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Associate Professor Guillermo Narsilio with a geothermal system at the University of Melbourne. “This is the first ARENA demonstration project tackling the poultry sector so directly in rural areas. The technology will significantly save farmers on the cost of heating the sheds, while reducing carbon emissions and the use of gas. We are very excited to bring this technology to the poultry sector.” Photo: Peter Casamento
17-08-2022 | News

Geothermal innovation heats up ‘green’ poultry farming

Alltech CEO Lyons: "We are truly at the interface of two big ideas: nourishing the present and the preservation of the future." Photo: Alltech
16-08-2022 | Article

Alltech One Ideas conference: “Net zero doesn’t cut it”

Photo: Eiliv-Sonas Aceron
15-08-2022 | News

Lag between campylobacter cases in broilers and humans

Photo: Erika Varga
12-08-2022 | News

Ovostar Union curbs production as Ukraine’s egg demand plummets

Photo: Daniel Azevedo
11-08-2022 | News

Brazilian exports might increase for poultry but drop for pigs

Calculations show that broilers need to eat for about 8 minutes every hour, but this is never achieved in one session. Photo: Sebastiaan Rozendaal
10-08-2022 | Article

Sustaining broiler feed intake at high stocking densities

Photo: zuzyusa
09-08-2022 | News

Research shows benefits of adding eggs to plant-based diets

Hatching concepts such as on-farm hatching provide an opportunity to supply newly-hatched birds with optimal nutrition. Photo: Van Assendelft
08-08-2022 | Article

Early feed access to improve poultry growth performance

More than 330 companies in the UK and EU have committed to the Better Chicken Commitment – a rise of 38% from 2021. Photo: Lexo Salverda
08-08-2022 | News

Pressure on retailers to sign up to Better Chicken Commitment

Incubator environment is particularly important because it affects broiler organs for over half of its life (58%) considering 21 days incubation and 36 days rearing. Photo: Koos Groenewold
05-08-2022 | Article

Effect of incubation conditions on broiler lameness

The official book launch of Novus International’s latest publication, Breeder Management and Nutrition: Moving the industry forward, will take place at World's Poultry Congress 2022. Photo: Novus international
05-08-2022 | News

New poultry breeder book launched by Novus

The high production of broiler chicks has already started hampering prices in the broiler market. Photo: Bert Jansen
04-08-2022 | News

Broiler hatcheries boost performance in Poland

Respectful eggs come from white hens which are not fed soya, with the replacement field beans milled on-site to reduce food miles required to feed the birds. Photo: Sainsbury's
03-08-2022 | News

Carbon-neutral eggs going down a storm

In this study the diet supplemented with high dose anhydrous betaine significantly improved weight gain and feed intake, decreased the FCR and increased the breast and thigh muscle yield. Photo: Hans Prinsen
02-08-2022 | Article

Improving broiler meat quality with betaine