Minimizing Floor and Slat Egg Problems
By Pete Sbanotto, breeder specialist for the Cobb World Technical Support team. One of the most perplexing problems facing egg producers is getting the hens to use the nests provided rather than laying eggs in other locations.

Breeding For Meat Quality And High Yield Products
By Dr Danny Lubritz, Cobb geneticist - The advent of further processed and portion controlled broiler meat products has brought to the forefront the importance of white meat yield, fillet shape and meat quality.

Targeting Hidden Meat Yield
By James Young, Cobb World Technical Support Team - Over the last decade, primary breeders have invested many millions of dollars in developing higher yielding broilers. Whether eviscerated yield or boneless breast yield drives a company's profits, there...

How to control growth to improve economic results
By Brian Fairchild and Mike Lacy, University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science - In many ways a modern broiler is similar to a finely tuned racing car. When all aspects of the maintenance and operation of the racing car are in order, the vehicle...

Balancing genetics, welfare and economics in broiler production
By Matthew Wilson, broiler specialist, Cobb World Technical Support Team - The genetic progress made by the modern broiler has been truly spectacular over the last 30 years and even more so in recent years.