A new specialised turkey hatchery for Turkmenistan
An interview with Mr. Maksat Ibragimov, Company Coordinator MAKSADA OKGUNLY, a hatchery in Turkemenistan.
What you are constructing is more than a new turkey hatchery in...
Patterns and dynamics of the EU poultry industry: a status report – Part 2
Part 2 - Poultry meat production and trade
In two papers, the patterns and dynamics of the EU poultry industry are analysed. The first paper...
Regional concentration in global poultry meat production
An overview at continent level
This overview will list the leading countries in each continent and document their share in the poultry meat production...
A projection of egg production until 2030
Food supply for a growing global population is one of the great challenges for the next decades. A particular problem will be to produce...
Farmers of Kazakhstan are ready to boost poultry farming
According to R.I. Charipov, President of the Union of Poultry Farmers of Kazakhstan, investments and modernization of the farms will provide more poultry and...
Elinar-Broiler and Meyn – A Russian-American success story
Elinar-Broiler Poultry Farm in the Moscow region of Central Russia is a perfect example of successful business collaboration between American and Russian poultry specialists....
Officine Facco and University of Padua together for the welfare of hens
A three-year path in which the current cage-free systems will be implemented to ensure and increase the welfare of animals in medium and large...
Facco drinking systems
Water is an essential resource for animal well-being.
The Facco drinking system is designed to achieve the best performance in guaranteeing the well-being of birds...
Interview with Theo Hoen, Ceo of Vencomatic Group
By 2050, 10 billion people worldwide must be supplied with food. To achieve this, a sustainable food chain needs to be established. However, that's...
Poultry meat and egg production in Brazil – First Part
Brazil is one of the leading countries in the global poultry industry, not only in production, but also in trade with poultry products. In...
Roxell celebrates 50th anniversary
Roxell celebrating 50 years of activity this year. Quality, Service and Innovative products make the company ready for the future.
Housing systems and egg production – A 2016 status report
Five years after the banning of conventional cages in laying hen husbandry, the situation has stabilized in such a way that a status report...
Patterns and dynamics of global egg and poultry meat trade. Part 1 – Egg...
In June 2021, FAO published an update on global trade data for 2019. This makes it possible to present an overview on the patterns...
Claudio Ambrogio shares insights on slower-growing market in Europe
As Aviagen’s Business Manager for the Rowan Range® in Europe, Claudio Ambrogio is tasked with developing and coordinating sales, marketing and production strategies for...
Patterns of EU egg trade. A 2016 status report
The EU plays a dominant role in global egg trade. EU member countries contribute over 55% to egg exports and share over 50% in...
Visit to the Vencomatic Group
Vencomatic Group of Eersel - The Netherlands - represents three well-known brands in the poultry sector: Vencomatic, Prinzen and Agro Supply. The company provides a full range of innovative systems for equipping modern poultry farms all over the world.
Meeting with Hy-Line International at EuroTier 2016
Interviews with Hy-Line International’s key figures to globally assess the present and future value of the poultry industry
Global poultry meat supply and trade
Last May, the International Poultry Council hosted a series of interesting webinars on ‘Resilience and Leadership in the International Poultry Supply Chain’ offering a...
Danit S.r.l., consultancy, design and construction at the service of poultry farmers
Riva Selegg announces the birth of Danit S.r.l, which will be responsible for distributing the Riva product range on the national, African and Asian...
From Newpharm® the exact and definitive answer to counter red chicken mite
In the poultry industry one of the most widespread ectoparasites is certainly Dermanyssus gallinae, better known as Red Chicken Mite (Red Acarus).
Worldwide the spread...
BRICS expansion: what does this mean for the poultry industry?
At their meeting this year in August in South Africa, the current five BRICS member countries decided to admit six more countries on January...
After 40 years in the French marketplace AZA International still astonishing
In Rennes, September past, the SPACE show was held and it continues to be one of the most important trade fairs dedicated to the...
In Ovo’s Ella technology
As of January 2022, Lohmann Deutschland will apply In Ovo’s gender typing technology, called Ella, in their Dorum facility to hatch chicks without chick...
Hubbard JA57: serving Label Rouge for 50 years
Over the years the Hubbard JA57 breeder female has become the main breeder female used as the base of the French Label Rouge concept....
The forgotten world: the egg industry in the least developed countries
Analyses dealing with the dynamics and patterns of the global egg industry mostly ignore the least developed countries (LLDC). In this paper, their role...
Patterns and dynamics of egg trade: the global situation in 2020
Between 2016 and 2020, global egg trade showed a remarkable dynamics. In 2018, 2.36 mill. t of shell eggs were exported, 2.97% of the...
Contours of change – global egg and poultry meat production in retrospect
In the past two decades, global egg and poultry meat production showed remarkable dynamics. The increase was not homogeneous, however, but led to considerable...
Spatial shifts in global chicken meat production between 1993 and 2013
There are hardly any studies which deal with the role of the less developed and newly industrialised countries in global meat production. In this article the Author investigates the spatial shifts in chicken meat production.
The red-white-shift in global meat production
Over the past fifty years, a remarkable change occurred in global meat production. This is true as well for the production volume as for...
Interview with Bernd Meerpohl, CEO of Big Dutchman
Zootecnica International had the chance to ask Bernd Meerpohl, CEO of Big Dutchman about the current poultry market situation at a global level.
News from River Systems and Arion Fasoli
During the VIV Europe Fair, we met Stefano Concina at the Stand River Systems, and Nicola Bonetti of Arion Fasoli and took the opportunity...
Interview to Richard Hutchinson, Aviagen Turkeys Sales and Marketing Director
Richard Hutchinson has over three decades of experience in the Turkey industry and during this time he significantly increased turkey parent stock sales in Europe and Russia.
Dynamics and patterns of the egg industry in the G19 countries between 2006 and...
The second, and the last paper, in a series of two which deals with the egg industry in the Group of Nineteen countries between...
Visit to Eurosilos Sirp
Eurosilos Sirp is a state-of-the-art production company, created in 1972 by Mario Telefri with their headquarters in Isorella, Brescia. Specialized in the production of...
IEC launched Global Initiative for Sustainable Eggs (GISE)
Held at the Grange St Paul’s Hotel, in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral in the centre of London, the programme included updates from...
Patterns and dynamics of the egg industry in Japan
Egg production is stagnating
In contrast to the considerable dynamics of the egg industry in China and India, egg production in Japan has remained almost...
Bábolna TETRA opened a new genetic research unit in the western part of Hungary
As a proof of the company’s long-term dedication of being involved in layer genetics, a new facility has been opened on the 30th October...
The role of Asia in egg production
Between 1996 and 2016, global egg production increased from 45.1 mill. t to 73.9 mill. t or by 64.0%. Asian countries contributed 19.6 mill....
Dynamics and patterns of the egg industry in the Emerging Market Countries between 2007...
Part 1: The development of the laying hen inventories
Introduction
In four papers, the dynamics of egg production and egg trade in the Emerging Market Countries...
Patterns of EU poultry trade – A 2016 status report
In contrast to trade with shell eggs, which is dominated by the EU, the share of EU member countries in global poultry meat trade...
Label Rouge, IGP, Bio: the rise of French poultry labels
Bernard Tauzia, President of Synalaf (Syndicat National des Labels Avicoles de France or National Union of Poultry Labels of France), explains to Zootecnica International...
Canada: egg production in a Supply Management system
Laying hen husbandry and egg production in Canada are unique because of the Supply Management system which controls production volume, egg prices and egg...
Agritech S.r.l., Storage & More
For over 30 years Agritech has been at the service of modern animal husbandry and the national and international poultry farming with a varied...
Optimum solutions for increasing hatchery efficiency
ZOOTECNICA INTERNATIONAL interviewed Mr Rudy Verhelst, Product Manager at Petersime N.V., - the world leading supplier of incubators, hatchery equipment, project services and turnkey hatcheries -, speaking about the Belgian company, its latest improvements and optimum solutions for increasing hatchery efficiency.
Interview with Roy Driessen, Marel Poultry Marketing Manager
Interview to Roy Driessen, Marel Poultry Marketing Manager on their flagship products, latest innovations and future goals.
Interview with Denis Kan, President of Jamesway Incubator Company
Jamesway has a solid reputation worldwide with offices in North America, Russia, and Asia and production facilities in Canada and China and serves 1,800...
Interview to Ruwan Berculo, Manager VIV worldwide
Zootecnica International interviewed Ruwan Berculo, Manager VIV worldwide
who highlighted the story of the VIV organization throughout the years and outlined the innovations and the...
An interview with Erik Visser – CEO at NUTRIAD
Nutriad is headquartered in Dendermonde, Belgium and was originally part of the Belgian Inve group of companies. It is a worldwide leading supplier of...
The Rowan Range: a portfolio of products for slower-growing and coloured bird markets by...
Alternative, slower-growing segments of the broiler market have existed for decades. Historically, however, these were largely niche or artisanal operations. More recently, there has...
The dynamics of global poultry meat trade between 2006 and 2016 at Country Development...
In two papers the dynamics of global poultry meat trade will be analysed in detail. The first paper (see here) documented the dynamics at...
Agritech, 30-years’ experience in silos’ production
Agritech, located in Calvisano, in the Brescia district, Italy, is a company specialized in the design and production of fiberglass silos and specific equipment...
Arion Fasoli, quality equipment for the poultry sector
Arion Fasoli is a family company, specializing in the production of poultry farming equipment. The company has always been characterized by a philosophy that...
The turkey market
The official launch of Titan — Roxell's XL feed solution for large turkeys — is here. Therefore, it is the perfect moment for Roxell’s...
Giordano Poultry Plast: the optimal solution for any poultry feeding need
Poultry farms, of any size, location and species they are earmarked for, constantly need to supply the best economic result, in terms of feeding...
Cobb: 100 years of breeding
Cobb-Vantress is celebrating its first 100 years in 2016. A century when this breeding company has played a significant role in shaping the modern broiler.
The European poultry meat business
In a rapidly changing world it is a great challenge to keep business model up to date and profitable.
Market orientation
Market orientation is defined as...
Digitization in the poultry house – and much more
The Smart World of Big Dutchman on display at VIV Europe 2018!
2018 was the year of VIV Europe, one of the world’s largest trade...
Andrea Pedrini, CEO of Cascina Palazzo outlining the benefits of Modula by AZA International
The Agrarian society Cascina Palazzo have been managing their several turkey farms for more than 50 years in Bergamo province, Italy and has chosen...
Effect of initial body weight and body composition of TETRA-SL LL laying hens as...
It is well known from former experiments that success in laying sheds is dependent upon success in the pullet rearing sheds. Therefore, the main...
Mediterranean poultry sector outlook in the global market
Poultry sector gained in 2017 the leading position in the world meat sector surpassing for the first-time pig meat production.
This position is expected...
Visit to Prinzen, specialist in egg-handling systems for hatcheries
Valentijn Crum, Business Development Manager at Prinzen, part of the Vencomatic Group, tells us about the company history and the stunning advances made over...
Patterns of the poultry industry in the MEA region. Part 2 – Poultry meat...
A first paper analysed the patterns of egg production and of egg trade in the MEA region. This paper will focus on poultry meat...
Prevent contaminated water with automated drinking systems
Poultry farmers often cast a critical eye on the quality of feed. However, do they hold the quality of drinking water in the house...
EU strategies for safety of poultry meat
Poultry meat is a source of cheap and healthy protein, which is the recipe for success in the world of growing meat consumption of...
The Champions League of the chicken meat producing countries
The global poultry industry has shown a remarkable dynamics over the past decades in egg as well as in meat production. In this paper...
VAL-CO solutions to ensure you get the most for your flocks
VAL-CO poultry systems & products are designed for all of your poultry production needs. Today we would like to highlight the equipment for storage,...
Petersime, becoming a hatching champion
M. De Clercq and P Degraeve, Managing Directors of Petersime, Belgium gave us a deep outlook on latest company’s activity and innovations.
Sustainable poultry production through responsible, balanced breeding
Our global population is predicted to grow to 9.8 billion by 2050. As we approach the challenge of how to produce enough food to...
Emerging Market Countries: dynamics of the egg industry
The development of the egg exports by the EMC
The third and fourth part of the report will analyse the development of egg trade by...
Castello: the new type of egg laying system from Valli
The Valli® company represents an important reality on the Italian and foreign scene in the production of equipment for poultry breeding. Quality, service and...
From Newpharm a protocol for the effective control of red mite infestation
In poultry industries one of the most widespread ectoparasites is certainly the Dermanyssus gallinae, better known under the name of red mite. Globally, the...
The poultry industry of the United Kingdom in transition
On June 23rd, 2016, the population of the United Kingdom (UK) decided to leave the EU. Even though it is not yet possible to...
Patterns and dynamics of China’s egg industry
Remarkable development of the laying hen inventory and of egg production
Table 1 shows the development of the Chinese laying hen inventory and of egg...
“Il Fiore delle Dolomiti”: organic eggs produced using SKA equipment
Mountain organic eggs from hens grown according to the principles of the 5 H Club. Respecting the animal, the environment and the health of...
Innovative chain feeding system for separate male feeding – and more
MaleChain completes the wide range of Big Dutchman feeding products for broiler breeder management. The management of broiler breeders is very challenging. Breeders are...
Changing patterns of global egg trade between 2006 and 2016 – Part 2
Part 2: Dynamics at continent and country level in detail
While the analysis in Part 1 dealt with the continents and the leading countries in egg...
Improving customer service and the use of technology to stay competitive in the food...
The need to grow and keep customers is dominating the agenda of consumer and retail executives around the world.
Thirty-three percent of the 526 consumer...
Codaf, producers of advanced feeding systems for poultry
CODAF company, strong of a long experience in manufacturing innovative poultry feeding system, is proud to outline the project realised in collaboration with Poultry...
Trends in the poultry production and market for sustainability
The theme of this year’s General Assembly of EU poultry sector was the sustainability of the poultry meat.
The event, organized by QGV, Austrian...
This year Agrovo Celebrates its 25th Anniversary
Agrovo Founder Michael Langeder summarises his company’s journey:
“To be honest, when I started Agrovo in 1994 I didn’t have a clear picture of...
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