Officine Facco and University of Padua together for the welfare of hens

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A three-year path in which the current cage-free systems will be implemented to ensure and increase the welfare of animals in medium and large...

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...

Giordano Poultry Plast: the optimal solution for any poultry feeding need

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Poultry farms, of any size, location and species they are earmarked for, constantly need to supply the best economic result, in terms of feeding...

“Alta Tuscia” new laying hens farm in Italy

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MBE Breeding Equipment outfitted a new free-range farm, which has recently been inaugurated in Montefiascone, Italy A celebration event for the "Alta Tuscia" company, located...

Claudio Ambrogio shares insights on slower-growing market in Europe

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As Aviagen’s Business Manager for the Rowan Range® in Europe, Claudio Ambrogio is tasked with developing and coordinating sales, marketing and production strategies for...

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...

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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.

Andrea Pedrini, CEO of Cascina Palazzo outlining the benefits of Modula by AZA International

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The Agrarian society Cascina Palazzo have been managing their several turkey farms for more than 50 years in Bergamo province, Italy and has chosen...

Farmers of Kazakhstan are ready to boost poultry farming

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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...

Taiwan egg prices reach two-year high

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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...

Agritech S.r.l., Storage & More

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For over 30 years Agritech has been at the service of modern animal husbandry and the national and international poultry farming with a varied...

This year Agrovo Celebrates its 25th Anniversary

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Agrovo Founder Michael Langeder summarises his company’s journey: “To be honest, when I started Agrovo in 1994 I didn’t have a clear picture of...

The dynamics of global meat production. An analysis of the period from 2000 to...

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A preceding article documented the development of global meat1 exports (Windhorst, 2026). This follow-up article analyses the dynamics in meat imports. Between 1970 and 2023,...

Vostermans Ventilation – specialist in the field of ventilation since 1952

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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....

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.

Visit AZA INTERNATIONAL at VIV Europe 2018 in Utrecht

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The Aza International company was founded in the late ‘50s and has always been recognized as a leader in the production of equipment for...

EU: Traditional markets using coloured chickens

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Besides recent developments seen in the highly developed countries with slower growing (white) chickens grown up to about 7 weeks of age - filling...

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...

Fourth ai epidemic in the USA in the past decade – The epidemic in...

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In the last ten years, the poultry industry in the USA has been hit by four devastating outbreaks of avian influenza. This article focuses...

The U. S. poultry industry in transition

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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,...

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...

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...

The future of the European poultry market

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Focusing on quality, safety and sustainability, the European poultry production has been able to answer to demands from the society and consumers.

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...

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...

The dynamics of global meat production. An analysis of the period from 2000 to...

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Global meat production increased by almost 270 million mt1, or 268% between 1970 and 2023. Examining the development by meat type reveals that the...

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...

Contours of change – global egg and poultry meat production in retrospect

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In the past two decades, global egg and poultry meat production showed remarkable dynamics. The increase was not homogeneous, however, but led to considerable...

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...

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...

Mediterranean poultry sector outlook in the global market

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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...

Trade tensions continue

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Reports from South America indicate a robust harvest that will start in just a few weeks. A wild card is the trade tensions between...

Tecnoclima SpA, an the forefront of innovation

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Tecnoclima SpA is a leading Italian company that has been operating in the Warm Air heating market for more than 40 years, offering solutions and...

Lomar: LED lighting for poultry farming

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The Lomar Srl Company was founded in Brescia in 1983 and has always designed and produced everything it sells. In 1999 it gambled on...

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...

Patterns of EU poultry meat production and consumption – A 2016 status report

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Poultry meat has been the fastest growing agricultural commodity over the past decades. This is mainly a result of the high absolute and relative...

A projection of the future development of global meat production with special reference to...

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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...

Changing patterns of global egg trade between 2006 and 2016 – Part 2

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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...

The Rowan Range: a portfolio of products for slower-growing and coloured bird markets by...

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Alternative, slower-growing segments of the broiler market have existed for decades. Historically, however, these were largely niche or artisanal operations. More recently, there has...

Flexy, new market strategies for excellent products

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During our recent visit to FLEXY, a manufacturer and distributor of poultry equipment located in Campo San Martino, Padua - Elisabetta Libralon, General Manager...

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...

Dynamics and patterns of the egg industry in the Emerging Market Countries between 2007...

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Part 1: The development of the laying hen inventories Introduction In four papers, the dynamics of egg production and egg trade in the Emerging Market Countries (EMC)...

Egg prices hit record highs in Nepal as bird flu cuts flock and demand...

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Kathmandu, Nepal — Egg prices in Nepal have reached record levels in August 2026 as declining production has tightened supply. The Nepal Layers Poultry...

Roxell celebrates 50th anniversary

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Roxell celebrating 50 years of activity this year. Quality, Service and Innovative products make the company ready for the future.

AGRIVOL chooses Breedaza

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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...

Interview with Bernd Meerpohl, CEO of Big Dutchman

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Zootecnica International had the chance to ask Bernd Meerpohl, CEO of Big Dutchman about the current poultry market situation at a global level.

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...

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