RURAL Funds Management Limited, as responsible entity for Rural Funds Group (ASX:RFF) has entered into agreements for the sale of RFF’s poultry assets to ProTen Investment Management Pty Ltd as trustee for ProTen Investment Trust for $72 million, subject to certain conditions. RFF owns 17 broiler chicken farms, 11 of which have an average age…
ON World Egg Day (October 11), Yum Yum Bakery in Guildford, NSW took out the title of having Australia’s Best Egg Dish in the 2019 Eggsellence Awards. Following a nationwide hunt to uncover the most delicious and diverse egg dishes in Australia, Australian Eggs hosted a ‘d-egg-ustation’ pop-up on the eve of World Egg Day…
THE expression ‘run around like a headless chook’, meaning to be very busy doing a lot of things but not effectively, is one saying that even the most organised person can relate to at one time or another. Producers, even those with staff, are faced with a constant pressure to meet the requirements of the…
WITH more than 3000 attendees and a jam-packed program of exhibitors, speakers, young change-makers and more, Global Table set the bar high in its first year. The first-ever Global Table concluded recently with a record-breaking 3037 people attending the event from 29 countries. This makes the event the largest of its kind in the Asia-Pacific…
WORLD Egg Day is celebrated around the world and helps to raise awareness of the benefits of eggs and their importance in human nutrition. What is World Egg Day? World Egg Day was established at the International Egg Commission Vienna 1996 conference when it was decided to celebrate World Egg Day on the second Friday…
BIOSECURITY New Zealand is responding to a possible detection of a poultry virus, Infectious Bursal Disease Virus type 1 in a layer egg farm in Otago. Biosecurity New Zealand response manager David Yard, said, “No birds at the Mainland Poultry farm in Waikouaiti have disease symptoms and the farm itself is under voluntary biosecurity controls…
ALL production systems, conventional cage, aviary, pre-enriched, barn and free range are at risk. Animal activists and vegans are working hard to take out one egg production system at a time and who is working for your business to help stop this? Egg Farmers of Australia are your advocacy organisation for the egg industry. Egg…
ON July 31, following on from the Flock Health and Egg Quality forum held by Australian Eggs, the Commercial Egg Producers Association of Western Australia held its annual Sundowner event at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Perth. The event was well attended by producers and supporters of the egg industry.An address was given by the…
OVER 20 poultry science students attended PoultryGrad 2019 for two days during July in Toowoomba, Queensland. PoultryGrad provides students with the opportunity to meet people from industry and students from other universities. The event enables them to think about and discuss their future careers, build peer networks and discuss how their research can benefit the…
TAKING a more proactive approach to regulation, research and education is the only way to ensure the Australian poultry industry is at the forefront of innovation, particularly while issues such as animal welfare and biosecurity are seen as the catalyst for practice change. That’s according to a report released recently by Jessica Pitkin, a small-scale…