A European campaign for a successful French poultry label
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,...
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...
Poultry farm Zarja in the eastern part of Siberia
The region Krasnoyarsk is Russia's second largest Federal State and is located mainly in the eastern part of Siberia, in the river basin of...
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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
The role of the G20 group in global meat production and trade. Part 2:...
A previous article analysed the role of the G191 countries in the global meat industry (Windhorst, 2026). This revealed the significant role of this...
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...
UK Egg Market Update: Higher Production and Stable Prices in Q3 2025
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...
Patterns and dynamics of egg trade: trade flows in exports and imports at country...
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...
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
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...
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.
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...
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...
Digitization in the poultry house – and much more
The Smart World of Big Dutchman on display at VIV Europe 2018!
2018 was the year of VIV Europe, one of the world’s largest trade...
Giordano Global: Quality as a Culture, Not Just a Standard
At Giordano Global, quality is more than a result—it’s a mindset that guides every stage of production, from design to delivery. The company’s commitment...
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...
The dynamics of global poultry meat trade between 2006 and 2016 at Country Development...
In two papers the dynamics of global poultry meat trade will be analysed in detail. The first paper (see here) documented the dynamics at...
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...
A projection of egg production until 2030
Food supply for a growing global population is one of the great challenges for the next decades. A particular problem will be to produce...
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.
Italian poultry farming, a sector of excellence
Interview with Antonio Forlini, President of Unaitalia
The spread of Covid-19 has almost paralyzed the world, but even in this emergency situation the Italian poultry...
Changing patterns of global egg trade between 2006 and 2016 – Part 2
Part 2: Dynamics at continent and country level in detail
While the analysis in Part 1 dealt with the continents and the leading countries in egg...
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...
Denmark’s egg industry – Analysis of an unusual structure
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...
Interview with Jacco Wagelaar, Managing Director of Twinpack Special Products for the global egg...
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.
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...
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...
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...
The U. S. poultry industry in transition
The U. S. poultry industry is confronted with new challenges which ask for a reaction. One challenge is the growing demand for cage-free eggs,...
Dynamics and changing patterns of global egg trade at Country Development Group level –...
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....
An insight into the Spanish poultry industry – Hen eggs
Spain is one of the leading European countries in poultry production and trade. In 2020, it ranked in fourth place in poultry meat production...
SPECHT of Johannes Ten Elsen
The experience of Mr Johannes Ten Elsen within the poultry industry has led Specht to offer a complete range of equipment, from egg laying systems to silos and augers for the feed transport up to belts and chains for the collection and transport of eggs; and more, ventilation and heating systems and poultry equipment accessories.
An interview with Erik Visser – CEO at NUTRIAD
Nutriad is headquartered in Dendermonde, Belgium and was originally part of the Belgian Inve group of companies. It is a worldwide leading supplier 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...
Dynamics and patterns of the egg industry in the G19 countries between 2006 and...
The second, and the last paper, in a series of two which deals with the egg industry in the Group of Nineteen countries between...
MagFan, best in test at Bess Lab
MagFan was tested at Bess Lab in January 2019. Compared to all other fans tested at Bess Lab, MagFan is quite simply in a...
A projection of the future dynamics in global poultry meat production
Global chicken meat production is projected to grow by 24.4 mill. t or 22.3 % between 2014 and 2024. In contrast to egg production...
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...
USDA raises US poultry production and export forecasts for 2026 and 2027
The October WASDE report lifts output forecasts for broilers, turkeys and eggs. Turkey price forecasts move higher, while broiler and egg prices are revised...
Emerging Market Countries: dynamics of the egg industry
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...
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...
EU poultry meat production and trade
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...
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.
A broader feed basket could strengthen Brazil’s poultry sector
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...
From Newpharm® the exact and definitive answer to counter red chicken mite
In the poultry industry one of the most widespread ectoparasites is certainly Dermanyssus gallinae, better known as Red Chicken Mite (Red Acarus).
Worldwide the spread...
Global Poultry Outlook 2026: Growth Continues, with Operational Discipline in Focus
According to Rabobank, the global poultry sector is set to maintain a strong growth trajectory in 2026, with worldwide production and consumption expected to...
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...
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.
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