Poultry

Chicken Biobank to cut numbers of birds for research

08-09-2020 | News

Chicken Biobank to cut numbers of birds for research

White striping, which is caused when chickens are grown too quickly, was found in more than 8 out of 10 samples of standard chicken packets in British supermarkets. Photo: Peter Roek

07-09-2020 | News

UK stores criticised for selling white striping meat

BRF moves its timeline to use cage free eggs forward by 5 years and wants the job done by the end of this year. Photo: Hans Banus

04-09-2020 | News

BRF switches to cage-free eggs

Agricultural producers in the Ukraine fear that exports become at risk when the government transfers the tasks of Gosprodpotrebzlyuzba to a new government agency. Photo: Misset

04-09-2020 | News

Export of Ukrainian poultry producers at risk

A total of 40,000 chicks were delivered in March and have now matured into layers with about 100,000 eggs having been collected in one week. Photo: Anne Waiguru

03-09-2020 | News

Kenya: 1 million eggs project launched

The Covid outbreak has influenced the marketing of KFC. Photo: KFC

02-09-2020 | News

Kentucky Fried Chicken pauses “inappropriate” slogan

Standard cargo bay used to transport broilers in this study. Photo: Research journal, PLOS ONE

01-09-2020 | News

Effect of transport distance and climate on broilers

Cramped conditions in some plants as well as in employees homes, spurred by the UK s drive for cheaply produced foods could be the reason for the rise in Covid infection rates. Photo: Ruud Ploeg

28-08-2020 | News

UK’s cheap food could be spreading Covid; WHO envoy warns

The increase in human campylobacter cases in Sweden is linked to the increase in diseases broiler flocks. Photo: Hans Prinsen

27-08-2020 | News

Campylobacter cases in humans rise in Sweden

More than 500 eggs per hen housed was once a dream, but now a reality. Photo: Jan Willem Schouten

26-08-2020 | News

SFR seminar on extended laying period in layers

Farm Visits

25-01-2022 | Article

‘Exploring a niche with smoked eggs’

21-07-2021 | Article

Farm report: Desperate times call for desperate measures

24-05-2021 | Article

US farm pushing forward free-range egg sales

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