ABOVE: MANE workshop participants set up a shed. THE Australian chicken meat industry has successfully completed a nationwide series of modified atmosphere nitrogen euthanasia training workshops, bringing together industry and government stakeholders to strengthen Australia’s preparedness for a major emergency animal disease response. Held across key poultry-producing regions in Queensland, NSW, Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania…
November 2026 headlines: Industry completes national MANE training workshops A year for reflection with growing demand and ongoing challenges Victoria lifts poultry lockdown as bird flu threat persists in wildlife No effective water hygiene without biofilm removal Eggs all day every way Fanciers prepare for H5N1 Investigation puts egg supply controls under scrutiny Tamworth’s $600m…
ABOVE: Michael Leahy from Aviagen, Nick Rodgers from Ingham’s, Dr Mehdi Toghyani and Professor Mingan Choct. THERE is plenty happening at Poultry Hub Australia, but the most significant update this month is the appointment of our incoming director Professor Mehdi Toghyani. We were delighted to recently welcome Mehdi to Armidale for a day-long familiarisation visit…
October 2026 headlines: ACMF joins industry leaders at AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award New director for Poultry Hub Australia Aussie egg farmers take World Egg Day to Canberra A first for supermarket nature reporting Bulletproof pumps for wastewater at Bush’s Proteins Latest H5 avian influenza developments H5 bird flu vaccination rolling out across Australia to protect…
ABOVE: Moving entirely from the existing production mix to free range and organic systems could increase greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent and almost double the amount of land required. A WHOLESALE shift to free range and organic egg production could increase greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent and almost double land use, according to…
September 2026 headlines: ACMF represents industry at FoodPro and Meat Business Women events EFA’s strategic plan delivering for Australian egg farmers Avian influenza update Cage free egg shift could equal increased emissions and land use Bird flu facts from Dr Ron Granville H5N1 study reinforces need for broader livestock surveillance Looking back on bird flu…
DOCTOR Lee Campbell is a comparative immunologist whose research investigates how Australian wildlife species respond to different pathogens. Her background includes research in avian immunology and avian influenza, including host responses to highly and low pathogenic avian influenza viruses. She is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Sydney School of Veterinary Science at the University of…
August 2026 headlines: ACMF partners to cultivate next generation of poultry careers Women in ag leading future of egg industry New RSPCA standard creates compliance pathway for Better Chicken Commitment H5N1 in Australia and why wild birds matter to poultry Inghams makes strategic investment in Australian food technology start-up WEO hatching plans for sustainable egg…
ABOVE: H5N1 positive birds in Australia. AUSTRALIA entered a new phase of avian influenza preparedness on June 20, 2026 when authorities confirmed the first mainland detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a wild bird in southern Western Australia. The virus was identified in a dead brown skua near Cape Le Grand National Park, east…
July 2026 headlines: First MANE workshop launched by ACMF as High5 Project strengthens national HPAI preparedness Poultry Hub Australia update Australia’s first in-ovo sexed chicks delivered in commercial layer industry EFA celebrates its 10-year anniversary WA H5N1 bird flu detection and what Australian poultry producers need to know Slow Food Movement lives on Australian Poultry…