Jobs boom - and it's thanks to chickens
AUSTRALIA - Thousands of jobs will be created as the state's chicken industry trebles in size over the next 10 years, a government blueprint predicts. Released today, the Poultry Meat in South Australia - Strategic Directions 2005-2015 plan...

RSPCA queries poultry proposal
AUSTRALIA - Terang's proposed $6.4 million poultry farm is not the RSPCA's idea of a free-range facility. "It suits the Victorian Government's definition of free-range but doesn't suit the RSPCA's definition," national president...

Australia the big loser if ethanol mandated
AUSTRALIA - The Livestock Feed Grain Users Group (LFGUG) has called on all Australian governments to be cognisant of the serious effects that a mandated / subsidised grain-based ethanol industry will have on all Australians through adverse knock on effects...

Poultry farmers get disease vaccination reminder
AUSTRALIA - Tasmania's poultry producers are being urged to vaccinate their birds against newcastle disease. The highly contagious viral disease affects domestic poultry, cage and aviary birds and wild birds. Millions of chickens were slaughtered...

Pork, poultry in demand
AUSTRALIA - The world is eating more meat than ever before with the pork and poultry sectors the biggest winners from the growing demand. On average, every person now consumes more than 41 kilograms of meat each year, double the amount in the...

Automatic nests for Darwalla in Australia
AUSTRALIA - Recently, an Austrailian company, Darwalla, placed a large order for automatic nest systems with Vencomatic. Currently, on most of their farms, eggs are collected manually or with locally designed nests.