Ryan Johnson

Known for its induction LED lighting, Greengage announced at IPPE 2019 its move into smart farming with a range of new sensors.

Meet Maria Colvée Bosch, vaccination services and equipment manager at Ceva Spain.

At IPPE 2019, we met with a lot of up and coming innovators in the tech industry, but LIVEgg stood out for its desire to improve performance - starting in the hatchery.

Big data is coming to the poultry industry - find out what it can do at farm level.

How IoT technology will shape the future of the industry.

"As a poultry vet in Nigeria, the main challenge I faced was abuse of antibiotics by poultry producers."

BELGIUM - Unique beta glucan ingredient helps control the effects of stress, disease and vaccination

UK - An investigation for BBC One’s Countryfile (6pm, Sunday 31st March on BBC One) has revealed that hundreds of tonnes of antibiotics are still being used in UK chicken production.

EU - The importance of trace mineral form on bird performance and eggshell quality was a key discussion point at the Alltech European Technical Summit.

UK - The UK Farming Roundtable, representing farmers and growers from agricultural organisations across the UK, has written to all MPs urging them to unite around a single option for an orderly Brexit by Wednesday next w…

CANADA – Maple Leaf Foods announced the promotion of Kathleen Long, DVM, to vice president of animal care.

GERMANY - Researchers presented results of a research project for better animal welfare in poultry farming.

GLOBAL (Reuters) - Food and agriculture group Cargill Inc could invest up to $1 billion in Latin America over the next five years, its chief executive said, and will maintain its operations in Venezuela despite challenge…

NEPAL - In the Makawanpur district of Nepal, authorities have culled more than 50,000 chickens and destroyed 9,015 eggs and 1,463kg of bird feed after the H5N1 virus was detected in poultry farms in the region

UK - A poultry vet says strict on-farm biosecurity combined with vaccination will help Welsh egg and broiler producers continue their remarkable downward trend in antibiotic use.

USA - In Otis, Massachusetts, Andy Pyenson was ready to sell his poultry farm in 2013. Now, it may become a cannbis cultivation and retail business.

GLOBAL - The Centre for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) has published a report detailing recent outbreaks of avian influenza in China, Nepal, Iraq and Cambodia

FRANCE (Reuters) - France and China signed Monday, on the occasion of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Paris, an agreement in principle on the lifting of the embargo since 2015 on French poultry exports.

USA - In an effort to improve mental health support for farmers, ranchers and farmworkers, National Farmers Union (NFU) and a broad coalition of leading farm and rural advocacy groups are urging Congress to fully fund th…

UK - Food company Moy Park has launched an ambitious new campaign to tackle the use of plastics and packaging across its business and the industry.