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Aarhus University is taking part in the international "SMART Broiler" project to develop a camera and image-based welfare surveillance system.

50 US families will receive free beef, pork and chicken for 1 year with participation in company-sponsored vaccination clinics

Rabobank's update provides an outlook for pig, poultry, cattle and grains and suggests what developments to watch in the upcoming months in North America.

The European Union struck a deal on reforms to the bloc's huge farming subsidy programme on Friday, setting up plans to protect small farms and make a dent in EU GHG emissions.

The US is set to join a global coalition that will improve the nutrition, health and education of vulnerable children and adolescents worldwide.

LEAF Education, Quorn Foods, The Great Tew Estate and Nutritank have partnered to develop an on-farm teaching initiative that educates medical students about sustainability, food production and farming.

The DLG welcomes the creation of the Union of Arab Poultry Producers, a new association, which is set to strengthen the Arab poultry producers’ market position.

Attention to detail is key to successfully vaccinating broiler flocks against infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT), according to a poultry health expert. Tim Cummings, DVM, senior technical services veterinarian, Zoetis, s…

The Aviagen® Asia Pacific team was pleased to welcome customers and visitors to their stand at the China Animal Husbandry Exhibition (CAHE), which took place May 18-20 at the Nanchang International Exhibition Center. The…

Most consumers care about the technology and the ingredients used to make their microwavable dinners and other shelf ready meals, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.

Following two years of African Swine Fever-driven decline, global meat production is anticipated to expand in 2021, rising by 2.2% to 346 million tonnes.

USDA announced $55.2 million in competitive grant funding available through the new Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) program.

We’ve written previously about the looming summer lull when buyers are no longer able to help producers move the growing stock levels in their warehouses. This comes at a time when the supply and demand sides of the mark…

Achieving impressive breeder performance scores ranging from 143.1 to 161.4 chicks per hen housed (at 60 weeks), Aviagen® Kft customers Madi doo and Brovis dd continue to reach for the stars. On June 1 and 2, Dejan Bosan…

This question often rises while injecting animals, in order to know the remaining number to treat. A visual or mental count is possible when large animals are well separated, in small groups. But for poultry, a counter d…

In joint research, POSTECH professor Inhwan Hwang develops a new avian influenza vaccine using plant-based recombinant protein

Brazil reports that chicken slaughter broke a record in the 1st quarter of 2021, and pig slaughter had the best quarter of the historical series, which began in 1997. Cattle slaughter was down about 10% over year ago and…

Over the last year and a half, deep weaknesses in our food and farm systems have been revealed, according to National Farmers Union (NFU).

The US Drought Monitor is showing a lot of red, raising concerns about water availability and wild fires.

A new report from the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has found that the trading bloc's agricultural spending has not translated into climate-friendly farming.