HPAI continues to circulate across Europe with nearly 4,900 reported outbreaks in 33 countries
Europe is facing continued circulation of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), with surveillance data confirming widespread activity across both wild and domestic bird populations.
According...
Aviagen demonstrates commitment to the poultry industry at VIV Europe 2018
The Aviagen team looks forward to welcoming customers and poultry industry associates from around the world to its stand 11 C010 at VIV Europe 2018....
Two genetic mutations linked to heightened risk in North American H5N1 strain
New research has identified two mutations in the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus that help explain why the North American lineage behaves...
Socorex, new fixed volume animal injection syringes
The Swiss made Socorex® syringes with spring-loaded plunger and three-way valve system include eight new fixed volume models starting from 0.2 mL until 10...
Aviagen Latin America invests $4 million in Great Grandparent facility
Aviagen continues to strengthen its operations in Latin America, as demand steadily increases throughout the region.
Global poultry breeding companyAviagen®, has added a fourth farm...
Roy Mutimer appointed Managing Director of Cobb Europe
Cobb-Vantress veteran Roy Mutimer recently accepted the role of managing director for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, bringing him back to...
Top management changes to realize future ambitious plans at Hendrix Genetics
Hendrix Genetics ambitious Vision 2020 plan calls for significant growth and investment. A successful transition of the organization structure is part of the plan...
EuroTier China trade fair
EuroTier China will include a comprehensive technical programme for all areas of the livestock sector - Event will offer a comprehensive overview of global...
Award for best pitch Q-Perch
During the 7th International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level (WAFL) Vencomatic Group was rewarded for the best...
2021 IPPE Marketplace and Product Showcase
More than 70 innovative products and services to be featured through the 2021 IPPE Marketplace Innovation Station / New Product Showcase.
The digital 2021 International...
Hy-Line Distributor opens world’s largest layer hatchery
Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, recently commemorated the grand opening of the world’s largest layer hatchery by Huayu Agricultural Technology...
Playing in the top league with the Cobb500
A new award has been introduced by Cobb Germany for the best broiler performance by a Cobb500 flock and has been won by Markus...
36 students granted $5,000 by MSD
MSD Animal Health and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe are delighted to announce that 36 students out of 161 applicants, from all over...
Aviagen President of International Business Bob Dobbie to Retire
Aviagen customers in Asia Pacific benefit from his commitment, expertise and passion.After more than 43 years of dedicated service to the global poultry industry,...
News on animal transportation
Following the recent vote in the European Parliament on the Recommendation for revision of animal transport legislation, Copa and Cogeca wish to echo Commissioner...
Newcastle disease reappears in Germany after 30 years
A case of Newcastle disease (ND), officially classified as atypical avian influenza, has been confirmed in the German state of Brandenburg — the first...
SPACE 2019: a great success
SPACE 2019 took place from 10 to 13 September at the Rennes Exhibition Centre, in France. This thirty-third edition was a great success and...
Growth begins in the gut
In the race to replace antibiotics on Canadian poultry farms, some producers have successfully adopted yeast-based prebiotic supplements. But there’s more potential to enhance...
Hubbard Pedigree Operations in Walpole expanding
Investment on the Hubbard Pedigree Operations in Walpole, N.H., US intended to continue performance improvements of Hubbard birds through balanced breeding.
An effort is currently...
Aviagen group collaboration ensures security of supply for breeding chicks to Bangladesh
On May 29, Global poultry breeding company Aviagen® and sister company Hubbard®, along with their customers in Bangladesh, an airline, freight forwarders, Ministry of...
Discover Award-winning Innovations from Big Dutchman Asia at VIV Asia 2025
Big Dutchman Asia is set to make a major impact at VIV Asia 2025, showcasing cutting-edge innovations designed to revolutionize livestock farming.
This year, we...
FAO highlights contribution of animal source foods to healthy diets
FAO’s Committee on Agriculture requested a comprehensive, science- and evidence-based global assessment of the contribution of livestock to food security, sustainable food systems, nutrition...
Aviagen and PPR Broiler celebrate a decade of successful cooperation
On June 12 and 13 Aviagen® and its Ross® grandparent customer PPR Broiler together hosted a seminar in the Republic of Belarus, taking the...
Cobb-Europe partners with RCL Foods on training series on pullet rearing
RCL Foods and Cobb Europe joined together to conduct a series of intensive training sessions on pullet rearing in South Africa. The sessions focused...
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...
2018 VIV Europe: a big success for everybody!
VIV Europe in its latest edition at the Jaarbeurs Utrecht showground in The Netherlands has justified being described as the World Expo from feed...
Roxell is expanding the range of MiniMax™ feeder pans
Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automated feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, is expanding its range of MiniMax™ feeder pans. Roxell’s round feeder pan...
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...
WEO celebrates global egg industry excellence at the 2025 Awards
At its Global Leadership Conference held in Cartagena, Colombia, the World Egg Organisation (WEO) honoured leading figures and companies from the international egg sector...
Expanding poultry processor commits to sustainability and robotics
Avicarvil is a leading poultry producer, processor and retailer in Romania with an annual farming and processing capacity of over 30 million chickens/year. The...
MSD Animal Health partners with Vinovo for enhanced poultry health
MSD Animal Health, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., USA, one of the world leaders in animal vaccines, announced a partnership...
EW Nutrition welcomes Jan Vanbrabant as new CEO
VISBEK (Germany), 1 September 2023 — EW Nutrition, a leading global provider of functional animal nutrition solutions, welcomes Jan Vanbrabant as its new Chief...
Roxell launches Oxsano™ tunnel fan in fiberglass with innovative motor
Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automated feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, launches the Oxsano™ variable speed tunnel fan in fiberglass. This is because...
VIV Asia 2025: the premier hub for the animal protein industry
VIV Asia 2025, the leading international trade show for the animal protein production industry, is set to return to Bangkok from March 12 to...
Roxell introduces a new Infrared Heat Experience with the Quad-Glow 100
The Quad-Glow 100 is an important step in the product development strategy of Roxell.
According to Michael Osterman, Product Owner at Roxell, outside of feed...
Research evaluates possible interaction between xylanase usage and butyrate in broiler performance
AB Vista research presented at the 2018 Poultry Science Association Annual Meeting, held in San Antonio, Texas from July 23rd to 26th, evaluated the...
MPF Convention announces rebrand to the PEAK
The Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) Board of Directors is excited to announce that after 51 fabulous years known as the Midwest show, the MPF...
Upcoming events for the poultry and livestock industries
Main poultry shows and meetings scheduled in 2022. Conferences, workshops, training courses and other events which focus on poultry production, management, nutrition, diseases and product...
Turkey To Go celebrates 60 years at the Minnesota Turkey State Fair
Turkey To Go, the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association’s (MTGA) food stand at the Minnesota State Fair, celebrated 60 years of selling delicious turkey products...
Munters launches revolutionizing IoT solution in connecting farms and processing plants
Munters is launching a IoT (Internet of Things) solution through their products at the International Production and Processing Expo, using innovative technology in order...
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...
Forum on Russian Agrarian Policy: Product Safety and Quality, from Field to Table
On October 8 and 9, Asti Group, together with the Rosselkhoznadzor, the industry associations and unions, is holding the Forum “Russian Agrarian Policy: Product...
Cobb Europe names Matthew Wilson as Sales and Technical Director
Cobb Europe welcomes Matthew Wilson as Sales and Technical Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Wilson returns to Cobb Europe from his most...
Let’s talk about the importance of calcium
How to optimise muscle function and leg & egg shell strength
The rising demand in commercial layer and parent stock performance increases pressure on the...
EU–Mercosur trade deal: implications for the poultry sector
The European Commission has submitted proposals to the Council for the signature and conclusion of the EU–Mercosur Partnership Agreement (EMPA). If approved, this long-awaited...
EuroTier 2022 with guiding theme “Transforming Animal Farming”
Next EuroTier and EnergyDecentral trade fairs will be held from 15 to 18 November 2022 in Hanover.
The next EuroTier, the world's leading trade fair...
VICTAM and VIV join forces to fuel growth in the Asian market
International trade show organisers behind VIV and VICTAM are combining their events planned for Bangkok, Thailand, in the early part of 2020.
This new partnership...
2019 Turkey Science and Production Conference
The leading meeting turkey science point for the European Turkey Industry – 6th- 8th March, 2019.
Once more back the appointment for all interested...
Pas Reform Academy collaborates with Tyson Foods in the US to train key hatchery...
Pas Reform Academy organized a three-day hatchery training program in collaboration with Tyson Foods.
Royal Pas Reform recognizes the crucial importance of staff operational and...
Cobb-Vantress receives NPIP U.S. Avian Influenza Clean Compartmentalization Certification
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) recently certified Cobb-Vantress U.S. operations as an Avian Influenza (AI) Clean Compartment, helping...
Danit S.r.l., consultancy, design and construction at the service of poultry farmers
Riva Selegg announces the birth of Danit S.r.l, which will be responsible for distributing the Riva product range on the national, African and Asian...
The 2018 IPPE – International Production & Processing Expo is coming!
This year the IPPE show will bring together more than 1,200 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors in Atlanta, Ga. USA from Jan. 30 to Feb....
Aviagen’s Slower-Growing Ranger Gold Makes Inroads Into German Market
Aviagen is pleased to announce that its slower-growing breed, the Ranger Gold™, has been awarded full accreditation by the German animal protection organization Tierschutzlabel,...
Digital Open Day Pondeuses J.L. Inc.
On November 24th, you will have the opportunity to participate at the digital Open Day Pondeuses J.L. Inc. to take a virtual look inside...
New planning director for Cobb Asia-Pacific
Eric Leow has been appointed as planning director for the Cobb Asia-Pacific region, responsible for the coordination of all Asia production centers including
New Zealand,...
AVEC: The Mercosur Safeguard “Will Never Work” for Poultry
The Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU (AVEC) has issued a sharp warning that the safeguard clause in the EU-Mercosur...
Vencomatic Group strengthens position with acquisition of Van Gent Laying nests
The Eersel-based family business Vencomatic Group, developer of sustainable poultry systems, takes over the family business Van Gent Laying nests from Renswoude. Van Gent...
Intracare Hydrocare’s promotion at VIV Asia
We, as Intracare, believe that clean and fresh drinking water is very important for people and also for our animals.
That is why we...
Eddy van Lierde promoted to Global Head of Incubation Services
Aviagen® is pleased to announce that Eddy van Lierde has been named Global Head of Incubation Services, effective from Jan. 2. A search has...
National Poultry Show predicts stronger show for 2020 event
Canada’s longest-standing, industry-led poultry event sees a strong future for the upcoming show, even as the prospect of a second poultry show is expected...
SPACE 2018 – the international exhibition for animal production
SPACE expo, to be held from September 11 to 14 at the Parc-Expo in Rennes, France, will confirm its status as a leading global...
Cobb Europe and RCL Foods continue tradition of excellence, shared expertise
More than 200 poultry professionals and farm managers across southern Africa and Uganda have benefitted from the Cobb Europe and RCL Foods technical school...
Registration Opens for VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2026, Co-Located With VICTAM Asia
Visitor registration is now officially open for VIV Health & Nutrition Asia 2026, the region’s key meeting point for professionals in animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals,...
Aviagen Kft commends latest Ross 140 Club winners in Budapest
Club recognizes hard work and dedication that leads to star breeder performance
Ross® customers in Hungary continue to impress with their award-winning breeder performance....
The new Meyn Automatic feet selection system
The Meyn Footpad Inspection System provides a fully automatic feet selection process complete with camera and product sensing equipment, and now complemented by the...
Advancing Poultry Health: Highlights from USPOULTRY’s 2025 Live Production, Welfare and Biosecurity Seminar
TUCKER, Ga. – Oct. 14, 2025 – At the forefront of poultry production, USPOULTRY’s 2025 Live Production, Welfare and Biosecurity Seminar addressed critical challenges posed...
Dr. Orlando Fernandez Appointed as New Managing Director of Cobb Asia
Dr. Orlando Fernandez has been appointed as the new managing director of Cobb Asia and reports to Pelayo Casanovas, vice president of Cobb Europe,...
An Egg-Citing Poultry Adventure
The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY) and the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, with funding provided by the USPOULTRY Foundation, have launched...
Easy transport for eggs with Arion Fasoli’s dividers
Arion Fasoli showed their products and equipment at the SPACE 2017 with great success.
The company launched a brand new product for poultry farms on...
Jamesway outfits Hendrix’s new hatchery in Nebraska
Hendrix Opening – Grand Island, Nebraska.
Jamesway is proudly awaiting the grand opening in August of a new Hendrix Genetics facility in Grand Island, Nebraska....
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...
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 ...
Aviagen New Zealand Ross 450 Club ends 2020 raising performance bar
With EPEF scores surpassing 500, New Zealand growers keep outdoing their best.
During the first year (July 2019-July 2020) of the new Ross® 450 Club,...
Iowa State University: a new approach to fight Salmonella in poultry
Researchers in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University have discovered an innovative approach to fight bacteria and their...
Aviagen celebrates First Ross 140 Club Award in Saudi Arabia
Aviagen recently welcomed Agricultural Development Company (ADC) to the Ross® 140 Club. ADC earned membership in the prestigious club for its outstanding achievement of 153...
SPACE 2024 : everything for animal farming
The themes of the next SPACE Expo, which will take place from September 17 to 19, 2024, confirms this positioning and ambition: 1,200 exhibitors will...
EuroTier and EnergyDecentral 2021 will take place digitally
In view of the continuing uncertain international situation in conjunction with the corona pandemic, EuroTier, the world's leading trade fair for animal production, and...
Low-cost freezing method to safeguard indigenous poultry
A low-cost freezing technology can safeguard the genetic diversity of indigenous poultry in low- and middle-income countries, a study has found. It is a...
Major investments in Hubbard’s Premium R&D to be prepared for the future
As global leader in the Premium market segment Hubbard
has been involved in the selection and marketing of slower-growing broiler
breeds for more than 50 years....
Poultry Sustainability Framework clears development milestones, set to launch in 2022
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs announced that its full supply chain sustainability assessment tool can be included in chicken, turkey and...
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