The European poultry meat business

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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...

How social media and online opinions affect consumer attitudes

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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...

Interview with Robbert Birkhoff of Meyn

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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

Brazil: considerable increase of broiler meat and egg production – 2nd part

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Brazil is one of the main countries in the international broiler meat production and trade sectors. The country continues to show a considerable dynamics...

Interview with Theo Hoen, Ceo of Vencomatic Group

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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...

Label Rouge, IGP, Bio: the rise of French poultry labels

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Bernard Tauzia, President of Synalaf (Syndicat National des Labels Avicoles de France or National Union of Poultry Labels of France), explains to Zootecnica International...

Regional concentration in global egg production

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This overview will list theleading countries in egg production in each continent and document their share in the production volume of the continent as...

Canada: egg production in a Supply Management system

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Laying hen husbandry and egg production in Canada are unique because of the Supply Management system which controls production volume, egg prices and egg...

From Newpharm a protocol for the effective control of red mite infestation

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In poultry industries one of the most widespread ectoparasites is certainly the Dermanyssus gallinae, better known under the name of red mite. Globally, the...

Traditional certified poultry

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The French cuisine is well-known and respected for more than two centuries for the way it has embraced the different types of poultry breeds,...

Cobb: 100 years of breeding

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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.

Interview with Olivier Rochard, Managing Director of Hubbard, on their new Hubbard Efficiency Plus

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Hubbard has recently launched a new conventional breeder female, the Hubbard Efficiency Plus, which is the result of the company’s long-term research and development...

SANOVO TECHNOLOGY GROUP, a story of success and commitment to the worldwide egg industry

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Passion, drive, advanced technology, social and ethical responsibility, are the core elements of SANOVO, a company which has constantly been expanding over the years...

A projection of egg production until 2030

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Food supply for a growing global population is one of the great challenges for the next decades. A particular problem will be to produce...

IEC’s conference highlighted the latest trends of the egg industry

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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...

The dynamics of global poultry meat trade between 2006 and 2016 at continent and...

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In two papers the dynamics of global poultry meat trade will be analysed in detail: in this first article the dynamics at the continental...

The forgotten world: the egg industry in the least developed countries

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Analyses dealing with the dynamics and patterns of the global egg industry mostly ignore the least developed countries (LLDC). In this paper, their role...

Impact of hatchery climate control and ventilation on hatchability and post-hatch chick quality

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Climate control and ventilation are two of the most important factors affecting hatchery performance, which have an impact on both embryonic development and post-hatch...

Dynamics and changing patterns of global egg trade at Country Development Group level –...

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Country Development Groups – a new classification The classification of the 211 countries for which data sets are available is based on several parameters, i.e....

BRICS expansion: what does this mean for the poultry industry?

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At their meeting this year in August in South Africa, the current five BRICS member countries decided to admit six more countries on January...

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...

Avicola Campestre chooses SPECHT

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In the Central American Republic of El Salvador, the company Avicola Campestre has been working successfully for years with the world-famous well-known house equipment’s...

VUELA, a ventilation solution that surpasses conventional systems

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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...

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...

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...

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...

The turkey market

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The official launch of Titan — Roxell's XL feed solution for large turkeys — is here. Therefore, it is the perfect moment for Roxell’s...

The EU egg industry

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In 2015, the 507 million inhabitants of the 28 EU member countries shared 6.8 % in the global population. The efficiency of the EU...

The Netherlands, the leading country in European egg and poultry meat

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The changing sectoral and regional patterns of the Dutch poultry and egg industries as well as of the trade with poultry and egg products are analysed. The close trade relations between the Netherlands and Germany are also documented and the trend to develop new markets for shell eggs and poultry meat outside the EU can be as well observed.

Worry-free hatcheries now and in the future

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Interview with Mr. Victor Chaux, Marketing Specialist at Jamesway Chick Master Incubator Inc. Jamesway began designing and manufacturing incubation systems and hatchery equipment in 1890....

PHOTOCATALYTIC GATE® – innovative technology for the protection of hatchery and farms against bacteria...

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The PHOTOCATALYTIC GATE is a unique and effective system for air and surface disinfection in livestock facilities. This technology has been thoroughly tested in...

Ovostella chooses Eurosilos Sirp fiberglass silos

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The Ovostella agricultural company of Ghedi (BS) is a historic user of Eurosilos Sirp fiberglass silos. We interviewed the owner, Domenico Varini , to...

The dynamics of global poultry meat trade between 2006 and 2016 at Country Development...

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In two papers the dynamics of global poultry meat trade will be analysed in detail. The first paper (see here) documented the dynamics at...

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.

EU strategies for safety of poultry meat

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Poultry meat is a source of cheap and healthy protein, which is the recipe for success in the world of growing meat consumption of...

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