Salmonella in British Poultry Remains Under Control, APHA Report Confirms
The latest report from the UK’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) confirms that Salmonella prevalence in poultry across Great Britain remains low, reflecting...
EU Compound feed production in 2021 – Market Outlook 2022
Industrial compound feed production in the EU remained stable in 2021. Looking forward, the spread of animal diseases and the continuing global grain market...
Italy’s poultry sector posts record consumption and growth in 2024, Unaitalia reports
Italy’s poultry sector continues its strong upward trajectory. According to data released by Unaitalia, the National Association of the Poultry Industry, production of poultry...
Dirk Mertens tests the Natural Beak Smoothing pans by Roxell
Beak treatment is often used as the solution of choice to reduce damage caused by pecking. Due to the growing interest in animal welfare,...
Spain’s Uvesa adopts Smart™ innovations from Pas Reform for its new greenfield broiler hatchery
Uvesa’s greenfield broiler hatchery is an important and strategic installation that demonstrates Pas Reform’s comprehensive ability to deliver total hatchery solutions.
The transition toward low protein diets in the UK
The transition towards low protein diets has been a gradual process of evolution rather than an epiphany moment and the history goes back to...
Veterinarians continue to be committed to responsible and judicious use of antimicrobials
The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE), representing European veterinarians, celebrates European Antibiotic Awareness Day and reiterates the commitment to achieve the One-Health goals...
The new Roxell feeder designed for heavy weight broilers
Broilers with a body weight over 3 kilograms bodyweight are grown principally in the United States but also in Italy, Germany and Poland. It was in Italy and the USA that Roxell decided to field test the new feeder before introducing it to the market
Master Good Group chooses CODAF systems
Master Good Group of Hungary chose CODAF’s poultry automatic feeding systems.
Revolutionary layer farm Kipster officially opened
Hendrix Genetics has recently been partner in the realisation of the innovative layer farms Kipster, which will produce and sell eggs to Lidl, one...
Round table: achieving science-backed sustainable poultry production in the EU
The debate organized on October 11 by AVEC in partnership with Agra Facts and Elanco Animal Health tackled the issue of sustainability from multiple...
The European Protein Plan: considerations and prospects
Phil Hogan to launch a market report and the stakeholder survey linked to the European Protein Plan, first announced at the XXVIII FEFAC Congress...
Sustainable egg production
Vencomatic Group Rondeel is a solution for layer farming able to meet all requirements.
Denmark’s egg industry – Analysis of an unusual structure
With only 4.7 million laying hens, which corresponds to around 1.2% of the EU flock, Denmark is one of the smaller egg-producing countries. It...
Most significant animal health threats in Europe
PROHEALTH, the largest European Commission-funded livestock agriculture research project ended up having identified the most common and costly animal health threats and potential solutions...
VDL AGROTECH launches Windstreek
Last year the Dutch government awarded the design which made it possible for farmer Robert Nijkamp to realize the first Windstreek broiler house and the first flock was set-up.
FEFAC response to farm-to-fork and biodiversity strategies
FEFAC welcomes the EU Commission’s willingness to strengthen food security at both global and EU level and the resilience of EU agriculture and food...
EFSA annual report on avian influenza
In November 2025, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) presented the annual report on avian influenza covering 2024. Data were collected from all EU...