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…
October 2023 poultry industry headlines: PCPP’s 2023 Poultry School Cultivating the future chicken meat industry workforce QUEP CEO John Coward resigns Shelling out for smoked eggs Making food security an Australian priority Online registration portal open for APSS 2024 Challenges for Australia’s poultry industry coming Inaugural Chicken Meat Consortium New look website for Australian…
ABOVE: An Australian free range egg farm. Some diseases lead to the destruction of entire flocks and can spread to neighbouring properties. During the first half of this year, we saw outbreaks of various diseases in laying flocks in some parts of Australia that had unwanted consequences for egg producers. Quite a few diseases lead…
September 2023 poultry industry headlines: UNE’s Farming Futures Expo 2023 Chicken welfare top of pecking order at research awards Useful disease information Priceless poultry saves in every way Help shape application of biosec protection levy Australian farm debt skyrockets Local producers excited as micro abattoir draws closer Environmental footprint research into farmed chicken and…
August 2023 poultry industry headlines: Cheap egg source in limbo Bridging knowledge and application gap Phase out lacking NFF responds to ag meeting PHA Industry Research Funding 2023 call for applications Resisting for resistance’s sake Sustainability indicator comparisons Australian Poultry Science Symposium 2024 Egg carton provider celebrates 30 year anniversary Ingham’s gets purchase go-ahead…
ABOVE: Traceability is mission-critical for the egg industry. A project designed to further the adoption of traceability in the Australian egg industry has concluded, providing Australian egg farmers with a raft of new tools to trace the path of eggs across their farms. Traceability improves food safety outcomes, enabling farmers to quickly identify the sources…
ABOVE: Conventional cage eggs have the least risk of being impacted by disease. Photo: Klaus Nielsen In July 2023, a joint meeting of the federal and all state agriculture ministers is expected to endorse an updated version of the Australian Animal Welfare Standards and Guidelines for Poultry. This document applies to all industries that work…
ABOVE: The Fook Wong chicken name comes from a merging of the Chinese words ‘fook’ meaning happiness and ‘wong’ meaning to feel royal. Australia’s taste for specialty poultry is undergoing a transformation with home-grown Asian-inspired chickens, cockerel and game birds making their way into more restaurants, retail spaces, and home cooks’ kitchens than ever before.…
ABOVE: The age of broilers has a significant effect on how well they digest and absorb energy-yielding nutrients and amino acids. meat The age of broilers has a significant effect on how well they digest and absorb energy-yielding nutrients and amino acids. The capacity of the digestive tract to digest and absorb nutrients is limited…
July 2023 poultry industry headlines: Oz safer than ever with new industry traceability tools Poultry Hub Australia onwards and upwards Egg industry stalwarts retire from family-run farm When two roosters are on same menu Egg Farmers of Australia Industry Recognition Awards Tickets on sale for AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award gala dinner ACMF’s new deputy…