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The Ukrainian egg production sector is gradually recovering after a significant decline in livestock numbers and the loss of production capacity in eastern and southern Ukraine at the beginning of the war. Image created with the help of AI (Reve)
12-03 | News

Ukraine boosts egg exports by over 60%

Birthe Steenberg, secretary general of AVEC, argued that the sector needs to rethink its communications approach: “We need to show that we are not villains…we produce people’s food.” Image created with the help of AI (Reve)
12-03 | News

UK poultry sector unites on resilience at NFU conference

A new technology that can nearly triple the shelf life of chilled poultry to around 20 days is moving toward commercial application. Image created with the help of AI (Reve)
11-03 | News

New bio-coating promises to triple shelf life of chilled poultry

In 2025, animal feed production in France reached 18.88 million tonnes, of which just over 8 million tonnes was for the poultry sector. Photo: Diederik van der Laan
10-03 | News

Poultry continues to dominate French feed production

The population is expected to grow in the Middle East by 20 million people towards 2029. This will increase poultry meat consumption both now and in the future. Photo: Koos Groenewold
10-03 | News

Middle East poultry boom opens door for EU exporters

De Heus completes acquisition of CJ Feed & Care
09-03 | News

De Heus completes acquisition of CJ Feed & Care

Experts discussed topics including rising cases of Salmonella and avian influenza (HPAI) in laying hen farms throughout Europe. Photo: Hans Banus
09-03 | News

Driving a new era for healthy, profitable, and sustainable poultry production

Europe’s trade policy can only be credible if it is democratically legitimate and consistent with the EU’s standards and enforcement expectations. Photo: Mark Pasveer
06-03 | News

EU-Mercosur agreement: AVEC strongly opposes provisional application

Chicken, the UK’s most consumed meat, sits at the centre of an increasingly complex debate on welfare, climate responsibility, and long-term food security. Photo: Hans Prinsen
06-03 | News

UK: Major chains move from Better Chicken Commitment to Sustainable Chicken Forum

In terms of layer shed building, the busiest 5-year period was 2016-2020 when 206 sheds were built across the UK with a total capacity of 3.45 million hens. Image created with the help of AI (Reve)
05-03 | News

UK egg sector’s ageing sheds and new-build slowdown