Vencomatic: Much More Than Steel and Plastic
Koen Boot, General Manager of Vencomatic, explains the keys to success as a leading supplier to today's poultry industry to ThePoultrySite editor, Jackie Linden.

Litter Treatments are a Good Investment
University of Georgia researchers show how propane use is affected by the difference between poultry house and outside air temperatures, adding that the best way to reduce heating costs is to use litter treatments. The article is published in the September...

Reducing Energy Costs in Poultry Houses
The extension service at Mississippi State University offers twenty top tips to help reduce energy costs in poultry production, and recommends keeping full records of energy consumption.

Straight-Run Flocks Bring Savings for São Paulo Company
Cobb 500 increases breeder production and reduces feed cost at A D’oro

Canadian Poultry and Egg Statistics - April to June 2009
By Statistics Canada - This publication provides data on the production, supply and disposition and value of Canadian poultry meat and eggs for the second quarter of 2009.

UK Poultry and Poultrymeat Statistics - August 2009
By Defra. This monthly publication combines the UK Hatcheries Survey and Poultry Slaughterhouse Survey results together with other Defra statistics, and trade data.

Biotronic SE Forte - New Scientific Trials
Two trials are reported by Biomin's Nataliya Roth on the efficacy of its acidifer, Biotronic SE Forte. The experiments investigated the effects of the product on the performance of broilers and young pigs.

San Miguel Transforms Farm Management, Products into Future Success
San Miguel believes that every quality product, its goodness and wholesomeness, starts right at the farm. Every dressed chicken that makes its way from the farm to the various fresh markets, retail outlets, branded Magnolia Chicken Stations and into the...

Considerations in Poultry Drinker Line Management
Practical tips on managing water lines in broiler houses from Brian D. Fairchild, Extension Poultry Scientist at the University of Georgia. His article is published in the University's Poultry Tips, July 2009 issue.

Coccidiosis in Poultry
The history of coccidiosis and its control by vaccination, established in-feed anticoccidials and newer botanical products from Meriden Animal Health.

US Poultry Outlook Report - August 2009
After declining strongly in the first and second quarters of 2009, broiler meat production is expected to be only slightly lower than the previous year in the second half of 2009, according to the USDA ERS August 2009 Livestock, Dairy and Poultry...

New Opportunities for Small Flock Poultry Producers
Casey Ritz, Extension Poultry Scientist at the University of Georgia explains how small-scale producers can target or customise their production and marketing to capitalise on growing consumer trends in the July issue of the University's Poultry ...

Synbiotic Product Helps Combat Transport Stress
Feeding of Biomin Imbo modulates the stress indicator of transported birds and enhances tolerance to stress after pre-slaughter handling and transportation, according to research recently published by Ghareeb and Böhm of the University of Vienna.

A Small-Scale Agriculture Alternative: Poultry
Phillip J. Clauer, Poultry Extension Specialist with Virginia Cooperative Extension, offers practical advice for those taking up poultry-keeping on a small scale, be it chickens for eggs or meat, or waterfowl.

Sugarcane By-Product Can Reduce Feed Costs
Researchers in Bangalore have published two papers in International Journal of Poultry Science into the effects of feeding different levels of sugarcane press residue, with and without various feed additives, to poultry. Their results, summarised...