Interview with Theo Hoen, Ceo of Vencomatic Group
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...
VAL-CO solutions to ensure you get the most for your flocks
VAL-CO poultry systems & products are designed for all of your poultry production needs. Today we would like to highlight the equipment for storage,...
Moba celebrates 75 years of innovations at VIV Europe
This year Moba celebrated 75 years of activity and the Utrecht fair was an opportunity to exhibit their latest innovations. Zootecnica International met with...
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...
EU strategies for safety of poultry meat
Poultry meat is a source of cheap and healthy protein, which is the recipe for success in the world of growing meat consumption of...
Patterns and dynamics of the EU poultry industry: a status report – Part 2
Part 2 - Poultry meat production and trade
In two papers, the patterns and dynamics of the EU poultry industry are analysed. The first paper...
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...
Avicola Campestre chooses SPECHT
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...
The Netherlands, the leading country in European egg and poultry meat
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.
“Il Fiore delle Dolomiti”: organic eggs produced using SKA equipment
Mountain organic eggs from hens grown according to the principles of the 5 H Club. Respecting the animal, the environment and the health of...
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....
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...
Patterns of the poultry industry in the MEA region. Part 1 – Egg production...
The boundaries of the Middle East Region are not exactly defined. Under the term Near East, it was used in the late decades of...
After 40 years in the French marketplace AZA International still astonishing
In Rennes, September past, the SPACE show was held and it continues to be one of the most important trade fairs dedicated to the...
Lomar: LED lighting for poultry farming
The Lomar Srl Company was founded in Brescia in 1983 and has always designed and produced everything it sells. In 1999 it gambled on...
Housing systems and egg production – A 2016 status report
Five years after the banning of conventional cages in laying hen husbandry, the situation has stabilized in such a way that a status report...
The red-white-shift in global meat production
Over the past fifty years, a remarkable change occurred in global meat production. This is true as well for the production volume as for...
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...
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