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White striping, which is caused when chickens are grown too quickly, was found in more than 8 out of 10 samples of standard chicken packets in British supermarkets. Photo: Peter Roek
07-09-2020 | News

UK stores criticised for selling white striping meat

As of late August, 25 farms in Omsk Oblast, Russia have reported bird flu outbreaks and 336 backyard farms with chickens, geese, ducks, and pigeons have been affected as well. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
07-09-2020 | News

AI is waging in Siberia

BRF moves its timeline to use cage free eggs forward by 5 years and wants the job done by the end of this year. Photo: Hans Banus
04-09-2020 | News

BRF switches to cage-free eggs

Agricultural producers in the Ukraine fear that exports become at risk when the government transfers the tasks of Gosprodpotrebzlyuzba to a new government agency. Photo: Misset
04-09-2020 | News

Export of Ukrainian poultry producers at risk

A total of 40,000 chicks were delivered in March and have now matured into layers with about 100,000 eggs having been collected in one week. Photo: Anne Waiguru
03-09-2020 | News

Kenya: 1 million eggs project launched

The Covid outbreak has influenced the marketing of KFC. Photo: KFC
02-09-2020 | News

Kentucky Fried Chicken pauses “inappropriate” slogan

Standard cargo bay used to transport broilers in this study. Photo: Research journal, PLOS ONE
01-09-2020 | News

Effect of transport distance and climate on broilers

Over the past few weeks, more than 100,000 birds on 2 UK farms have been culled due to closures of processing plants because of Covid-19 outbreaks among factory workers. Photo: ANP/Vincent Jannink
31-08-2020 | News

Birds culled as UK forced to close plants due to Covid-19

Small scale farmers selling of birds in times of disease may increase the likelihood of widespread disease transmission. Photo: Henk Riswick
31-08-2020 | News

Backyard producers selling affects bird flu transmission

chicken that finishes being born
28-08-2020 | News

August Business Update: What’s new in the world of poultry?