Pas Reform: Celebrating 100 years in the hatchery business
In 2019 Pas Reform celebrates its 100th anniversary. When the company began in 1919, founder Gerrit Pas could not have foreseen that a century...
EU Poultry Market Remains Stable Despite Trade Volatility and High Prices
The EU poultry sector maintained moderate growth through mid-2025, according to the latest Poultry Market Situation report released by the European Commission. Despite continued...
Interview with Dinah Nicholson, Global manager of Hatchery Development and Support at Aviagen
Interview with Dinah Nicholson, Global Manager of Hatchery Development and Support at Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company
Interview with Robbert Birkhoff of Meyn
At EuroTier, Zootecnica International had the opportunity to interview Robbert Birkhoff, Meyn’s Sales Director for EMEA, Asia Pacific, Russia and surroundings, who outlined the future goals of the company
Moroccoan company Tecnoimpianti, exclusive dealer of AZA International
Moroccoan company Tecnoimpianti, exclusive dealer of AZA International, leader in pig, poultry and cattle feeding equipment, have been selling and installing several feeding systems...
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...
Munters helps feeding the world
Food. No matter what religion, status or nationality you belong to, the primary need for each human being on this planet is to have...
Hendrix Genetics, leader in efficiency, sustainability and innovations
Hendrix Genetics is a leading multi-species breeding company based in Boxmeer, Netherlands-EU with their primary activities being in the layer, turkey, pig, aquaculture and...
Mexico’s role in the global poultry industry
This paper analyses the dynamics in Mexico’s egg and poultry meat industry and in poultry meat and egg imports between 2010 and 2020.
Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst...
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...
A projection of the future dynamics in global poultry meat production
Global chicken meat production is projected to grow by 24.4 mill. t or 22.3 % between 2014 and 2024. In contrast to egg production...
Interview with Mr Albert Jansen Jansen Poultry Equipment
During a recent visit to the company headquarters in Barneveld, The Netherlands, Zootecnica International had the opportunity to meet Mr Albert Jansen, the founder...
Vencomatic Group, truly a family business – Interview with Lotte and Ton van de...
Lotte van de Ven took charge of the Vencomatic Group on May 1st when she took over from Theo Hoen who had been at...
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...
The advantages of Aza International’s Pratika feed pan for broilers
Company Alfama based in Burgos, Spain, is one of the Spanish dealers of AZA International leader in pig, poultry and cattle feeding systems.
Mr...
Poultry farm Zarja in the eastern part of Siberia
The region Krasnoyarsk is Russia's second largest Federal State and is located mainly in the eastern part of Siberia, in the river basin of...
The U. S. poultry industry in transition
The U. S. poultry industry is confronted with new challenges which ask for a reaction. One challenge is the growing demand for cage-free eggs,...
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...
Patterns of trade flows in egg exports and imports – Part 4
The fourth part of the series will present patterns of trade flows for
some of the leading egg exporting and importing countries.
The Dutch-German trade
cluster
A...
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...
AZA INTERNATIONAL’s systems: easy, adaptable and durable
Located a few kilometers from Milan, AZA INTERNATIONAL was founded n the late fifties as a factory manufacturing feeding systems for the transport and...
The dynamics of global poultry meat trade between 2006 and 2016 at continent and...
In two papers the dynamics of global poultry meat trade will be analysed in detail: in this first article the dynamics at the continental...
Increased interest in the slower-growing broiler Ranger Gold
Avizoo, Cooperativa Agricola San Martino, Consorzio Agrario del Nordest and Avicola Artigiana have come together, in a far-sighted project, to launch onto the Italian...
VUELA, a ventilation solution that surpasses conventional systems
TPI-Polytechniek, leading global innovator and provider in the field of ventilation components for the agricultural and industrial sectors, launched its latest innovation: the VUELA...
Improvements in the Hendrix Genetics’ breeding and testing program
With the release of the new performance standards for Hendrix Genetics' laying hens, it is important to examine factors contributing to the genetic progress...
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 (EMC)...
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...
The future of the European poultry market
Focusing on quality, safety and sustainability, the European poultry production has been able to answer to demands from the society and consumers.
Jim McAdam, international man of poultry breeding
Jim McAdam, Breeding Programme Director of Aviagen® Ltd retired and told us about his long and successful career, after 37 years working in the international poultry industry
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...
AZA International’s future plans in poultry industry
Interview to Paolo Pandolfi, Export Manager AZA International
AZA International, a leading company in the manufacturing of feeding systems for livestock farms in Italy and...
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