Layers

Reducing its CO2 emissions is high on the agenda of the layer sector. Using food waste as feed is an idea put into practices at the Kipster concept. Photo: Kipster

03-04-2020 | Article

3 carbon calculators for layers reviewed

Farms and poultry companies are taking extra biosecurity measures on top of regular procedures. Photo: Bertil van Beek

31-03-2020 | News

Organisations support poultry sector in the face of covid-19

With egg shelves in supermarkets empty, many consumers flock to farms. Photo: Chris McCullough

30-03-2020 | News

Covid-19: Caution advised to free-range producers on sales

Ukraine is a true champion when it comes to egg production but oversupply has put price levels under pressure. Photo: Vadim Uvazhny

25-03-2020 | Article

Dark clouds hang over Ukrainian egg industry

Analysis revealed that the protein composition of the egg albumen of different poultry species varies and shows wide differences. Photo: Penn Communicatie

16-03-2020 | Article

Different bird, different egg characteristics

Photo: Michel Zoeter

27-02-2020 | News

Metro Group to go cage free

An artist impression gives some insights in to the plans of Floating Farms Holding. In the far background the existing dairy farm, in the middle the egg farm barge and in the front the vertical vegetable farm. Photo: Floating Farm Holding

24-02-2020 | Article

Floating poultry farm connects farm and consumer

Seleggt and Schaffelaarsbos cooperate in processing discarded eggs. Photo: Ton Kastermans.

07-02-2020 | News

SELEGGT stops day-old-chick culling

Happy Egg co

07-02-2020 | News

New TV campaign for Happy Egg

About 7 billion male chicks are killed around the world each year. Photo: Misset

31-01-2020 | News

France to ban culling of male chicks

Avian influenza

Gordon Hickman, head of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ (Defra) exotic disease control division, said that while the 2025/6 season had seen substantial losses, the decision to put in housing measures much earlier than in previous years seems to have successful. Photo: Supplied

28-05 | News

Meeting the ongoing challenge of avian influenza in the UK

The government is working together with the poultry sector on a plan to make vaccination against avian influenza mandatory for laying hen farms. Image created with the help of AI.

27-05 | News

Dutch government moves towards mandatory avian influenza vaccination