Inside Don Pollo’s hatchery in Colombia: Tech and automation at the heart of growth

Hidden away in the rolling hills outside the Colombian town of Armenia, the Don Pollo hatchery is the centrepiece of the growth of local poultry production. The facility was built in 2010 and recently received capacity and automation upgrades to meet current and future demand in an expanding market. Colombia isn’t the largest poultry-producing country in Latin America, but the sector certainly has potential. According to the National Statistics and Statistics Administration (DANE), the poul