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The Brazilian Lar Cooperativa has announced an investment of € 62 million for new feed mills in Medianeira, Paraná state, amidst strong demand for poultry, mainly from China.
Speculation and rumours on India’s social media platforms over a possible avian link to the deadly coronavirus has dented poultry sales and put the industry in a pickle. Government help is needed to prevent a catastrophe.
Enormous swarms of locusts – about 60 million insects – have caused major devastation to crops and livelihoods in countries in East Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Scientists in Pakistan have come up with a way to turn these critters into chicken feed.
The world’s largest international animal production show EuroTier in Germany will be postponed to February 2021 due to Covid-19. Originally the show was planned to take place 17-20 November of this year.
Numerous agriculture and related organisations have appealed to the Philippines Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to stop issuing import permits for chicken meat, pork, and processed meat products as an oversupply is resulting in the decline of farmgate prices.
From the start of 2021 duck breeding company Grimaud Frères will introduce in-ovo sexing for Muscovy and Mule duck eggs on a commercial scale. The last 5 years the company researched the Lunix sexing solution to come up with a viable and welfare friendly way of sexing birds in the early stage of incubation.
Steps towards sustainable egg production require multi-stakeholder dialogue to find consensus in a world where global demand for eggs is increasing.
New IPC president Robin Horel continues to monitor issues and share guidance with his members in the face of Covid-19, while at the same time keeping a long-term focus on sustainability.
20 million chicks a week are not being placed on farms due to the Covid-19 pandemic, yet third country imports are on the rise, according to a leading European farming organisation.
The Brazilian private sector constantly monitors for international trade limitations and has identified 17 new trade barriers created by different countries all over the world. Between March and May 2020 3 of them hit poultry products.
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