previous research in the lab of the Hebrew University of...
Opposition to US poultry imports grows in India Opposition to a proposal by India’s External Affairs Ministry to allow duty-free import of chicken legs from the...
Foodmate develops dark meat deboning system To meet the needs of the fast-growing dark meat market in the United States as well as in foreign markets,...
Marel launches the next generation in robotic batching Over the years Marel Stork’s RoboBatcher system has been running at a number of poultry processors, proving to...
Campylobacter can harm chickens, study suggests Researchers at the University of Liverpool have shown that the Foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni,...
Salmonella in turkey neck skin, bone marrow and spleens Salmonella spp. are often associated with foodborne disease and outbreaks related to turkey and turkey products...
Poultry production in the UAE The United Arab Emirates 2014 total domestic poultry meat production is expected to reach 43,000 MT, compared to...
Seminar sheds light on broiler breeder management More than 130 specialists recently attended a broiler breeder seminar organised by Zinpro Corporation in Madrid,...
The beautiful mystery of hatching The hatching process is a beautiful process. In just three weeks, an egg transforms from what is essentially...
Breeder management: Do not forget the males Trace minerals play an important role in broiler breeder nutrition. These essential nutrients improve breeder...
Blood rules the quality of the carcass Like in every living creature, blood is a vital part of the chicken’s body, influencing the most important...
Spiking reduces fertility drop in older poultry flocks Aging hens physiologically need to be mated more often to sustain the same level of fertility as a flock of 35...
Adequate welfare for good quality and yield The various successive steps in poultry processing start from feed withdrawal at the farm to shipping of the end...
Challenges in turkey breeding A turkey is not a broiler and should therefore be treated differently with regards to breeding and nutrition....
Broiler welfare: Focus on sustainability and robustness With the knowledge that the world has to produce 70% more food by the year 2050 to be able to feed the world’s...