Brazil: considerable increase of broiler meat and egg production – 2nd part
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 Roy Driessen, Marel Poultry Marketing Manager
Interview to Roy Driessen, Marel Poultry Marketing Manager on their flagship products, latest innovations and future goals.
Dynamics and changing patterns of global egg trade at Country Development Group level –...
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Canada: egg production in a Supply Management system
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Spatial shifts in global chicken meat production between 1993 and 2013
There are hardly any studies which deal with the role of the less developed and newly industrialised countries in global meat production. In this article the Author investigates the spatial shifts in chicken meat production.
UK Egg Market Update: Higher Production and Stable Prices in Q3 2025
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Poultry meat and egg production in Brazil – First Part
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The Polish company Gospodarstwo Piotrkowo chooses SPECHT
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The red-white-shift in global meat production
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EU Egg Market Update – October 2025
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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....
Patterns and dynamics of egg trade: trade flows in exports and imports at country...
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Visit to the Vencomatic Group
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Trade tensions continue
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Optimum solutions for increasing hatchery efficiency
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The egg industry of the USA in transition
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Interview with Jacco Wagelaar, Managing Director of Twinpack Special Products for the global egg...
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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).
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