Pas Reform: A fresh approach to post-hatch feeding
From June 20 to 22 Pas Reform will reveal a fresh approach to post-hatch feeding, and launch SmartStart™ to a global audience at VIV...
Better climate control in poultry houses with IPT advanced technology
An efficient air scrubber and climate control system by IPT Technology helps poultry farmers across England and Wales gain planning permits for expansion.
IPT Technology...
Royal Pas Reform introduces Bangladesh’s first SmartStart™ post-hatch feeding system in Joypurhat
A new chapter for chick welfare, uniformity, and early performance in the Bangladesh poultry sector
Joypurhat, Bangladesh, has marked a significant milestone in the nation’s...
Cobb Europe welcomes new Finance Director
Cobb Europe recently welcomed David Lawton as the company’s new director of finance for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. Based in...
Cobb-Vantress purchases building in Downtown Siloam Springs
Cobb announced its purchase of a 35,000-square-foot office building in downtown Siloam Springs, Arkansas – the city where the world’s leading poultry genetics and...
Various impacts of mycotoxins on poultry health and performance
Current poultry diets contain much higher levels of maize and byproducts of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) than in the past. This makes...
England Extends Mandatory Housing Order for All Poultry from 6 November
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that mandatory housing measures to protect poultry and other captive birds from...
WPSA, new publication: Hatchery Signals
‘Each egg may contain a living embryo, so handle it with care!’. A practical guide for improving hatching results.
Good hatchability and optimal chick quality...
New U.S. actions to strengthen food supply chains
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced more support, resources, and new rules that will strengthen the American food supply chain,...
Cobb Asia grows Technical Service Team
Cobb Asia recently expanded its technical service team with the addition of Dr. Magali Charles and Dr. Suttisak Boonyoung. Dr. Charles will serve as...
Belgium orders poultry indoors as bird flu resurgence sweeps across Europe and beyond
Belgian authorities have ordered all poultry to be kept indoors starting Thursday, following the detection of new H5N1 avian influenza outbreaks, as Europe and...
Midwest Poultry Federation honored with 2022 Non-Profit Organization Award from Acquisition International
Acquisition International Magazine has announced the winners of the 2022 Non-Profit Organization Awards – including the Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF).
Following the success of...
Aviagen Arbor Acres team holds webinars for Algerian customers
The Aviagen® Arbor Acres® team recently held two webinars for Parent Stock (PS) customers in collaboration with Algerian distributor, Arbor Acres Algérie.
The webinars took...
Maple Lodge Farms expands hatchery with Jamesway Equipment
Maple Lodge Farms has recently announced an $8-million expansion of the Curtis Chicks Hatchery in Ontario, Canada.
The 22,825-square-foot expansion to the facility is currently...
VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2026 brings together innovation and business across the animal...
The total animal feed and health event for Asia returns to BITEC, Bangkok, 10-12 March 2026
VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2026 is set to...
Eggs Cargo System® introduces the next revolution
The Dutch companies Twinpack Special Products and Ovotrack are collaborating with the EggsCargoSystem® Connect Concept® for the tracking and tracing of eggs
Cobb Europe completes UK hatchery expansion
Cobb Europe recently completed an expansion of the company’s state-of-the-art hatchery in Norfolk, United Kingdom. This milestone allows the facility to increase production capacity...
Joint Venture between Giordano Poultry Plast S.p.A. and SANOVO TECHNOLOGY GROUP
After several months of active contacts, the Giordano family accepted the request received from the Danish industrial group SANOVO TECHNOLOGY GROUP, world leader in...
Hy-Line donation funds future research
Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, along with its sister company, Hy-Line North America, the largest commercial layer chick distributor in...
Celebrating 100 years of Petersime electric incubators
This year, Petersime celebrates a milestone in its long history, which started exactly 100 years ago with the invention of the world’s first electric...
EU Commission flags shortcomings in Chinese poultry and rabbit controls
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) carried out an audit in China in November 2025, published on February 19,...
Cobb500 – The best broiler on the EuroTier Exhibition in Hanover 2018
Best feed conversion, visible excellent uniformity, robust animal health and outstanding breeding characteristics. All this makes the broiler Cobb500 currently the best broiler on...
14th International Feed Regulators Meeting
The 14th annual International Feed Regulators Meeting (IFRM) organized by the International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization...
GROUPE GRIMAUD to transmit HUBBARD to AVIAGEN GROUP
After 12 years of development in broilers genetics, GROUPE GRIMAUD transmits HUBBARD to AVIAGEN GROUP who will acquire 100% of the company shares.
GROUPE GRIMAUD...
Aviagen mourns loss of industry icon
David Butler helped build the Ross brand globally; he will be greatly missed.
Former Aviagen® Technical Director David E. Butler sadly passed away on June...
ECS introduces a new tray for turkey, duck and geese eggs
Twinpack Special Products introduces a new tray for turkey, duck and geese eggs, complementary to the EggsCargoSystem.
They developed the XXL tray especially for 20...
Bess Lab – DACS MagFan ONe best in test
DACS energy efficient ventilation systems significantly reduce operating cost compared to the competition. This without compromising the in-house climate or the production results. With...
Dutch Poultry Expo 2019
The Dutch Poultry Expo 2019 will be held from 19 to 20 March, at the Hardenberg Event Hall in Hardenberg, Netherlands, focussing on the...
Petersime’s hatchery technology advances
Petersime’s hatchery technology allows an easy control of all incubation processes.
Peace of mind with Petersime’s new Hatchery Alert System™
Trustworthy, state-of-the-art and dummy-proof. These are...
New €8.7 million financing to boost Zambian poultry processing
The proposed poultry processing project by Zambia's biggest poultry company, Hybrid Poultry Farm Ltd (HPFL), has received a major boost after obtaining a US$10...
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: available vaccines and vaccination strategies
The European Union (EU) has experienced an epidemic of HPAI in wild and domestic birds in recent years. Areas with dense populations of poultry farms are at particular...
34th Australian Poultry Science Symposium
The Poultry Research Foundation, in conjunction with WPSA - Australian Branch announced the 34th Australian Poultry Science Symposium at @ Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde...
Considerations for effective vermin control
Vermin are considered to be wild animals that are believed to be harmful to crops and livestock or carry disease. Therefore, the definition of...
NWO OTP grant awarded to WUR project aimed at head start for day-old chicks
The immune system of a chicken starts in the egg. Validated tools to assess how incubation conditions influence immune development are lacking. A new...
MEAA Meeting in Dublin adds value to Ross brand
Compartmentalization for security of supply and getting the most from Ross broiler breeders were at the top of the agenda.
Organized by the Ross TMEA...
Ross UK 2020 Flock Award winners are the best of the best
The Aviagen® UK team recently honored their 2020 Ross® Flock Award winners. Commercial and Technical Managers Niamh Molloy and Glenn Bushell arranged visits to...
New opportunities for Roxell in South America and Asia
Roxell recently signed a contract with two new distributors. The company is expanding their market in Cambodia and gaining a new distributor in Ecuador....
Vegetable meat? Practically a fake
Vegetable meat is in fact a fake. It is so for many reasons, which the readers of More About Chicken will be able to...
Ventilation is important to flock health
Aviagen Anadolu’s production management school highlights importance of ventilation to flock health, welfare and performance. Ventilation is hot topic in Production Management School portfolio.
Aviagen®...
New website for Roxell
Roxell, the worldwide innovative leader in house equipment for poultry and pig companies has just announced the launch of their new website.
The new Roxell website...
Keep control. Marel Poultry at IPPE 2019
Marel Poultry will participate in the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) 2019, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia USA, at the Georgia World Congress...
MSD Animal Health expands facility in Milton Keynes, UK
MSD Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA, announced continued expansion activities of its manufacturing, packaging and warehousing facility...
Serious Listeria infections rising in Europe, EU report warns
Changing diets and an ageing population may be contributing to a rise in serious Listeria infections across Europe, according to the new EU One...
MHP celebrates New Ross 140 Club Members in Ukraine
Exclusive Club recognizes stockmanship excellence and true commitment. Ukrainian poultry integrator MHP is celebrating the high achievements of both their Parent Stock departments. Peremoga...
Jamesway Incubator Company signs three new agents
Global markets are expanding and the demand for poultry is growing internationally, so it is with great pleasure that Jamesway announces partnerships with 3...
Sustainability themes drive automation with Marel Poultry
Sustainability themes such as carbon footprint, carcass balance as well as animal welfare and food safety are stimulating new automated technologies in the poultry...
MSD Animal Health calls for Poultry Science Award submissions
Applications Due by April 27, 2018. MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the United States and Canada) is proud to announce...
Roxell celebrates its 50th anniversary with Employees’ Day
On the 9th of June, Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automatic feed, drink and heating systems for poultry and pigs, celebrated its 50th anniversary...
Cobb celebrates new location and growth potential
City officials, poultry industry representatives and Cobb-Vantress, Inc. team members came together earlier this month to commemorate the company's recent decision to expand local...
International rendering symposium to examine industry challenges and opportunities in the rendering industry at...
The rendering industry is vital to the sustainability of animal agriculture. Every year, renderers safely convert more than 50 billion pounds of inedible animal...
France introduces updated Salmonella protocol for laying hen farms
The French Ministry of Agriculture has rolled out a revised national protocol for managing Salmonella in laying hen flocks, developed in collaboration with the...
Cobb new GP operation in Turkey
Five years after its first chicks hatched, Cobb Turkey announced plans to invest more than €2 million ($2.353 million) to create a grandparent stock...
The next 2019 Ippe
The International Production & Processing Expo IPPE continues to evolve and grow to meet the needs of its attendees and exhibitors.
In the past six...
Let’s Talk Poultry Webinar Series
Webinar host, Rebecca Tierney, Teagasc Poultry Advisor will be joined by guest presenters each webinar to discuss prominent topics such as the benefits of...
Valery Technologies
After many years of activity inside Giordano Poultry Plast business, thanks to the ever-increasing feedback and the entrepreneurial desire to make a decisive leap in the...
USPOULTRY Foundation Sponsors National FFA Food Science and Technology Career Development Event Students to...
The top 10 teams of the Food Science and Technology Career Development Event (CDE) have been invited to attend the International Poultry Expo (IPE), part...
Denmark and the Netherlands report new H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in poultry flocks
Two new outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) have been confirmed this week in Denmark and the Netherlands, affecting more than 220,000 birds...
Elanco closes acquisition of Bayer Animal Health
Scale and capabilities of the combined company position Elanco for the long term as a leader in the attractive, durable animal health industry. Transaction...
Big Dutchman acquires French distributor Matavicol Industrie
The Big Dutchman group from Vechta, Germany, has taken over one of its long-term distribution partners in France.
“Matavicol Industrie, based in Le Theil-de-Bretagne,...
Pas Reform announces new Service Center in Indonesia
Pas Reform is launching PT Pas Reform Pratama Mulya – a new Service and Support Center, located at Desa Karang Pakuan, near Bandung in West Java. Headed by Service and Maintenance Manager, Mr....
Georgia-based Warrior Systems joins Pas Reform North America
Pas Reform North America has successfully completed the integration of the staff and operations of Warrior Systems – a family owned business based in...
Patterns of global egg trade in 2017
In October 2019, FAO published a complete data set for global egg trade in 2017 at country level. This allows an overview on the...
Pedigree expansion approaches the Centennial anniversary
Starting in June of 2018, Walpole’s pedigree program has expanded in all current farm locations. The planned pedigree growth continues in 2020 and through...
Aviagen Turkeys update Breeder and Commercial Management Guidelines
The aim of these booklets is to support turkey producers and help them achieve optimum performance from their birds.
The booklets draw attention to essential...
TU/e and Marel partner up in new AI lab
The highly acclaimed Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands has set up a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) lab, together with four industrial...
How a European poultry group saved millions by linking farm and factory data
A new session in the Poultry 5.0 Masterclass Series will take place on April 7, 2026 at 14:00 (Lisbon time, GMT), focusing on the...
VIV Africa Heads West: Abidjan to Host the First Côte d’Ivoire Edition in 2027
VNU Europe (Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs), organizer of VIV Worldwide, will launch VIV Africa in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, creating an annual, alternating hub for the...
Marel Poultry and Harim Korea go sky high
Marel Poultry has been chosen to equip one of the world's largest poultry processing plants. The Harim company in South Korea will install four...
Royal Pas Reform appoints new agent for Argentina and Uruguay
Royal Pas Reform is pleased to announce the appointment of Buenos Aires-based AgroScrum S.A. as the company’s representative for Argentina and Uruguay.
Led by...
23rd Congress of the European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition
The 23rd Congress of the European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition will be held in Turin, Italy from 18 to 20 September 2019.
The...
Hy-Line International hosts near record Technical School
Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, recently hosted a near record-breaking technical school. The four-day Hy-Line International Technical School attracted more...
LEAP launches guidelines on the environmental performance of feed additives
IFIF is pleased to announce the official release of the LEAP guidelines on the environmental performance of feed additives in livestock supply chains, which were ...
Cobb celebrates cuccess as Asia Pacific breed of choice
A significant expansion in Asian Pacific sales of the Cobb500 broiler breeder during the past three years has led Cobb to become the region’s...
Roxell launches Titan, the largest feeder pan on the market for large turkeys
On February 6, Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automatic feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, is launching Titan, a new automatic feeding system for...
Cobb Germany seminar for Ukraine and Belarus
The growing technical skills of Ukrainian and Belarus broiler producers is now paying dividends, Cobb regional market manager Vasyl Babych told more than 100 participants at the...
Aviagen Group restructures global Welfare, Sustainability and Compliance Team
In an ongoing endeavor to strengthen its success in “Breeding for Welfare and Sustainability,” Aviagen® Group is pleased to announce that Tim Burnside has...
New approach to transfers beneficial genes between breeds
Gene-editing approach transfers beneficial genes between breeds to produce offspring with useful characteristics.
White Leghorn chickens had a naturally occurring change to their genes amended,...
A brand new tray for quail eggs
Twinpack Special Products from Barneveld, The Netherlands, developed a brand new tray for quail eggs.
“Globally there is no tray available which can be stacked...
Prinzen Palletiser, the latest addition to the Prinzen product range
To meet the increasing demand of further mechanization in automated egg handling the Prinzen Palletiser is the latest addition to the Prinzen product range....
Cobb champion award winners named in Europe, Middle East and Africa
Eight top-performing Cobb Vantress customers across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) were recently named champions based on their outstanding performance during 2018.
The...
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