Asia
CP Indonesia develops its three business lines
23 May 2012 - This year, Charoen Pokphand Indonesia (CP Indonesia) has targeted to produce as much as 3.5 million tonnes of poultry feed. If this target is reached, its poultry feed production will have risen by 40% over last years 2.5 million tonnes. Read more >>
Suguna sets up poultry school to educate sector in India
21 May 2012 - Suguna Group has set up the Seguna Institute for Poultry Management to help educate the sector. Suguna Institute for Poultry Management, under the Suguna Foundation, was established with the aim of providing an environment for the scientific study of poultry farming.
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Aviagen tutors Russia’s Provimi managers on feed and light
21 May 2012 - Aviagen has recently organised an extensive consulting session with an in depth look at nutrition and lighting for Ross Parent Stock and broilers for its Russian customers. Read more >>
Marketing manager joins AB Vista in Asia
18 May 2012 - AB Vista’s Asia Pacific team has welcomed a new marketing and customer support manager on board in Singapore.
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Hong Kong resumes poultry imports after mainland bird flu
17 May 2012 - Hong Kong has resumed the import of the poultry from the previously bird flu stricken province of Liaoning, the Centre for Food Safety of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China announced. Read more >>
Russia substantially increased poultry meat consumption, production
16 May 2012 - Despite the dynamic development of the poultry meat production in Russia, the country is also actively increasing its import. Read more >>
US v India: US requests WTO dispute settlement panel
16 May 2012 - US Trade Representative Ron Kirk has announced that the US has requested the World Trade Organisation (WTO) establish a dispute settlement panel to decide US claims regarding the government of India’s restrictions on imports of various US agricultural products, including poultry meat and chicken eggs.
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Indian poultry giants lured to Bangladesh
15 May 2012 - Over the last two years three of India’s poultry giants, Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group, Shuguna and Amrit, have expanded their operations to Bangladesh. Read more >>
Thailand’s raw chicken return impacts international poultry markets
15 May 2012 - The European Union is to lift its import ban on raw chicken meat from Thailand as and from 01st July 2012. Read more >>
Kazakhstan: egg production has dropped in the first quarter of 2011
15 May 2012 - Kazakhstan has produced 780.5 millions eggs in the first quarter of 2012, according to the Kazakhstan Statistics Agency. Egg production was 838.5 million during the same period last year. The difference, 58 million, represents a production decrease of 7% for the first quarter, reported the agency. The number of laying hens during the first quarter declined by 0.4% compare to 2011 levels. One of the main factors for the decreasing of egg production may be tough competition from Russia.
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Risk factors for Salmonella on egg production farms in Japan
15 May 2012 - A recent publication has examined the epidemiology of Salmonella prevalence on egg-producing farms in Japan. This article provides statistics including odds ratios associated with a number of management and housing variables. Read more >>
Russia: Eurodon plans large-scale production of duck meat
14 May 2012 - Donstar, a subsidiary of Russian meat producer Eurodon, plans to launch a complex for growing and processing duck meat in the second quarter of 2013. Read more >>
Bird flu confirmed in Yunlin, Taiwan
11 May 2012 - As the number of chickens culled in Taiwan rises to 4,000 birds, the country's agriculture authorities have confirmed H5N2 avian influenza as the cause.
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Mysterious and large-scale chicken deaths haunt Taiwanese farm
10 May 2012 - A Taiwanese chicken farm is going through a mysterious die-off, with 3,250 chickens dead in the last three days.
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Poultry meat production hits record levels in Russia
10 May 2012 - The production of poultry meat together with the edible poultry by-products in the first quarter of 2012 increased by 20.7%, up to 826,000 tonnes, according to data recently released by the Russian Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat). Read more >>
Philippines urges local poultry producers to hold off strike
09 May 2012 - Philippine poultry and pork producers are planning to strike to show their discontent with the government’s inability to crack down on illegal, smuggled meat imports. Read more >>
Feed prices harming Indian poultry industry
09 May 2012 - The poultry industry in the Indian state of Hyderabad is facing a severe crisis because of abnormally high prices of maize and soya bean. Read more >>
Uzbekistan’s poultry sector on the rise
07 May 2012 - By the end of 2012 the poultry stock in Uzbekistan will have increased to 48 million heads, experts predict. The production of eggs will rise 8% up to 3.85 billion pieces and poultry up 62,000 tonnes compared to the level of 2011. Read more >>
VIV China steps up formula by adding International China Summit
07 May 2012 - An International China Summit will be added to the biannual VIV China trade show to ensure a strong interest at the September show, organisers VNU Exhibitions and CNAS have announced. Read more >>
Bird flu affects Bangladesh DOC production
07 May 2012 - The avian influenza outbreaks in Bangladesh at the end of 2011 have taken thier toll on the domestic agriculture sector. As well as poultry farms, the disease ravaged a number of breeding farms and thus production of day-old chicks (DOC) of both broilers and layers slumped this year. Read more >>
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