waste

Study to utilise human food waste as animal feed

There is renewed interest in utilising food waste as animal feed due to its potential benefits in reducing feed cost and environmental impact while improving global food security. The study ‘Feeding recycled food waste improved feed efficiency in laying hens from 24 to 43 weeks of age’ was conducted by researchers from the University of…

industry

Challenges for Australia’s poultry industry coming

The poultry industry is the number one supplier of quality animal protein sources for human consumption. It does not matter whether you focus on the ethics of food production or the essence of food production, from a global food security and sustainability point of view, it is essential have a prosperous and advanced poultry industry.…

chicken

Cultivating the future chicken meat industry workforce

To meet the needs of a growing population of chicken meat lovers, with the average Australian now consuming 1kg of chicken a week, the new AgriFutures Cultivate Program aims to build the poultry workforce one student at a time. AgriFutures has partnered with the chicken meat industry to launch the traineeship, which provides an unparalleled…

googy

Get cracking cobber and boil a googy for the nation

Australians are urged to get cracking and boil-up a googy to mark World Egg Day. Egg Farmers of Australia chief executive officer Melinda Hashimoto said the term ‘googy-egg’ was strange and uniquely Aussie. “The English and Scottish have a similar word – ‘goggie’ – as a child’s term for egg,” Ms Hashimoto said. “But Aussie…