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USDA: Broiler production expected to increase

21 Jan 2010 - Broiler meat production during the 4th quarter of 2009 is forecast at 8.85 bln pounds, down fractionally from a year earlier, reports the USDA. Read more >>

High investments in Peru’s poultry sector

20 Jan 2010 - Peru's agricultural sector weathered the tough conditions in 2009 better than those of many of its Latin American neighbors, including that of the poultry sector, reports Companies and Markets. Read more >>

Putin: US may lose Russia’s poultry business

20 Jan 2010 - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that US poultry producers needed to comply with Russian processing standards or risk losing Russia's business, reports Official Wire. Read more >>

Lab training for Aviagen customers

20 Jan 2010 - The latest round of Aviagen’s twice-yearly laboratory training has been hailed a success by participants from Middle Eastern and African distributors, says Aviagen. Read more >>

Agriculture companies help Haiti

19 Jan 2010 - Several food producing companies have put money together to give aid to Haiti, which was hit by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake last week Tuesday. Read more >>

Alltech opens office in Spain

19 Jan 2010 - Animal health and nutrition company Alltech has opened its first office in Spain. Read more >>

BCS reveals new name, new logo

19 Jan 2010 - Beekhuis Computer Solutions (BCS) has changed its name to Ovotrack, which it believes is a better name as it illustrates the company’s services. Read more >>

EFSA: Safety assessments of smoke flavourings

19 Jan 2010 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed the first ever review of the safety of 11 smoke flavourings used in the European Union. Read more >>

Brazil targets US and Mexico

18 Jan 2010 - Brazil's Poultry Exporters Association (Abef) promises to work hard to open new markets this year, in order to partly make up for the losses incurred due to the appreciation of the real (the Brazilian currency) against the dollar, which made the domestic product more expensive abroad, and due to the global demand retraction seen in 2009. Read more >>

AI outbreak closely related to bird migration

18 Jan 2010 - A research jointly conducted by Chinese and Asian scientists has discovered that highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) outbreak was closely related to bird migration. Read more >>

Schothorst invests in laying hen research

18 Jan 2010 - The global increase in the demand for animal nutrition research and consultancy is the main driver for Schothorst Feed Research (SFR) in the Netherlands to extend and improve its research facilities. Read more >>

Moscow’s new rules threaten US chicken exports

18 Jan 2010 - Russia’s poultry meat sector hopes that talks this week will find a compromise over Moscow’s new food safety rules that threaten to halt the current large imports of US chicken because it is treated with chlorine, reports The Moscow Times. Read more >>

Bird flu returns to India

18 Jan 2010 - Eight months after India reported its last case of bird flu in poultry, and just 2 months after India declared itself free of the deadly H5N1 virus, avian influenza has returned. Read more >>

Company update: Cargill Q2 down

18 Jan 2010 - Cargill reported net earnings of $489 mln in the fiscal 2010 second quarter ended Nov. 30, down 59% from $1.19 bln in the same period a year ago. Read more >>

Cherry Valley rewarded for success in China

18 Jan 2010 - Cherry Valley Farms has been announced as the winner of the Continued Commitment Award at 2009 Cathay Pacific China Business Awards. Read more >>

Feed supplier De Heus: domestic growth in 2009

15 Jan 2010 - International feed producer De Heus, based in Ede, the Netherlands, has had a successful year on the Dutch market in 2009. Preliminary figures show that the company attracted more customers and reached a larger market share. Read more >>

Ghana: Gov't urged to speed up import reduction

15 Jan 2010 - The Dormaa Poultry Farmers Association in Ghana, has called on the government to speed up efforts to reduce import of poultry products to protect local farmers. Read more >>

Saskatchewan to dump poultry licensing rules

15 Jan 2010 - The agriculture ministry of Saskatchewan in Canada has plans afoot to repeal the provincial regulations requiring licensing in the hatchery and poultry industries. Read more >>

ISU focuses on DDGS use in poultry diets

15 Jan 2010 - Iowa State University researchers are working to safely increase feed use by cattle and poultry producers of DDGS, a co-product made during ethanol production. Read more >>

New look of Pfizer Poultry Health to be unveiled at IPE

15 Jan 2010 - Visitors to January's International Poultry Expo (IPE) in Atlanta, USA, will be the first to see the new, expanded portfolio from Pfizer Poultry Health. Read more >>
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