Clear visualization of biofilm removal from drinking water lines with Intra Hydrocare
Clean and fresh drinking water is essential for bird health and performance. Even when the incoming water is clean, a biofilm may rapidly form...
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...
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...
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...
Dynamics and patterns of the egg industry in the G19 countries between 2006 and...
The first paper, in a series of two, which deals with the egg industry in the Group of Nineteen countries between 2006 and 2016...
Taiwan egg prices reach two-year high
Wholesale egg prices in Taiwan have reached their highest level in nearly two years after the Taipei Egg Traders Association announced a NT$3-per-jin increase.
The...
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...
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...
“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...
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....
Dermanyssus gallinae – Growers underline the numerous attempts to counter the most infamous plague...
Dermanyssus gallinae (poultry red mite) is counted amongst the major pitfalls, if not the largest, of the poultry industry worldwide. In addition to causing...
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....
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.
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...
Lomar: LED lighting for poultry farming
The Lomar Srl Company was founded in Brescia in 1983 and has always designed and produced everything it sells. In 1999 it gambled on...
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.
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...
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
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...
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...
AGRIVOL chooses Breedaza
AGRIVOL, a fifty-year-old company specializing in poultry breeding, have several turkey and breeder farms in Bergamo, Brescia and Cremona provinces and choosed Breedaza in...
Poultry growth forecast rises to 3.5%, but oversupply weighs on prices
RaboResearch has raised its 2026 growth forecast for global poultry production to 3.5%. In several markets, output is rising faster than demand, while feed...
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.
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...
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...
Delmarva Poultry Industry
Recent efforts DPI - Delmarva Poultry Industry undertook to improve the chicken industry include a participation in a daylong ‘Poultry 101’ symposium at Chesapeake...
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...
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...
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.
Avec concludes 67th General Assembly in Copenhagen: EU poultry sector urges fair trade, simplification,...
AVEC, the Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU, concluded its 67th General Assembly on 7th September hosted by the Danish...
The role of the G20 group in global meat production and trade. Part 4:...
In three previous articles (Windhorst, 2026a, 2026b, 2026c) the role of the G20 countries in global meat production and trade on a continental and...
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
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...
Hubbard outlining trends in the Premium chicken market
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,...
AZA INTERNATIONAL, more than 50 years of service into the modern animal husbandry
AZA INTERNATIONAL, a leading company in Italy and abroad in the manufacturing of feeding systems for livestock farms, has gained a long experience in...
EU Egg Market Update – October 2025
The European Commission’s latest Eggs Market Situation report (October 2025) shows stable production and firm prices, with both imports and exports increasing during the...
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...
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...
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...
Vostermans Ventilation – specialist in the field of ventilation since 1952
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....
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...
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...
EU poultry sector outlook to 2035: production, consumption and trade trends
According to the EU Agricultural Outlook 2025-2035, poultry and eggs are the only meat sectors in the European Union projected to expand in both...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The role of the G20 group in global meat production and trade. Part 3:...
Two previous articles examined the role of the G191 countries in global meat production and exports (Windhorst, 2026, 2026a). These studies highlighted the significant...
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...
Chicken and egg prices climb in Malaysia as farms face mounting pressures
Kuala Lumpur, 31 August 2026 — Retail prices for chicken and eggs are rising in Malaysia as poultry farms face closures and suspensions amid...