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The poultry industry adapted fast to the new reality, protecting both workers and product from Covid-19. Photo: Ruud Ploeg
04-03-2021 | News

UK Poultry Meat sector survives triple whammy

This application, if approved, will allow hempseed meal and cake to be legally used as commercial feed for laying hens. Photo: Hemp Feed Coalition
03-03-2021 | News

US: First application for hemp as feed for poultry

The first case of the H5N8 strain of bird flu virus has been passed to humans. Photo: Freepic
02-03-2021 | News

Russia reports first human infection of H5N8 bird flu

According to unofficial data, the equivalent of 30% of the entire poultry production in Paraguay is smuggled into the country. Photo: Henk Riswick
01-03-2021 | News

Large-scale poultry smuggling undermines Paraguay producers

With unseasonal increases in temperature forecasted it is important for all poultry producers to ensure their ventilation systems are in working order. Photo: Bart Nijs
01-03-2021 | News

Preparing for warmer weather in Influenza Protection Zones

Photo: Dreamstime
26-02-2021 | News

February Business Update: What’s new in the poultry sector?

KFC Malaysia has launched the Zero Chicken Burger, a plant-based and meatless burger that taste like chicken but has no chicken. Photo: KFC Malaysia
26-02-2021 | News

KFC launches chicken free chicken burger

Egg prices have soared as a result of the culling of millions of birds in South Korea. Photo: Jacqueline Macou
25-02-2021 | News

Bird flu sparks egg shortages in South Korea

Poultry business represents 30% of LAR s turnover. The cooperative s own investments will be used for 9 breeding centres and new incubators, with an investment of ¬ 18,45 million. Photo: Koos Groenewold
25-02-2021 | News

LAR expects to double chicken production

Further research into the social aspects of antimicrobial use is also needed, and it is vital for this research to become a central part of the action plans to reduce antimicrobial use. Photo: Ronald Hissink
24-02-2021 | News

Reducing antimicrobial use in poultry farming

Although the app itself is designed to be practical and easy-to-use on-farm, it is underpinned by rigorous scientific research, known as Qualitative Behavioural Assessment" (QBA). Photo: Bert Jansen
24-02-2021 | News

Waitrose rolls out animal welfare app

Staff-focused biosecurity programmes will help reduce both seasonal illnesses and disease introduction to flocks. Photo: Roel Dijkstra
23-02-2021 | News

Biosecurity: An Inconvenient Necessity

Russian poultry farms use botulin, a phytobiotic derived from the bark of birch trees, instead of antibiotics. Photo: ANP
22-02-2021 | News

New antibiotic alternative on Russian poultry farms

The study says that agriculture is threatening 86% of the 28,000+ plant and animal species known to be at risk of extinction. Photo: Mark Pasveer
19-02-2021 | News

Agri and food production causing huge biodiversity loss