Poultry, eggs, lights, camera, action – the poultry industry and video
Online video is a strong tool for communicating with customers. It is worth questioning how well our videos, or any other communications, really work.
View ArticleIs egg consumption like smoking, or are eggs healthier than ever?
For something so small, so simple and, excuse me for saying so, unoriginal — it has been around for years and is used by more than chickens to bring young into the world — the egg tends to be the focus...
View ArticleWorld Egg Day fast approaching
With World Egg Day due to take place on October 12, any organizers of events should have preparations well underway, but just in case, I thought that it might be worthwhile to offer a few pointers for...
View ArticleGood Chicken, Good Egg — the award winners are?
In many parts of the world, welfare is high on the consumer — and hence retailer — agenda. Any company that does not meet the requirements of large retailers can quickly find itself struck off the...
View ArticleShips with ethanol passing in the night and other economic madness
One ship headed north to the U.S. is loaded with Brazilian ethanol made from sugar cane. The other ship headed south to Brazil is loaded with U.S.-produced corn ethanol. Unfortunately, it is no joke...
View ArticleNational Geographic wants you to feel guilty about your poultry consumption
The National Geographic Greendex survey ranks people based on the environmental impact of their consumer behavior, including the Mexicans, Argentineans, Australians, Hungarians, Spanish and Americans,...
View ArticleAntimicrobial resistance is wicked problem for poultry, livestock production
The concern and confusion that exist among the general public and policymakers about antibiotic use on farms represent a threat not only to the future of poultry and livestock production but to the...
View ArticleAll the fun of the (Poultry, etc.) fair at EuroTier
At the moment of writing, I am at German trade event EuroTier, and of course the event is about a lot more than poultry, and far from simply about Germany! Events such as EuroTier are always great...
View ArticleTyson Foods flips outlook with chicken purchases, strong balance sheet
Tyson Foods has a new strategic plan that includes a greater focus on value-added products and international markets, the purchase of significant quantities of supplemental chicken on the open market,...
View ArticlePoultry producers’ attention shifts to trade opportunities in 2013
After focusing on grain markets and high feed costs in 2012, the world’s poultry industry is turning its attention to new trade opportunities in 2013, especially in Ukraine and China.
View ArticleGood news on the avian influenza outlook
As 2012 drew to a close, there was both good news and bad news concerning avian influenza. In mid-December 2012, the World Health Organization reported that there had been 610 laboratory confirmed...
View ArticleAre you going to the IPPE?
The International Production and Processing Expo promises to be a record event, with over 1,150 exhibitors occupying over 21 acres of exhibit space!
View ArticleHorse meat scandal - chicken next
Chicken now found as a substitute for beef. What has been substituting chicken?
View ArticleWhen is an organic egg not an organic egg?
The systems for producing some organic eggs do not quite match up with what has been printed on their boxes.
View ArticleWho wants to work in the poultry industry?
The exodus from the countryside has clear implications for those industries that are based there.
View ArticlePoultry producers face specter of new biofuel incentives for cellulosic ethanol
Poultry producers are due some economic relief from high feed costs with corn-ethanol mandates set to level off in 2015. Now, however, cellulosic ethanol proponents are ready to drive food and fuel...
View ArticleTesco’s UK chicken feed policy reversal
On April 11, supermarket chain Tesco issued an “Update on poultry feed,” revealing that it had removed its genetically modified-free guarantee for poultry and eggs. "We are not the first UK supermarket...
View ArticleNew disease danger in feral pigs
Wild boar populations were already known to present a disease risk by harboring porcine infections that could be spread to domestic pigs. For example, in 2011, Pig International reported a warning by...
View ArticleEuropean court action over conventional cage ban – will justice be done?
The European cage ban rarely features in the headlines these days, but this does not mean that egg production is harmonized across the bloc’s Member States. The behavior of Greece and Italy, among...
View ArticleTurkey’s new products better than beef and pork, but not perfect
How does the turkey industry score in product development and marketing versus the pork and beef industries? Turkey performs well, say managers with experience in all three industries, but there’s room...
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