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Aviagen and Belpticeprom develop Belarus poultry

13 Nov 2008 - Aviagen and Belpticeprom reached an agreement to jointly develop the Belarusian poultry industry. The agreement was signed during a delegation visit from Belpticeprom to Aviagen's Edinburgh headquarters. Read more >>

Pfizer Trainee of Year Award

13 Nov 2008 - A highly promising livestock manager on a farm in the UK is the 2008 winners of the Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards for the poultry industry. Read more >>

Bird flu in central Vietnam

13 Nov 2008 - A new bird flu outbreak has been reported in a central province of Vietnam, Nghe, responsible for the death of approx. 1,000 birds. Read more >>

New case of AI in Thailand

12 Nov 2008 - Thailand's agriculture minister has announced that H5N1 bird flu has been detected in northern Thailand. This is country's first case in 10 months. Read more >>

Aviagen hosts Ross Asia meeting in Beijing

12 Nov 2008 - Aviagen poultry breeding company recently hosted the 6th Ross Asia Association meeting in Beijing, China. Read more >>

Russia cuts poultry imports again

12 Nov 2008 - It has been reported that Russia will cut its poultry import quotas by another 100,000 mt in 2009. This makes the total cut 300,000 t. Read more >>

Tyson's 4th quarter profit rises

12 Nov 2008 - Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat company, saw sales rise in its fiscal fourth quarter, as the company had gains from its beef and pork segments but continued to struggle with its poultry business. Read more >>

X-rays ensure chicken fillet quality

11 Nov 2008 - The installation of two Ishida X-ray inspection systems at the Rose Poultry factory in Skovsgaard, Denmark, has fully automated the previously manual process of checking chicken fillets for bones. Read more >>

No conventional eggs imported into UK

11 Nov 2008 - DEFRA has been urged to ensure that conventional cage eggs are banned from imports so they may not be available for sale in the UK after 2012. Read more >>

Poultry manure not good for animal feed

11 Nov 2008 - Farmers should not use poultry droppings as livestock feed according to Dr John Moseki of the Department of Animal Health in Botswana. Read more >>

19% sales increase for Provimi in 2008

10 Nov 2008 - Sales of animal feed company Provimi has been 19.1% higher in the first nine months of 2008 compared to the same period the year before. Sales went up from € 1.4 billion to € 1.7 billion. Read more >>

Slow down of organic market

10 Nov 2008 - Market growth rates for organic food and drink will drop as the economy battles. Read more >>

CFIA to release stricter listeria rules

10 Nov 2008 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will soon release new, stricter listeria-testing protocols. The new protocols follows the listeriosis outbreak linked to Maple Leaf Foods lunchmeat products, which claimed 20 lives and sickened hundreds, according to reports. Read more >>

Layer and breeder farm planned in Oman

10 Nov 2008 - Oman Flour Mills and the UAE-based IFFCO Group of Companies have recently entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture company in Oman to set up a layer and breeder farm. Read more >>

Sintofarm to distribute digestibility enhancer in Italy

10 Nov 2008 - Sintofarm has received the rights to distribute all the products in the Formi® range in Italy, including its digestibility enhancer for poultry diets. Read more >>

Victory for Obama - consequence for agriculture

07 Nov 2008 - Following Barack Obama's election night victory and promises of change, those in the agriculture industry are waiting to see what changes are expected with in agriculture. Some of his stances are highlighted on his official website and include: Read more >>

USDA launches COOL Listserv

07 Nov 2008 - The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has launched a Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) listserv to notify subscribers of significant additions to the COOL website. Read more >>

Poultry processor Moy Park seals Brazilian takeover

07 Nov 2008 - EU approval has been given and now the acquisition of poultry processor Moy Park by Brazilian company Marfrig Group has been formally completed. Read more >>

Perdue celebrates 5 mln safe hours

06 Nov 2008 - Perdue Farms' employees at the Washington, facility have logged 5 mln consecutive production hours without a single Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) -recordable lost-time case. Read more >>

US: new natural chicken by Gold'n Plump

06 Nov 2008 - Gold'n Plump Poultry has recently launched a new brand of natural chicken - Just BARE. Read more >>
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