News from River Systems and Arion Fasoli

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During the VIV Europe Fair, we met Stefano Concina at the Stand River Systems, and Nicola Bonetti of Arion Fasoli and took the opportunity...

EU Poultry Market Remains Stable Despite Trade Volatility and High Prices

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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...

The red-white-shift in global meat production

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Over the past fifty years, a remarkable change occurred in global meat production. This is true as well for the production volume as for...

The dynamics of the USA broiler industry between 1990 and 2019

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The USA is the leading broiler meat producer with a share of 12 % in the global production volume, followed by China with 9...

Visit to the Vencomatic Group

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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.

AZA INTERNATIONAL’s systems: easy, adaptable and durable

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Located a few kilometers from Milan, AZA INTERNATIONAL was founded n the late fifties as a factory manufacturing feeding systems for the transport and...

Farmers of Kazakhstan are ready to boost poultry farming

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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...

Global poultry meat supply and trade

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Last May, the International Poultry Council hosted a series of interesting webinars on ‘Resilience and Leadership in the International Poultry Supply Chain’ offering a...

Hubbard outlining trends in the Premium chicken market

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Interview with Paul Van Boekholt, Manager Global Marketing, Hubbard Breeders Today markets are sensitive to animal welfare, meat quality and price concerns. In this regard,...

Improving customer service and the use of technology to stay competitive in the food...

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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...

Interview with Denis Kan, President of Jamesway Incubator Company

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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...

Facco drinking systems

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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...

Global Poultry Outlook 2026: Growth Continues, with Operational Discipline in Focus

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According to Rabobank, the global poultry sector is set to maintain a strong growth trajectory in 2026, with worldwide production and consumption expected to...

EU: Traditional markets using coloured chickens

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Besides recent developments seen in the highly developed countries with slower growing (white) chickens grown up to about 7 weeks of age - filling...

Castello: the new type of egg laying system from Valli

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The Valli® company represents an important reality on the Italian and foreign scene in the production of equipment for poultry breeding. Quality, service and...

Patterns and dynamics of global egg and poultry meat trade. Part 1 – Egg...

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In June 2021, FAO published an update on global trade data for 2019. This makes it possible to present an overview on the patterns...

Prevent contaminated water with automated drinking systems

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Poultry farmers often cast a critical eye on the quality of feed. However, do they hold the quality of drinking water in the house...

Patterns of the poultry industry in the MEA region. Part 2 – Poultry meat...

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A first paper analysed the patterns of egg production and of egg trade in the MEA region. This paper will focus on poultry meat...

Die Eiermacher: how to harmonise evolution, technology and nature

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During the visit to the Die Eiermacher ‘s company located in Schlierbach (Austria), Zootecnica International met Mr. Manfred Söllradl, General Director of Die Eiermacher, to hear the history of the company and take a closer look at market trends within Austria.

Bábolna TETRA opened a new genetic research unit in the western part of Hungary

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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 dynamics of global meat production. An analysis of the period from 2000 to...

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A preceding article documented the development of global meat1 exports (Windhorst, 2026). This follow-up article analyses the dynamics in meat imports. Between 1970 and 2023,...

Optimum solutions for increasing hatchery efficiency

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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.

The U.S. poultry industry under stress: a turbulent decade in retrospect. Part 1 –...

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Between December 2014 and July 2025, the U.S. poultry industry has been hit by four devastating outbreaks of avian influenza (AI). In total, the...

Moba celebrates 75 years of innovations at VIV Europe

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This year Moba celebrated 75 years of activity and the Utrecht fair was an opportunity to exhibit their latest innovations. Zootecnica International met with...

Egg system supplier Moba continues to innovate and grow

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Michiel Peters, Managing Director Moba highlights the strong company’s growth in all markets and the optimistic future predictions Moba, the world's leading producer of high-quality...

Patterns and dynamics of global egg and poultry meat trade. Part 2 – Poultry...

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In June 2021, FAO published an update on global trade data for 2019. This makes it possible to present an overview on the patterns...

Vostermans Ventilation – specialist in the field of ventilation since 1952

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Vostermans Ventilation B.V. develops, manufactures and distributes fans and control equipment for agricultural and industrial applications and is part of the group Vostermans Companies....

Turkey market review

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“It has been a great pleasure to have been involved in the turkey industry for the last 5 decades and to see the development...

Air around the egg with X-Treck

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Vencomatic Group is considered to be the leader of on-farm hatching in traditional broiler houses. This pioneering work ultimately resulted in the X-Treck system....

Patterns and dynamics of China’s egg industry

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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...

Flexy, new market strategies for excellent products

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During our recent visit to FLEXY, a manufacturer and distributor of poultry equipment located in Campo San Martino, Padua - Elisabetta Libralon, General Manager...

Mexico’s role in the global poultry industry

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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...

Hubbard’s Premium product range tailored to all diverse market needs

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Interview with Bruno Briand, Hubbard Business Director EMEA In 2021 Hubbard celebrates its 100th anniversary. It started with the selection of conventional breeding stock, but...

AZA INTERNATIONAL, more than 50 years of service into the modern animal husbandry

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 AZA INTERNATIONAL, a leading company in Italy and abroad in the manufacturing of feeding systems for livestock farms, has gained a long experience in...

Innovative chain feeding system for separate male feeding – and more

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MaleChain completes the wide range of Big Dutchman feeding products for broiler breeder management. The management of broiler breeders is very challenging. Breeders are...

UK Egg Market Update: Higher Production and Stable Prices in Q3 2025

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The UK egg sector continued to strengthen through the third quarter of 2025, with higher production volumes and steady farm-gate prices, according to DEFRA’s...

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