Agricultural Commodities
Agricultural publisher Misset is pleased to announce that as of September 1, Marieke Ploegmakers will be the new All About Feed editor.
Genomics has been used to study breed formation and the roots of modern broilers.
A new female breeding bird that promises to give the industry outstanding efficiency throughout the whole production chain will be commercially available later this summer.
Running a large pedigree Brahman beef herd in Botswana takes up a lot of time especially when Wayside Brahman Stud is also home to a game farm, commercial beef feedlots, holiday chalets and an 18 hole golf course. However, the Munger family who own the farm also saw a niche market for eggs and set up their own layer houses a number of years ago with huge success.
Signs are growing that the Brazilian poultry sector is coming out of the doldrums as it begins to win back some of its lost export market.
Nowadays, modern layers are able to achieve extremely high performances. For instance, they are capable of producing 366 eggs at 80 weeks and 437 eggs at 95 weeks with an average egg size of 63.1g. To reach this level of performance, one key to success is to achieve a successful 18-week pullet rearing period.
Airborne transmission is likely to have played a role in spreading the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain that devastated the US poultry industry in 2015, resulting in over $3.2bn in economic impacts. In less than 7 months, 232 farms in 15 states and over 50 million birds were infected.
Hot off the press as we would say, 2 companies, Vetworks and Roodbont Publishers have joined efforts to bring the Broiler Signals Online Study Centre, an online learning platform.
Just recently the renowned nutrition and health company DSM introduced the new enzyme Balancius onto the European market. “It’s the first enzyme targeting dead cells and unlocking their nutritional potential,” says DSM vice president Enzymes and Eubiotics Sebastian Marten. He continues: “This is an absolute breakthrough innovation and we are very bold about this.”
China’s leading poultry company has seen first half year profits climb by more than 50%, helping offset losses in the pig sector caused by African Swine Fever (ASF).
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