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…
October 2019 poultry industry headlines: World Egg Day – October 11 Excellent Ideas Exchange 2019 Bipartisanship sought on animal activists ACMF statement – meat intake and cancer risk Modernising agricultural research and development Activists face five years jail New high-head cutter pumps Finding facts and figures for feathered friends Global Table’s inaugural event a record…
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…
September 2019 poultry industry headlines: Poultry Hub Australia out and about in August Do you want egg production in Australia to cease? Bipartisan solution needed for animal activists Biosecurity New Zealand and industry managing suspected chicken virus The UWA institute of agriculture releases annual research report 2018 Women in Poultry: Jonna May Hernandez Concern over…
August 2019 poultry industry headlines: CEPA sundowner event in Perth PoultryGrad 2019 an inspirational experience Punishment and prevention needed for animal activists Be prepared for hot chooks with fire-resistant feathers Australian Government delivers to protect farmers Better connecting farmers with consumers Field day season – water is the issue India bans the use of a…
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…
THE Australian egg industry has worked closely with authorities to respond to the recent series of salmonella enteritidis incidents. SE has been detected on 11 egg farms in NSW and one in Victoria and all sites have been quarantined and undergone decontamination. Australian Eggs managing director Rowan McMonnies said the efforts of government authorities and…