July 2019

July 2019 poultry industry headlines: Egg industry responds to new food safety challenges Get set for Ideas Exchange 2019 Queensland agriculture by the numbers A solarium for hens? How to increase the vitamin D content of chicken eggs Australian Eggs condemns acts of animal cruelty Food for thought on the welfare front Getting rid of…

June 2019

June 2019 poultry industry headlines: PHA at Northwest Regional Careers Expo Egg Farmers of Australia update Need for standardising of chicken meat standards Cracking the chicken and the egg dilemma Salmonella enteritidis – a serious issue! Stockyard Industries expands its team and welcomes Tin Phung New ‘no rules’ trading environment unsettles Australian agricultural exports Poultry…

tecno

Tecno Poultry Solutions – now available in Australia and New Zealand

TECNO, an AGCO company, is a world leader in the design and manufacture of commercial egg production equipment. Established for over 40 years, it utilises European-sourced materials, state-of-the-art automated in-house production and design to provide a superior product at a competitive price. Tecno provides a range of products to meet Australian and New Zealand customers’…

Alltech Medal

Dr Richard Murphy to receive Alltech Medal of Excellence

DR Richard Murphy, research director at the Alltech European Bioscience Centre in Dunboyne, Ireland will receive the Alltech Medal of Excellence during ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference when the event returns to Lexington, Kentucky from May 19-21. Murphy is receiving the award for his pioneering work in the areas of organic trace element assimilation, microbial enzyme technology…

May 2019

May 2019 poultry industry headlines: Poultry through the ages New report calls for urgent action to avert worldwide antimicrobial resistance crisis Aspergillosis is a constant challenge New report calls for urgent action to avert AMR crisis Swell memories of duck diving days Strengthening farm biosecurity – is your biosecurity registration current? Action against animal activists…

worm

Are worms a problem?

FREE range production has many positive benefits – exposure to internal parasites is not one of them. This month we discuss one of the challenges facing free range layer farming: intestinal worms. To understand them better, we need to know more about them – their lifecycle, their hosts, their impacts and how best to control…

agrifutures

Chicken meat RD&E off to a flying start for 2019

THE AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program is off to a flying start for 2019, with a change in leadership and a host of new projects in the wings to boost the productivity and efficiency of chicken meat production and deliver safe food and good animal welfare outcomes. Key to determining new program investment for 2019 is…

April 2019

April 2019 poultry industry headlines: Fresh ideas key to the future APSS 2019 breaks records Chicken meat RD&E off to a flying start for 2019 Egg industry responds to community feedback Opportunity opens with change to chicken meat pecking order Are worms a problem? Rewarding biodiversity on farm Egg industry action on food safety North…