Meyn Introduces New WLD Whole Leg Deboner
NETHERLANDS - The demand for deboned poultry products throughout the world has created an intensive and vast growing market.

Nutreco's Q3 Results in Line with Expectations
THE NETHERLANDS - The company's operational results for Animal nutrition and Fish Feed for the third quarter (Q3) are in line with the outlook, according to Nutreco. Revenues were down nine per cent compared to the same period of 2008 but some sectors...

VIV Europe 2010 Returns to its Roots in Utrecht
NETHERLANDS - VIV Europe 2010 will take place on 20 to 22 April 2010 in the Jaarbeurs at Utrecht in the Netherlands.

Aviagen's European Team Focuses on Ventilation
NETHERLANDS - Aviagen's European technical team recently held a three-day meeting as part of the company's ongoing programme of improving customer support through effective information exchange and training.

Munsterhuis BV Targets Cross-Border Growth
NETHERLANDS - Specialist poultry hatchery, Broederij Munsterhuis BV, in Saasveld has expanded operations by more than 30 per cent, to one million day old chicks per week, with Smart hatchery technologies from Pas Reform.

Wageningen to Study Behaviour for Better Welfare
NETHERLANDS - Wageningen University, together with other partners, has received funding for three projects that will investigate the effect of social interactions in pigs and hens with the view to improving the welfare of these animals kept in groups....

Meyn Celebrates 50 Years Serving the Poultry Industry
NETHERLANDS - Meyn is celebrating 50 years of service and dedication to the poultry industry this year.

Smart New Logistics Centre Planned
THE NETHERLANDS - Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies has commissioned a new 4,500-square metre purpose-built logistics centre to serve the company's expanding worldwide customer-base.

Nutreco Reports Half-Year Revenues as Expected
NETHERLANDS - Feed company, Nutreco, has reported half-year revenues of € 2.1 billion and EBITA of € 41.6 million.

All-natural Tool to Control Necrotic Enteritis in Poultry
NETHERLANDS - With growing consumer and industry demand for natural poultry products and inputs, Chr. Hansen has developed GalliPro Tect, one of the first Generation 2.0 direct fed microbials.

Inspiring International Innovations at VIV Europe 2010
NETHERLANDS - VIV Europe 2010 will be packed with inspiring international innovations for future farming, says the show organiser.

Meyn to Close Systemate Plant
NETHERLANDS - Poultry processing equipment manufacturer, Meyn, is to close its Systemate production plant at Numansdorp by the end of the year with the loss of between 120 and 140 jobs.

Pas Reform at 90: Still Looking Ahead
NETHERLANDS - Pas Reform looks ahead as it celebrates 90 years in the hatchery business.

Nutreco First Quarter Revenue Down
NETHERLANDS - Feed company, Nutreco, has announced its first quarter (Q1) results for 2009. Overall, revenue was down by seven per cent compared to the same period last year but there was one bright spot: revenue for the Meat and Other sector was up more...

Cobb Europe Grows with New Facilities
EU - New research and production facilities form the basis for growth of Cobb Europe.

Microbial Ecosystems Affected by Antibiotic Spread
NETHERLANDS - Antibiotics used extensively in intensive livestock production may be having an adverse effect on agricultural soil ecosystems.

Uniformity from Pas Reform in Any Language
NETHERLANDS - Reflecting the company's global expansion, Pas Reform has created a series of new product brochures in Arabic, Chinese and Portuguese.

I/SPAH Sponsors New Web Site
NETHERLANDS - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has announced it is sponsoring a peer-reviewed web site on chicken anemia virus.

Top Results from Large-Scale Aviary
THE NETHERLANDS - October 2008 saw the completion of one of the largest aviary houses in Europe at the farm of the Claessens family at Heide-Venray in the Netherlands.

New Facility Open for Innovative Poultry Vaccine Technology
THE NETHERLANDS - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces the opening of its new Sphereon vaccine manufacturing facility in Boxmeer.

Dutch Consumers Want End to Killing 'Layer Males'
NETHERLANDS - Sixty per cent of the public wanted to see an alternative to the killing of day-old male chicks from layer flocks, according to a survey published by Wageningen University.

Vencomatic.net Pictures Poultry Farms
NETHERLANDS - This week, Vencomatic launches a new online channel, Vencomatic.net.

36,000 Laying Hens in Free-Range Management
THE NETHERLANDS - Gerben van Kampen from the Dutch town of Scherpenzeel invests in the future: the innovative poultry producer took over the layer farm from his parents and recently inaugurated a modern aviary house for 36,000 laying hens in free-range...

New Look for Controllers
THE NETHERLANDS - Vostermans has created a new look for its expanded line, Mf-Net.

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.