Fabio NunesFabio Nunes, poultry processing consultant, BrazilFrom the Author - Page 3Broilers & TurkeysCurso Poultry School en Español 2012Me complace adjuntarle, al pie de la página, los folletos del programa y para inscripción al curso Poultry School en Español 2012 a llevarse a cabo en la Universidad de Georgia del 27 de enero al 1 de febrero de 2012, justo en la semana siguiente a la feria de Atlanta.Broilers & TurkeysWSJ Americas: Para el presidente de Eli Lilly, este es el siglo de la biomedicina"He aquí un dato sorprendente", comenta John Lechleiter, presidente de la farmacéutica Eli Lilly & Co.HomeBrazil broiler production nears 13.1 million metric tons in 2011Brazilian chicken meat production will reach 13.08 million metric tons in 2011, a 6.9% rise compared to 2010, according to the latest, end-of-the-year evaluation by the Brazilian Poultry Producers and Exporters Association, UBABEF. As per the evaluation, 69.9% by volume or 9.14 million metric tons must be consumed domestically, representing a 8.3% rise compared to 2010, while 30.1% by volume or 3.937 million metric tons must be exported, a 2.7% rise compared to the year before.HomeRussia releases meat import quotas for 2012Russia just established the beef, pork and broiler import quotas for the coming year. Fresh beef was assigned a quota of 30,000 metric tons, while frozen beef was assigned 530,000 metric tons, the same volume of 2011. Pork was assigned 400,000 metric tons; while chicken was assigned 250,000 metric tons.HomeEarth Policy Institute: Harnessing the Sun's Energy for Water and Space HeatingThe pressure to increase the consumption of clean, renewable energy has been growing all over the world, as a means to reduce the impact of the fossil fuels on the environment. Among many economically viable options available, the use of solar and wind energy emerges as promising alternatives.HomeBrazilian broiler industry expects to hit meat export record in 2012In January 2011, upon closing the data from the exports of the year before, the Brazilian broiler industry expected to repeat the same 5% growth over the previous year’s exports, thus setting a new export record of 4 million metric tons of chicken meat. Upon maintaining the same growth rate in December 2011 and over the next 12 months of the coming year, the total chicken meat exports in 2012 will reach slightly more than 4 million metric tons.HomeBrazil agribusiness exports set new recordBrazilian agribusiness exports revenue set a new record with US$87.57 billion from January through November 2011, 24.4% higher than the same period last year and US$2.57 billion above the goal set for the whole year. The growth can be mostly credited to the increase in the average price of the merchandises, which benefited all the agribusiness segments.HomeRabobank: US poultry industry reportRabobank released through its global Food and Agribusiness Research and Advisory a paper on the U.S. chicken industry titled “This is not your grandfather’s chicken industry – Thoughts from a banker’s perspective”. The report, which is a wakeup call to the U.S. chicken industry, examines the challenges faced by the chicken industry and the implications for necessary change in the industry going forward.HomeRabobank: Agricultural Outlook 2012Rabobank, Holland, released a new report on the outlook of the agri commodities for 2012. As per the release, Rabobank sees agri commodity prices down, but not out in 2012. “While the long-term bull run in agri commodities remains, we expect prices across the agri complex to ease from their record highs, continuing the downward trajectory since mid-2011,” says Luke Chandler, Director of Agri Commodity Markets Research.HomeEarth Policy Institute: Rising meat consumption drains grain harvestThe future growing of world's population will put a lot of pressure on food production as to answer for its increasing demand. However, the food demand will not just increase as will change its current pattern, given the changes world's population will undergo over the next decades will have a significant impact on the profile of the average diets around the world.Processing & SlaughterResearchers kill Campylobacter using flowing hot airCampylobacter has gained a growing importance within the poultry industry around the world given its risk to human health. Therefore, all measures possible must be taken along the broiler production and processing chains to either avoid or ideally eliminate its presence in the final chicken meat products, thus protecting consumers’ health.HomeReflection on food wastageI was fortunate to receive a nice article authored by Worldwatch Intsitute's Supryia Kumar, which calls all of us for reflection on a particular topic as the end-of-the-year feasts period comes close again - the food wastage so common this time of the year.Previous PagePage 3 of 13Next Page