The remarkable dynamics of the global poultry industry: 50 years in retrospective. Part 1...

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In two papers the author will analyse the development of poultry over the past fifty years and document the remarkable growth of global egg...

VAL-CO solutions to ensure you get the most for your flocks

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VAL-CO poultry systems & products are designed for all of your poultry production needs. Today we would like to highlight the equipment for storage,...

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...

The Polish company Gospodarstwo Piotrkowo chooses SPECHT

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In Piotrkowo, a small Polish town, some 130 km southeast of Gdansk, you will find one of the leading egg-producing companies of the country. The...

The egg industry of the USA in transition

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Between 1996 and 2016, the value of U. S. egg production increased by 36.3% and reached a volume of 6.5 billion US-$. In this...

Sustainable poultry production through responsible, balanced breeding

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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...

South Korea turns to U.S. eggs to ease supply shortfall

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South Korea is set to import about 210 million table eggs from the United States and Thailand in July and August as the country...

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.

Moroccoan company Tecnoimpianti, exclusive dealer of AZA International

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Moroccoan company Tecnoimpianti, exclusive dealer of AZA International, leader in pig, poultry and cattle feeding equipment, have been selling and installing several feeding systems...

LUBING products for washing and sanitizing drinking lines

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LUBING has always been attentive to promote systems that have as their objective the hygiene and sanitation of drinkinglines and water used in the...

Interview with Jacco Wagelaar, Managing Director of Twinpack Special Products for the global egg...

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Jacco Wagelaar, the Twinpack Managing Director launched a new Twinpack separate business in January 2016, named Twinpack Special Product. The new-born company deals with special packaging systems for the global egg industry.

AZA International’s future plans in poultry industry

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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...

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...

Patterns and dynamics of egg trade: trade flows in exports and imports at country...

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Between 2016 and 2020, global egg trade showed a remarkable dynamics. In 2018, 2.36 mill. t of shell eggs were exported, 2.97% of the...

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...

EU Poultry Sector Outlook to 2035: Production, Consumption and Trade Trends

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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...

Housing systems and egg production – A 2016 status report

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Five years after the banning of conventional cages in laying hen husbandry, the situation has stabilized in such a way that a status report...

A broader feed basket could strengthen Brazil’s poultry sector

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Brazil’s fast-growing biofuel industry is changing the raw materials available for animal feed. More DDGS, soybean meal and sorghum could give poultry producers greater...

Developing a broader choice of slower-growing and colored breed options

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With continual market developments and expanding consumer preferences, change is the only constant for the poultry sector. Global poultry breeding company Aviagen® has always...

Avec concludes 67th General Assembly in Copenhagen: EU poultry sector urges fair trade, simplification,...

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AVEC, the Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU, concluded its 67th General Assembly on 7th September hosted by the Danish...

Denmark’s egg industry – Analysis of an unusual structure

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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...

Dynamics and patterns of the egg industry in the G19 countries between 2006 and...

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The second, and the last paper, in a series of two which deals with the egg industry in the Group of Nineteen countries between...

Visit to Eurosilos Sirp

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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...

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...

Interview with Dinah Nicholson, Global manager of Hatchery Development and Support at Aviagen

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Interview with Dinah Nicholson, Global Manager of Hatchery Development and Support at Aviagen, the world's leading poultry breeding company

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...

The Champions League of the chicken meat producing countries

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The global poultry industry has shown a remarkable dynamics over the past decades in egg as well as in meat production. In this paper...

EU poultry meat production and trade

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In 2015, the 28 member countries of the EU shared 6.8% in the global population but contributed 15.7 % to global meat production and...

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...

Patterns and dynamics of global egg and poultry meat trade. Chicken and turkey meat...

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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...

Emerging Market Countries: dynamics of the egg industry

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The development of the egg exports by the EMC The third and fourth part of the report will analyse the development of egg trade by...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Sharan panta: making an impact is the meaning of business

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Interview with Mr. Sharan Panta, a pioneer of modern poultry farming in Nepal and founder of Uttam Poultry Farm. His enterprise leads the national...

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...

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...

A European campaign for a successful French poultry label

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The European communication campaign launched in autumn 2025 by SYNALAF follows the economic recovery of the sector which began in 2024. On October 8, 2025,...

Hendrix Genetics, leader in efficiency, sustainability and innovations

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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...

Poultry meat and egg production in Brazil – First Part

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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 role of the G20 in global meat production and trade. Part 1: meat...

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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...

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...

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....

Avian Influenza outbreaks in Iowa layer farms and their economic impacts

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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

Giordano Poultry Plast keeps growing

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Giordano Poultry Plast, a leading international company in the moulding of plastic materials, specialised in the design and production of poultry industry equipment, is...

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 role of the G20 group in global meat production and trade. Part 4:...

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In three previous articles (Windhorst, 2026a, 2026b, 2026c) the role of the G20 countries in global meat production and trade on a continental and...

The poultry industry of the United Kingdom in transition

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On June 23rd, 2016, the population of the United Kingdom (UK) decided to leave the EU. Even though it is not yet possible to...

India leverages cost advantages, but geopolitical tensions affect its egg exports

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India has experienced a surge in egg production over the past decade, driven by government initiatives and private investments in large-scale layer units, fueled...

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