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The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (Bfrepa) is calling on farmers to send in their contracts with a view to drawing up a ǣmodelǥ arrangement between primary producers and [...]

A respiratory disease has risen four places up in an American survey of health issues in turkeys that ranks their economic impact. Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ORT) was ranked as the third [...]

Completely removing antibiotics from poultry production in the USA has compromised bird health and added cost, according to new analysis. American fast food companies and major supermarkets have, in recent [...]

Searching through hundreds of news stories to find any mention of 'egg' or 'poultry' in 2012 can build a general picture of just how the outside world views our industry. [...]

Greg Pennington OAKLANDS FARM EGGS, SHROPSHIRE * Nobody can doubt Greg Pennington's thirst for knowledge - even when this involves researching the behaviour of laying hens throughout the 24-hour cycle. [...]

For almost all the newspapers, the threat to the supply of Christmas turkeys posed by this latest outbreak of avian influenza was the one concern they chose to highlight. None [...]

A new research paper has praised eggs as a natural health food and diet aid, following improvements in safety and nutritional value during the 25 years since the salmonella crisis [...]

Successful pullet rearing in winter requires good litter quality to be maintained until the birds move to their laying quarters. In the previous article, Justin Emery of ADAS explained that [...]

An engineering student hailing from a poultry farm has built a novel device for laying out chick crumb and paper automatically. Richard Halleron paid him a visit Northern Ireland has [...]

Every year, hundreds of academic papers relevant to poultry are published, with their findings often trickling down to farms in subsequent months. Tony McDougal picks out some of the best [...]

The impact of coccidiosis on the poultry industry is massive. A 1999 paper put the global cost to production and control at more than $5bn each year. Subclinical cases will [...]

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is set to reduce its campaigning budget next year as it bids to cope with the UK's decision to exit the European Union. In papers [...]

Further intensification of EU agriculture will impair sustainability and impact on animal welfare, according to a paper released by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) ahead the international climate change negotiations [...]

Egg boxes produced from a mixture of ryegrass and recycled paper have hit UK supermarket shelves for the first time. Retailer Waitrose, in association with egg packer Stonegate, launched the [...]

Harper Adams University undergraduate Bronwen Jones has won this year's Friedrich Jacob Scholarship, for her paper looking at alternatives to soya meal in poultry production. Sponsored by MSD Animal Health, [...]

The idea of teaching producers how to do their job would normally see them reaching for the paper shredder. After all, how can a pimply academic in a classroom possibly [...]

Health experts are telling women not to avoid eggs when pregnant, nor to delay giving them to their babies. A review paper published in the Journal of Health Visiting concludes [...]

* Poultry processors are in danger of losing out substantially from an on-going review of meat inspection charges by the Food Standards Agency. A paper presented to the most recent [...]

Major poultry processor Grampian could soon pass into foreign hands, according to a recent report in The Times. The paper claimed that at least three bidders are putting the finishing [...]

Imagine a world where pen and paper are redundant, where production problems are corrected almost before they happen, and where producers are once again free to do what they do [...]

THE FUTURE for UK poultry is that of a worldwide player excelling in quality, innovation and zero waste, according to this year's Temperton fellow who presented his paper at the [...]

PAUL HOCKING awarded the President's Prize for the best paper to Athanasios Pappas (pictured), SAC. The study showed an increased level of selenium in chicks for two weeks post-hatch whose [...]

It is generally accepted that necrotic enteritis is a poultry disease, and that the causative agent is NetB positive Clostridium perfringens. Nevertheless, the mere administration of a pathogenic Clostridium perfringens [...]

Welcome to this year's Contact Finder. Simply look up the product or service you require in the following Buyers Guide (p34-36) to find a list of suppliers, and then check [...]

Professor Ilias Kyriazakis, professor of animal health and management at Newcastle University and project coordinator, said he believed the link between academia and industry across Europe - forged on past [...]

FH Wastling & Sons is a great example. Located on the outskirts of Hull, in East Yorkshire, the farm is a mixed enterprise comprising a contracting business, arable farming, pig [...]

In the UK chicken breast is by far the preference for shoppers, with thighs and wings largely exported to European and third countries. The value in a whole chicken is [...]

Professor Ilias Kyriazakis, professor of animal health and management at Newcastle University and project coordinator, said he believed the link between academia and industry across Europe Çô forged on past [...]

Most broilers in the US now grow to more than 6lbs, more than twice as large as in 1955, and the entire process takes 23 days fewer than 60 years [...]

Water is often described as the forgotten nutrient - its quality is vital for bird health and performance, but it can play second fiddle to feed. Wendy Short considers the [...]

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Few producers have time to surf for the sake of it, but it can be time well spent. Whether it is to find a spare part, suss out technical information, [...]

Feeding system offers four modes Abasage Systems 67 A NEW broiler feeding system and nest box from Landmeco will be launched on the Abasage stand. The Landmeco broiler pan feeding [...]

A cross-referenced A-Z of organisations (pages 16-19) and managers (pages 20-29) with telephone numbers A 2 SISTERS FOOD PRODUCTS (Singh) AAW POULTRY CONSULTANCY (Warner) A1 EGG PACKERS (Butler, Cox) ABASAGE [...]

Ensuring poultry rations stimulate gizzard development is a far better way to increase feed conversion than focusing entirely on pellet durability. According to Adam Sacranie, a nutritionist with Avia-gen, it [...]

Strengthening broiler legs through nutrition, management Tremendous progress has been made by geneticists over the last 50 years in increasing the growth rate of broiler chickens. This has brought many [...]

Brazilian poultry is often perceived in the EU as having a poor image in terms of animal welfare, food hygiene and the environment with media stories claiming that farmers are [...]

CLAIMING TO be the largest exhibition for livestock and poultry production and management, poultry producers found plenty of innovations ranging from simple lighting systems to 90,000-egg incubators. As usual, Big [...]

Attend any technical meeting for poultry producers and, almost regardless of the health issue, the primary control measure is ensuring good biosecurity on farm. It comes up time and again, [...]

The likes of responsive websites, engaging with PR companies or even professional photo shoots are normally reserved for fairly major operators. Smaller seasonal producers tend to rely on the farm [...]

Nutrition is a key driver for poultry health, performance and efficiency. Tony McDougal considers some of the latest advances in feed science Enzymes efficacy questioned Enzyme additions to broiler diets [...]

Insect protein in poultry diets promises a host of bird performance and sustainability benefits. While the future looks bright, a new report reveals there is a long way to go. [...]

Most people welcome the onset of summer, but for poultry producers it brings the threat of a fly population explosion. No matter how careful you are, flies will migrate and [...]

Global poultry production faces immense challenges from the emergence and evolution of avian influenza strains, according to a leading scientist battling to combat the disease. Munir Iqbal, head of the [...]

* Cameras viewing broilers in a shed may soon be able to indicate whether a flock will test positive for Campylobacter as early as 10 days into its cycle. Research [...]

When it comes to free-range poultry production, things don't get much more au naturel than they do for the geese and turkeys at Steve Childerhouse's Great Grove Poultry in Norfolk. [...]

Getting broiler chicks eating early pays dividends in the long term. Edward Diehl explains the techniques With feed accounting for up to 70% of total production costs, efficiency of use [...]

* Christmas turkey growers are anticipating increased margins this winter, as prices to customers and production costs head in opposite directions. Addressing the Anglian Turkey Association's annual marketing meeting in [...]

New broiler breeder units are few and far between, so when Richard Maltby decided to create two new sheds at Ladylands Farm, it was with a completely blank piece of [...]