Poultry Industry News: Australia
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
No Choice at Free Range Egg TalksAUSTRALIA - Consumer group Choice has been excluded from participating in egg industry talks over what can be labelled as free-range....
Monday, April 23, 2012
SA Egg Producers Crack Free Range DefinitionAUSTRALIA - South Australian egg producers want different free range egg definitions for different density farms....
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Helping Keep Track of Queensland's LivestockQUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA - Biosecurity Queensland Industry Liaison Officer Fiona Thompson said property registration plays a crucial role in managing the risks of animal diseases....
Friday, April 13, 2012
Free to Roam Chicken Case in Federal CourtAUSTRALIA - Chicken meat company Baiada has defended claims from the consumer watchdog that it has been deceptive and misleading when labelling chicken meat. ...
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Government Invests in Future of FarmingAUSTRALIA - The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s announcement of additional funding for the Blueprint for Australian Agriculture. ...
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Greens Introduce Free Range Egg Bill in South AustraliaAUSTRALIA - The South Australian Greens are teaming with the Liberal Party in an attempt to define what is and is not a free–range egg....
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
MP Pushes for Free Range Eggs ChangeAUSTRALIA - Proposed legislation in South Australia will try to outlaw selling eggs as free range if they are from a farm which has more than 1,500 hens per hectare....
Australian Food Production IncreasingAUSTRALIA - The total value of Australian farm and fisheries food production increased by 17 per cent in 2010-11, a new government publication has revealed. ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Next Generation of Poultry ScientistsAUSTRALIA - In addition to larger sub-projects being undertaken by Poultry CRC post-doctoral researchers, Poultry CRC supports a number of Honours, Masters and PhD students across participant universities. What follows is a short profile of five of these...
Monday, March 26, 2012
The Norwegian LinkAUSTRALIA - After arriving in Australia for the 2012 Australian Poultry Science Symposium, Professor Birger Svihus has spent some time at the Poultry CRC HQ in Armidale....
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Warm, Dry South Expected for April, JuneAUSTRALIA - Most of southern Australia has a greater than 60 per cent chance of exceeding the median maximum temperature between April and June, while the already dry south-east South Australia and western Victorian regions look set to receive below average...
Egg Farm Urged to Change But Money Not on OfferAUSTRALIA - The ACT Government is once again trying to encourage Canberra's only battery hen egg farm to convert to a barn laid operation....
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Poultry CRC Aims to Develop Necrotic Enteritis VaccineAUSTRALIA - Clinical necrotic enteritis (NE) massively damages the lining of a chicken’s intestine, causing disease and, often, death, according to a report from Poultry CRC. ...
Friday, March 16, 2012
Researchers Work to Develop Allergen–free EggsAUSTRALIA - Australian researchers are working on developing allergy-free eggs to eat and be used in vaccines....
Education: A Key Legacy of Poultry CRCAUSTRALIA - Dr Rob Moore and his team have built on previous research to produce a number of vaccines that will be exploring commercially in the near future....
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Extremists Wreak Fear and Destruction on Egg FarmAUSTRALIA - Yesterday, March 13, animal activists broke into Pace Egg Farm, Canberra, in what is believed to be one of the worst examples of industrial sabotage in Australia....
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
AECL Condemns Alleged Egg SubstitutionAUSTRALIA - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has alleged that a South Australian egg farmer was selling cage eggs as free range eggs. ...
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Biosecurity Underpins Export TradeAUSTRALIA - Delegates at Australia’s premier forecasting event will hear how Australia’s enviable biosecurity system is enabling access to new markets and increasing agricultural trade opportunities....
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
2012 Prospects Look StrongAUSTRALIA - Despite floods continuing to ravage south eastern Australia, causing what is expected to be millions of dollars damage to crops, infrastructure and stock in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF)...
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
ABARE Outlook: Strong Performance ForecastAUSTRALIA - Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, today opened the nation’s premier agricultural event, Outlook 2012, forecasting a bright future for the sector....
New Fees for Exporters of Poultry FeetAUSTRALIA - Farmers who export chicken and duck feet to Asia are concerned new quarantine fees will cut the market by half....
Friday, March 02, 2012
New Standards for Egg Food SafetyAUSTRALIA - A new egg food safety scheme took effect in South Australia on Thursday, 1 March....
Friday, February 24, 2012
Mapping Out a Food Secure FutureAUSTRALIA - Australia has a secure food supply and a highly competitive and diverse food industry but a new report has found there are still many opportunities for the sector to build on this success and to be more innovative into the future....
Thursday, February 23, 2012
New Ways to Gauge Welfare in Free-range HensAUSTRALIA - Professor Geoff Hinch (University of New England) is researching new approaches to assessing welfare and behaviour of free-range laying hens. This joint University of New England/CSIRO project, supported by the Poultry CRC, harnesses behavioural...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Illegal Chicken Farm in NSW to be DestroyedNEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA - An illegal chicken farm operating in northern New South Wales will be pulled down within days, after the owner failed to comply with court orders....
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