BIRD FLU: Bangladesh Culls Chickens After Outbreak
GLOBAL - Summary of Bird Flu / Avian Influenza related news from across the world.

OIE Introduces New Online Technical Disease Cards
FRANCE - The World Organisation for Animal Health has published technical cards on 33 important global diseases of livestock.

Pas Reform Helps Maroc Dinde Diversify into Broilers
MOROCCO - Maroc Dinde, the country's largest turkey producer, is diversifying into broiler production assisted by leading Dutch hatchery technology company, Pas Reform.

Hubbard Appoints Tech Service Manager for N America
NORTH AMERICA – Hubbard LLC is very pleased to announce that Sean Holcombe has been promoted to the newly created position of Technical Service Manager North America for Hubbard.

Call for Stronger Animal Disease Traceability System
US - In response to a statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on 5 February, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is reaffirming its call for a strong, national animal disease traceability program to help maintain and improve the...

New Food Safety Campaign for Chinese New Year
THAILAND - The Agriculture Ministry has initiated a campaign on poultry product safety for the Chinese New Year.

Ag Ministers Focus on Global Market Opportunities
CANADA - Federal, provincial and territorial Ministers of Agriculture met on Friday (5 February) on a range of issues critical to the long-term success of farmers and the agricultural and agri-food sector across the country.

Big Boost to Poultry Processing Capacity in Iran
IRAN - The country's largest poultry slaughterhouse was officially opened yesterday, 8 February.

Soybean Checkoff Compiles State Environmental Regs
US – Environmental regulations can be confusing and challenging for poultry and livestock producers. In some cases, merely keeping track of all the different regulations can be a daunting task.

Five Steps to Perfect Hatching Eggs
NETHERLANDS - Vencomatic has defined five steps that lead to perfect hatching eggs.

Sun Group Expands into TV Meals
THAILAND - Sun Group has diversified into the fast-growing prepared meals segment.

Weekly Outlook: S American Maize, Soybean Prospects
US - The month-long decline in corn and soybean prices has slowed and signs of a near term low have emerged, writes Darrel Good, agricultural economist at the University of Illinois.

USAPEEC States its Case in China-US Chicken Trade War
US - A statement from Jim Sumner, president of the USA Poultry and Egg Export Council (USAPEEC) says that the Council is disappointed in China's decision to impose a duty on imports of chicken from the US, adding that China's complaints are groundless....

USDA Announces Framework for Disease Traceability
US - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack has announced that USDA will develop a new, flexible framework for animal disease traceability in the United States, and undertake several other actions to further strengthen its disease prevention and response capabilities....

Smart Growth for Dutch Schotman Hatcheries
NETHERLANDS - After working with three generations of Pas Reform incubators, Schotman Hatcheries is expanding in Europe with Smart modular single-stage incubation technologies from Pas Reform.

Major Investment at Faqeeh Poultry
SAUDI ARABIA - A five-year investment programme promises a boost to the output of Faqeeh Poultry Farms.

Tyson Turns a Corner
US - US meat and food processing giant, Tyson Foods, has seen all its operating segments show a profit in the first quarter of the current financial year.

VLA Report Highlights Combined Infection in Pheasants
UK - Among the cases in the VLA Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for December 2009 was the first in which both paramyxovirus 2 and Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale had been isolated in game birds in Great Britain.

Registration Opens for IEC Paris 2010
FRANCE - Registration is now open for the International Egg Commission (IEC) Paris 2010 Conference on 11 to 13 April.

Tremendous Perceived Value of Farm-Gate Turkeys
UK - Confidence in the long-term future of the traditional Christmas turkey market – with farm-gate sales 'ticking all the right boxes for consumers' – is expressed by Paul Kelly, managing director of FarmGate Hatcheries in his annual letter to...

OIE Reports Bird Flu from Nepal, Cambodia, Myanmar
GLOBAL - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has received reports from all three countries of recent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) caused by the H5N1 virus.

Feed Tax Will Bring Consumer Price Hike
PAKISTAN - The poultry association warns that a new tax on feed will raise food prices.

New Melamine Test for Feed, Eggs and Poultry Meat
US - A new method for the rapid screening of wheat gluten, egg powder, poultry meat and feeds for melamine has been introduced by Bioo Scientific.

Rectory Foods Feels Plucky about 2010
UK - Rectory Foods, a leading global supplier of quality poultry and food ingredients to the food industry, is counting its chickens in 2010, as the company forecasts further growth, international expansion and takes on new recruits to cope with dema...

CME: Corn and Soybean Markets Under Pressure
US - All eyes will be on USDA’s monthly Crop Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) when they are released at 8:30 EST on Monday, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.