Poultry

Tyson Foods will invest $48 million as part of its commitment to accelerate the long-term growth of its poultry business and continued success of its Arkansas, U.S. poultry plant, company officials said. Nearly 70 jobs will be created by the project, which is expected to be complete by late 2021.

International Poultry Council and International Egg Commission sign a renewed MoU to support continued growth in the egg and poultry industries.

Ceva and GALVmed’s announced PREVENT project to boost prospects for 150,000 backyard poultry producers in Africa.

The review of the current knowledge of the most relevant gut health biomarkers for poultry production are summarized in this article and effect of the probiotic solution Bacillus subtilis DSM 29784 on modulating these markers are also highlighted.

“The ‘Seed, Feed, Weed’ concept is a comprehensive programme developed in order to improve the gut health of birds, whether breeder, broiler or layer. Improved performance has been measured across all types of birds, however if good gut health can be established in the breeding population this will provide the biggest benefit to chick and hence bird performance.”

Sustainability and safeguarding the environment are key issues for the poultry industry. The industry is proactively managing its environmental obligations in the face of toughening environmental legislation and governmental initiatives, particularly where ammonia and nitrogen output is a focus.

Evonik makes follow-on investment into In Ovo to support launch of gender-testing machine for eggs. The technology enables egg producers to avoid killing of male chicks, which is prohibited from 2022 in Germany.

Bühler’s Insect Technology enters a new phase for contributing to a sustainable meat value chain.

The poultry sector, which has an extremely important place in terms of food safety and nutrition, is the fastest growing agricultural sub-sector, especially in developing countries. It is thought that factors such as population growth, income level growth...

Avivagen has announced upcoming research publication highlighting the benefits of OxC-betaTM livestock for broiler poultry. The study will be published soon in leading peer-reviewed journal Poultry Science.