Global Poultry Industry News
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
WORLD POULTRY 2012: Meeting Consumer, Retailer NeedsANALYSIS - Opening the World Poultry 2012 conference in Brussels on 22 May, Peter Bradnock highlighted some of the strengths of the poultry industry in feeding the growing global human population sustainably, reports senior editor, Jackie Linden. The...
Monday, May 21, 2012
PIG & POULTRY FAIR: Opportunities and Challenges for British Products in the Food Service SectorUK - British pork, chicken and eggs are enjoying growing demand from food service, a sector whose potential is often overlooked. However, it was the subject of the headline debate at the British Pig & Poultry Fair last week, reports senior editor, Jackie...
Friday, May 18, 2012
PIG & POULTRY FAIR: Outlook for the UK Poultry, Egg SectorsANALYSIS - Pig and poultry producers gathered to see the latest technology and gain useful business information at the British Pig & Poultry Fair 2012 for two days this week, writes Nuria Martínez Herráez, ThePoultrySite editor.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Overview of This Week’s Poultry Industry NewsANALYSIS – There have been developments on world poultry meat trade issues over the last week. India has failed to agreed to lift restrictions on the import of US poultry meat in consultations and the US is now taking the issue to the World Trade Organization....
Layer Welfare Impacts the Spanish Industry, ConsumersANALYSIS - The new EU Directive, which bans the use of non enriched cages for laying hens, is a challenge for the Spanish egg industry. Even Spanish consumers have faced a challenge because of high egg prices. The Spanish Association of Egg Producers...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Overview of This Week’s Poultry Industry NewsANALYSIS – Brazilian broiler meat production is estimated to reach 13.3 million metric tons this year as a result of domestic demand and a small recovery in exports, writes Jackie Linden, in this week’s focus on Brazil. Adverse weather conditions...
Winners Emerging from the Global Economic CrisisANALYSIS - While the US economic recovery is continuing, it is slowing. There has been increasing consumption and increasing residential investment, but with falling non-residential investment, the recovery could stall, writes editor-in-chief, Chris ...
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Brazil's Soybean, Corn, Feed Prices Head Higher ANALYSIS - Informa Economics FNP said severe weather and crop failures in south Brazil and increased consumption demand are driving up corn (maize) and soybean meal costs, putting pig and poultry farmers on alert, writes Sarah Mikesell, senior editor...
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Overview of This Week’s Poultry Industry NewsANALYSIS – At a meeting held at the University of Nottingham in the UK last week, Professor Mike Gibney helped sort fact from the fiction in terms of the growing problem of human obesity, writes Jackie Linden, and Professor Natalie Warans offered some...
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Maintaining Welfare Standards in a Food Hungry WorldUK - Discussing how we can maintain animal welfare standards whilst producing food for a growing human population was the theme of a paper presented by Professor Natalie Waran, Jeanne Marchig Professor of Animal Welfare, at the British Society of Animal...
Monday, April 30, 2012
Obesity is a Long–Term ProblemANALYSIS - Obesity is one of today's leading human health issues but it is a complex issue, often oversimplified in the media. At a meeting held at the University of Nottingham in the UK last week, Professor Mike Gibney of University College Dublin helped...
Does the Farm Bill Give Farmers What They Want?ANALYSIS - The long and almost tortuous progress of the US 2012 Farm Bill appears to be reaching a conclusion as the Agriculture Committee passed the bipartisan proposals with a majority of 16-5, writes editor-in-chief, Chris Harris.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Is Modernising Inspection a Risk?ANALYSIS - Last week, the USDA decided to extend the consultation time on the new proposals for poultry meat inspection in processing plants, writes editor-in-chief, Chris Harris.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Overview of This Week’s Poultry Industry NewsANALYSIS – Research from Cambridge University has changed assumptions about Salmonella and how it infects human cells, writes Jackie Linden. From July, the EU will reopen to imports of frozen uncooked chicken from Thailand, the first shipments since...
Viet Nam's Middle Class Lifts Food, Feed Demand ANALYSIS - The growth in China has garnered a lot of attention lately, but China's neighbour - Viet Nam - is another emerging market that is building our global middle class and increasing grain demand, writes Sarah Mikesell, senior editor.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Overview of This Week’s Poultry Industry NewsANALYSIS – The EU directive banning battery cages for laying hens had much to commend it but the impacts on the egg market may have been overlooked or underestimated, writes Jackie Linden. Egg production is reportedly down by more than 10 per cent and...
EU Welfare Regulations and the Law of Unintended ConsequencesANALYSIS – EU regulations banning battery cages for laying hens and sow stalls have much to commend them but the impacts on the market may have been overlooked or underestimated, writes senior editor, Jackie Linden.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Colombian Poultry Industry Concerned about FTAANALYSIS – May 15, 2012 has been the date set for the start of the Colombia–US Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). While the US agribusiness sector is very pleased, the Colombian sector is less so, writes Chris Wright, Senior Editor of ThePoultrySite.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Living under the Shadow of Pesticides and AntibioticsANALYSIS - In the livestock sectors, there has been great concern recently over the use of antibiotics both as therapeutic measures and also as growth promoters, writes Chris Harris.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Overview of This Week‘s Poultry Industry NewsANALYSIS – The US has taken the first step to reduce antimicrobial use with an FDA proposal of a voluntary initiative for labelling and use of antimicrobial drugs in livestock, writes senior editor, Jackie Linden. Forecasts for US broiler, turkey and...
Dioxin Eggs Raise Questions over Effectiveness of Germany’s New Food Safety LawsANALYSIS - The recent finding of dioxin-contaminated eggs in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has raised issues over the latest revisions to the country's food safety laws, while the source of contamination is still under investigation,...
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Overview of This Week’s Poultry Industry NewsANALYSIS – With perhaps the possible timing in the days before Easter, Germany may be standing on the brink of another dioxin crisis as unacceptably high levels of the toxins have been found in eggs from one organic farm and two smallholdings in North...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Inherent Risk in Introducing New Meat Inspection RulesANALYSIS - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is expected to publish its recommendations for changes to meat inspection in poultry processing plants in June this year, writes Chris Harris.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Overview of This Week’s Poultry NewsANALYSIS – Pressure has been mounting in the US and the UK this week to reduce the use of antibiotics in farm animals, writes senior editor, Jackie Linden. British vets have questioned the assertion by the Soil Association that the evidence for a link...
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
TURKEY CONFERENCE: Attendance Rises AgainUK - The annual Turkey Science and Production conference, held near Macclesfield last week, attracted more than 230 delegates from 27 countries, writes senior editor, Jackie Linden.
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