Poultry

The Russian Research Institute of Genetics and Breeding of Agricultural Animals has presented a new laying hen crossbreed, the Russian snow-white. Photo: Anne van der Woude

12-10-2021 | News

New laying hen crossbreed developed in Russia

The manual, which is available in French, English and Portuguese, aims to support commercial egg production in developing countries. Photo: International Egg Foundation

11-10-2021 | News

IEF manual supports egg production in developing countries

World Egg Day honours the highly nutritious and brilliantly versatile egg, highlighting the vast range of unique benefits it brings to people of all ages. Photo: Mockup Graphics and the IEC

08-10-2021 | News

Today we celebrate the 25th World Egg Day

Poland lost as much as 1.8 million broiler breeders due to the AI outbreaks in 2021. Photo: Koos Groenewold

07-10-2021 | News

Polish poultry industry recovers, but market remains rough

The Covid-19 vaccination rate in Korea is increasing, and chicken demand is rising with the resumption of more normal economic activity, including those in the eventing and hospitality sectors. Photo: Sava Bobov

06-10-2021 | News

South Korea’s poultry sector recovers from bird flu

Supply of poultry meat is plentiful, but labour is in short supply due to Covid-19 issues and travel restrictions of workers. Photo: Ruud Ploeg

06-10-2021 | News

Some supply, labour issue in poultry sector following Covid

White striping is a muscle disease that is reported to impact 50-96% of fast-growing chickens and is a consequence of fast growth rates. Photo: Jan Willem Schouten

05-10-2021 | News

White striping widely prevalent in US supermarket chicken

AVEC is keen to see a fair transition towards more sustainable European poultry meat production, but said it was necessary for EU authorities to guarantee and enforce a level playing field with international trade partners. Photo: Lex Salverda

04-10-2021 | News

European poultry meat sector develops Sustainability Charter

The NFU has argued that UK egg producers invested nearly £400m in 2012 when they replaced battery cages, which had led to a big improvement in animal welfare. Photo: Koos Groenewold

04-10-2021 | News

New bid to end cages for UK laying hens launched

The 2 single-floor, cage-free barns in Dong Nai province house 6,000 birds and can bring around 1.5 million cage-free eggs to the market a year. Photo: V.Food

01-10-2021 | News

Vietnam’s first certified cage-free egg brand launched

Farm Visits

25-01-2022 | Article

‘Exploring a niche with smoked eggs’

21-07-2021 | Article

Farm report: Desperate times call for desperate measures

24-05-2021 | Article

US farm pushing forward free-range egg sales

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