Hubbard’s Premium product range tailored to all diverse market needs
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...
How social media and online opinions affect consumer attitudes
Social media can be considered a double-edged sword when it comes to communicating about food and agriculture. On one hand, platforms like Facebook, Twitter...
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...
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 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...
The Great Journey of FACCO
This title was the pleasant theme given by Massimo Finco to the celebration of 60 years of activity recorded by the Facco company headquartered...
How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect the livestock industry?
It is difficult to make predictions when trying to assess how the coronavirus (COVID-19) will impact the livestock industry in the foreseeable future.
Clearly, the...
LUBING products for washing and sanitizing drinking lines
LUBING has always been attentive to promote systems that have as their objective the hygiene and sanitation of drinkinglines and water used in the...
The EU egg industry
In 2015, the 507 million inhabitants of the 28 EU member countries shared 6.8 % in the global population. The efficiency of the EU...
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...
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....
Hubbard, playing a vital role in the poultry breeding industry
Hubbard operates its selection programs in 3 different R&D centres in North America and Europe, along with its own production sites in North America, Europe and Brazil. Hubbard has a longstanding experience in breeding, developing and marketing breeding stock for both conventional and premium markets.
Chinese poultry sector looks towards future with optimism
China’s poultry sector is growing steadily, driven by strong demand, lower feed costs, and government support for self-sufficiency, while major producers expand and imports...
Egg system supplier Moba continues to innovate and grow
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...
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...
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...
A projection of the future development of global meat production with special reference to...
It is estimated that with population growth and the increasing purchasing power of a growing middle-class in many developing and threshold countries meat consumption...
Health prevention through electromagnetic waves: a technological solution against avian influenza
The Italian biotechnology company e4life has introduced e4life Farm - advanced devices that use electromagnetic waves to inactivate the avian influenza virus within poultry...
EU: Traditional markets using coloured chickens
Besides recent developments seen in the highly developed countries with slower growing (white) chickens grown up to about 7 weeks of age - filling...
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.
The poultry meat business in Europe and beyond
It is a great challenge in a rapidly changing world to keep a business model up to date and profitable. The market orientation of...
The Canadian egg industry – A portrait
Canada occupies a unique position among egg-producing countries because, since the 1970s, it has adopted a management system that ensures the supply of high-quality...
Giordano Poultry Plast keeps growing
Giordano Poultry Plast, a leading international company in the moulding of plastic materials, specialised in the design and production of poultry industry equipment, is...
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...
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...
The role of the G20 in global meat production and trade. Part 1: meat...
An analysis of regional meat production patterns strikingly highlights the exceptional global and group-level importance of the populous G19 countries. The population and economic...
Avian Influenza outbreaks in Iowa layer farms and their economic impacts
Between December 2014 and June 2015, 223 outbreaks of the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (AI) virus in commercial and backyard flocks occurred in 15 states of the USA. In this article a time-spatial analysis of the outbreaks in Iowa is presented, documenting the problems in euthanizing and depopulating the affected farms as well as in depositing the carcasses
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.
Regional concentration in global egg production
This overview will list theleading countries in egg production in each continent and document their share in the production volume of the continent as...
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...
The U.S. poultry industry under stress: a turbulent decade in retrospect. Part 2: poultry...
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...
SANOVO TECHNOLOGY GROUP, a story of success and commitment to the worldwide egg industry
Passion, drive, advanced technology, social and ethical responsibility, are the core elements of SANOVO, a company which has constantly been expanding over the years...
Turkey market review
“It has been a great pleasure to have been involved in the turkey industry for the last 5 decades and to see the development...
IEC’s conference highlighted the latest trends of the egg industry
For the second time Monte Carlo proved to be a fantastic conference destination and a big hit with IEC’s members old and new to...
PHOTOCATALYTIC GATE® – innovative technology for the protection of hatchery and farms against bacteria...
The PHOTOCATALYTIC GATE is a unique and effective system for air and surface disinfection in livestock facilities. This technology has been thoroughly tested in...
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...
Poultry is king of proteins in IPC outlook
Poultry is positioned to become the world’s most consumed meat protein in 2019 as African swine fever spreads in pig herds across China.
As the...





































