New Laboratory 'One of the World's Best'
BRAZIL - Cobb's new quality control laboratory, which opened last summer in Brazil, is one of the world's most sophisticated and modern laboratories in the industry.

Chicken Waste Becomes a Valuable Commodity
GERMANY - Chicken waste from Cobb grandparent farms is being used to heat local homes, with fertiliser as a by-product, in an innovative new project in Saxony-Anhalt.

'Going Green' Benefits Cobb and the Environment
BRAZIL - Elisangela Perina explains how 'going green' in Brazil has benefitted both Cobb and the environment.

Timberlake Farm Takes Shape
US - Clark Baird explains how Cobb's newest facility in the US is taking shape. Timberlake Farm was purchased a year ago and high priorities for its refurbishment were the highest biosecurity measures and energy-saving ideas.

New Base Provides for Growth of Cobb Europe
THE NETHERLANDS - The acquisition of Hybro provides Cobb with a range of facilities in the Netherlands including a major research complex on mainland Europe and a much enhanced production capability.

Fourteen Nations Get Together in Cobb Germany
GERMANY - The third Cobb Germany 'Weihnachtsfest' team meeting took place over two days, coinciding with the Wimex/Cobb Germany Christmas party.

Cobb Europe Acquires Kabir Breeds
EU - Kabir International which specialises in coloured chickens for niche markets around the world has been acquired by Cobb Europe Ltd.

Focus of Cobb Seminars in Czech Republic
CZECH REPUBLIC - Two broiler seminars organised by Cobb Germany and two Czech hatcheries, Mach Litomysl and Best Opava, brought together more than 160 people from different sectors of the chicken industry — broiler farmers, nutrition specialists, veterinarians...

Cobb-Vantress Top Brass Visited Hendrix HQ
NETHERLANDS - The senior management of Cobb-Vantress visited the head office of Hendrix Genetics in early November 2008.

Demand for Cobb 500 ‘Quite Outstanding’
POLAND - Cobb Germany celebrated its 10^th anniversary in the Polish market with a well attended customer seminar involving 87 clients from all over the country.

East European Potential Fuelling Future Growth
GERMANY - The potential for growing the chicken market in new nation states across central and eastern Europe provides an exciting challenge for Cobb Germany as the company celebrates 10 years since the first Cobb 500 parents were hatched in its newly...

Cobb's Early Lesson in Capitalism
UK - Forty four years on from historic Khrushchev accolade for Cobb and British poultry industry, writes Roger Ransom, BHR Communications.

Sign of Increasing Links between Cobb and Hendrix
ZAMBIA - The two breeding companies appear to be developing closer contacts.

Cobb: Improved Features of New Broiler Guide
GLOBAL - A new Broiler Management Guide, intended to become the most up-to-date and complete broiler growing handbook, is now available from Cobb in both English and Spanish.

Cobb Expands Franchise Network across Asia
GLOBAL - Eight new franchise distributors have been appointed by Cobb in the past year covering the Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

USDA Partners in Research with Hendrix Genetics and Cobb-Vantress
US - USDA is to form a research partnership with Hendrix Genetics and Cobb-Vantress, among others, on a US$10m DNA technology selection project in poultry breeding.

Cobb Germany Celebrates 10 Years of Growth
GERMANY - More than 40 Cobb Germany colleagues, technicians, sales managers and veterinarians from 20 countries took part in a grand courtyard festival at Baasdorf, near Leipzig, Eastern Germany, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their company.

CobbSasso150 to Meet Changing Consumer Demand
FRANCE - A new breed for the developing French market for certified and ‘intermediate growth’ chicken — the CobbSasso150 — is being introduced at the SPACE 08 exhibition, Rennes, on 9-12 September.

All Smiles at Sunshine Farm Again
US - The Caskey’s Sunshine Farm has the best Cobb 500 fast feathering flock for the second successive year.

Red Rock Breeders Receive Top Flock Award
SOUTH AFRICA - South African hatching egg producer Red Rock Breeders is the latest winner of the annual breeder award presented by Cobb for the best performance in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Customers Benefit in Era of High Grain Prices
UK - Dr Terry Wing, senior geneticist, Cobb-Vantress Inc, reviews more than 25 years’ work on improving broiler performance.

New Sales Manager for Cobb Europe
EU - Paul Brochard has joined Cobb Europe in a joint role as sales manager for Cobb products in France and Italy and to manage sales of the future Cobb Sasso breeds worldwide.

Alliance: Cobb-Vantress and Hendrix Genetics
GENERAL - Cobb-Vantress and Hendrix Genetics are forming an alliance that they believe will strengthen Cobb's leading position in the broiler breeding industry and Hendrix Genetics' leading position in egglayer, turkey and swine genetics.

Cobb Technical School's Value in 'Solving the Puzzle'
US - Over 40 customer companies from 19 countries attended the Cobb-Vantress annual world technical school at the global headquarters in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA.

Focus on Feed Costs at Cobb Conference in Greece
GREECE - More than 200 poultry farmers and technical advisers representing over 70 per cent of the Greek and Cypriot broiler industries attended a conference on breeder management at Ioannina in northern Greece.