Agricultural Commodities
As from last year, the most innovative of the international agribusiness meet at the Animal AgTech Summit. Last year held in San Francisco and this September in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Here are 5 initiatives from the poultry industry that you will be hearing more about.
Voluntary organisation PUM Netherlands senior experts (PUM) in The Hague operates in about 30 developing countries around the world. One of the volunteers is former Poultry World editor Ad Bal. He visited Bangladesh last November to discover the best way PUM can offer advice there. He also gave advice to 5 smaller poultry companies.
Egg producer Sunny Queen Australia has aligned its marketing with 8 “mega-trends” to drive sales and improve its market position. The firm’s managing director John O’Hara told the recent International Egg Commission’s Autumn conference how.
Ukraine’s biotechnology company Epikur has posted a petition on the website of the national parliament demanding a limit on the use of in-feed antibiotics in the country. If 25,000 signatures are collected by 5 December 2019, the petition will be debated in parliament to consider whether a draft bill should be brought forward.
After the amazing success of its first ‘Nutrition & Health’ webinar, Poultry World will host a 2nd – on the 19th November at 14:00 hrs CET.
One of the largest ever grants awarded by the US Department of Agriculture has been made to improve poultry production.
In a brand new podcast series called FeedChat, Poultry World and All About Feed, together with Trouw Nutrition are addressing several current issues in the international livestock industry. In the latest podcast we are focusing on the threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Global breeding giant Cobb and the Roslin institute have recently published details of a breakthrough in the preservation of primordial germ cells – essential for keeping records of diverse poultry populations.
Broilers of 4 slow-growing broiler genotypes (Ranger Classic, Ranger Gold, Rowan Ranger and Rambler Ranger) were tested for potential approval of these genotypes for a German animal welfare label programme. Animal-based welfare indicators were assessed after 36 and 44 fattening days.
Avec’s Annual General Assembly was permeated by the major concerns of the European poultry sector surrounding the trade agreement between the Mercosur countries and the European Union. Poultry producers also looked to the future of the European industry. On the whole, the outlook for poultry seems positive.
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