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Salmonella grown in space is more deadly

28 Sep 2007 - Salmonella bacteria sent into space on a shuttle came back to earth genetically altered and significantly deadlier. Read more >>

Shoplifting seagull caught on camera

28 Sep 2007 - A little shop in Scotland is continuously having potato chips stolen from the store. It appears that the culprit is a seagull! Read more >>

Poultry production up in Brazil

27 Sep 2007 - Chicken meat production in Brazil is expected to reach close to 11 million tonnes next year. Read more >>

New poultry production website

27 Sep 2007 - The Australian Poultry Cooperative Research Centre (Poultry CRC) is has developed an online poultry information centre called Poultry Hub. Read more >>

Bachoco celebrates 10th listing anniversary

27 Sep 2007 - Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V., A leading producer and processor of poultry products in Mexico, has announced that it will celebrate its 10th listing anniversary on the New York Stock Exchange on October 2, 2007. Read more >>

Study identifies chickens with increased resistance to disease

27 Sep 2007 - Research funded by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association studied the functional genomic and DNA microarray approach to identify key innate immunity genes as a novel selection method to identify chickens with increased resistance to disease. Read more >>

New CEO for Biomin Asia Pacific

27 Sep 2007 - At the recently held Biomin Asia Nutrition Forum held in SR Cambodia, Erich Erber, founder of Biomin announced the promotion of David Saunders to the position of CEO of Biomin Asia Pacific. Read more >>

Labelling campaign fights for Natural

26 Sep 2007 - 'Chickens' will be marching the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of a campaign aimed at informing consumers what is really in the poultry meat they buy. Read more >>

Lohmann and Pas Reform train hatchery managers

26 Sep 2007 - Lohmann Breeders recently teamed up with Pas Reform Academy and PTC+ in Barneveld, the Netherlands, to deliver a training program for 15 hatchery managers from eight businesses in former Soviet Union countries Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania. Read more >>

Chief Epidemiologist presenting at Int Bird Flu Summit

26 Sep 2007 - New Fields Exhibitions has announced that the Chief Epidemiologist of Vietnam will reveal a comprehensive country report on avian influenza at the 5th International Bird Flu Summit. Read more >>

Turkey prices set to soar

26 Sep 2007 - UK turkey farmers are preparing to increase their prices, which means that the cost of Christmas lunch this year is set to soar.  Read more >>

Poultry factory liquidation, 100 jobs lost

25 Sep 2007 - Chicken and hen meat wholesaler, Davis Poultry, moved into liquidation on Friday, resulting in 100 jobs being lost from the central Victorian town of Maryborough, Austrlia. Read more >>

Singapore scientists develop lab-on-chip bird flu tests

25 Sep 2007 - Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a device able to detect the H5N1 bird flu virus. Read more >>

Pilgrim's Pride poultry growers squeezed

25 Sep 2007 - Many poultry growers are pushing for an increase in the amount they are paid from poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp. Read more >>

Sorting eggs benefits farmers

24 Sep 2007 - Grading of eggs is apparently not the usual practice in Nigeria and, as such, it is being question if farmers are being robbed of extra income. Read more >>

Tasker's antibacterial tech benefits another chicken plant

24 Sep 2007 - Danbury, Conn.-based Tasker Products Corp., a maker of technology for inhibiting pathogenic bacteria, has reportedly closed a deal with a broiler chicken producer in Arkansas. Read more >>

Schippers celebrates its 40th anniversary

24 Sep 2007 - The Dutch company Schippers, a large player in the field of day-to-day livestock farming equipment, celebrates its 40th anniversary at the end of this year. Read more >>

New E.coli strain fatal

24 Sep 2007 - A strain of E. coli, which has been linked to imported meat, is said to be spreading rapidly throughout England and Wales. Read more >>

Opponents of chicken farm challenge permit

21 Sep 2007 - Despite being one mile away from a state park, a large-scale poultry operation that has been awarded a construction permit. Opponents, however, are now challenging the authorisation. Read more >>

US agricultural secretary Johanns resigns

21 Sep 2007 - US agricultural secretary Mike Johanns (photo) has resigned from his position, president Bush announced on Thursday. Deputy agriculture secretary Charles Conner will take over as acting secretary. Read more >>
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