Singaporean company The Privé Group has committed to a 100% cage free egg supply chain, signalling a further shift in the Asian food industry towards higher welfare products. In recent months, other companies have made similar global cage-free egg commitments [...]
Sales and profits tumbled for third largest US poultry producer Sanderson Farms in its fiscal third quarter with the company facing not just a seasonal down-turn but also rising feed costs and a domestic glut of meat. The figures, which [...]
Beak treatments will formally be banned in the Netherlands from next year, but the market has moved ahead of legislation. Poultry World discovers how farms are managing the change. From the beginning of September, members of the Netherlands’ largest egg [...]
Just-weaned piglets thrive when humic acids are added to their diets. That conclusion was drawn by researchers from the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, as reported by the German publication Wochenblatt für Landwirtschaft und Landleben. Higher feed intake and ADG The researchers [...]
In this globalised world, information is available everywhere. On the web, there are lists of virtually everything, from hotels to universities – and farming should be no exception. Now how can benchmarking improve farming? Health and nutrition expert Edgar [...]
In feed mills, dust should be controlled to safeguard the health of the employees and the environment and to prevent dust explosions. So what is dust exactly? The dust with a particle size of less than 10μm, usually floating in [...]
Brazilian researchers looked at the possibility to increase extruder productivity without elevating electric energy consumption, an important economic consideration for dog food production efficiency. The research paper, to be published in the September issue of Animal Feed Science and Technology, [...]
As the largest pig producer and consumer in the world, China is facing increasing challenges in preventing and controlling complicated pig diseases. Recent ASF break is another example. Moreover, low production efficiency, environmental pollutions, and increasing labour and feed [...]
Earlier this month the UK updated and issued a new welfare code for laying hens and pullets. The update is part of a programme of reforms designed to enhance the welfare of animals Words Melanie Epp “This code was carefully consulted on [...]
UK – Food businesses across the UK are being encouraged to ‘trust the Lion’ and rely on British Lion eggs and egg products – for both surety of supply and food safety – ahead of the UK’s departure from [...]
