Layers

The sector needs to celebrate the naturalness and nutrition of clean label eggs. Photo: Henk Riswick

19-03-2021 | News

Winning strategies to increase egg sales

Egg prices have soared as a result of the culling of millions of birds in South Korea. Photo: Jacqueline Macou

25-02-2021 | News

Bird flu sparks egg shortages in South Korea

The British Egg Industry Council argues that workers should be vaccinated early to ensure the industry has the resources to maintain a consistent supply of food. Photo: Henk Riswick

10-02-2021 | News

Call to prioritise egg production workforce for Covid vaccination

The price for chicken and eggs has increased so sharply primarily because of the high cost of maize, soybeans, and other ingredients used in the production of poultry feed. Photo: Freepik

29-01-2021 | News

Ghana: Feed costs and floods threaten poultry industry

The consequences of a war between officials and business is extremely negative for the economy. Every Ukrainian will experience the negative consequences, said Avangard operational director Vladimir Rudenko. Photo: Henk Riswick

25-01-2021 | News

Avangard to close several production facilities in Ukraine

The move to shut UK schools just days before pupils were due to go back for the Easter term is leaving producers with huge numbers of spare eggs. Photo: Ton Kastermans

22-01-2021 | News

Corona lockdown UK schools poses problems for UK egg sector

Egg patties across 500 Dicos fast-food outlets in China have been replaced by JUST Egg s plant-based egg . Photo: JUST Egg

21-01-2021 | News

Chinese fastfood chain introduces plant-based eggs

Across all poultry species, each crop will require the light intensity to be measured and recorded at bird eye-level to confirm that farms are meeting the standards. Photo: Ronald Hissink

20-01-2021 | News

Poultry farm assurance standard changes

Laboratory tests of eggs from Ukraine revealed microbiological contamination with Salmonella Coeln. Photo: Koos Groenewold

18-01-2021 | News

Ukraine egg export faces salmonella problems

Avian influenza

A study has uncovered specific regions across 9 different areas of the chicken genome where genetic variations appeared to play a role in helping protect chickens from bird flu outbreaks. Photo: Canva

22-11 | News

Genetic clues could help breed chickens resilient to bird flu

Bird flu was detected at a layer farm in the Netherlands. Photo: Bert Jansen

18-11 | News

Avian influenza rears its head all over Europe