Aviagen hosted a grand opening event at its campus in Elkmont, Alabama, on November 5. The occasion marked the completion of a new Veterinary Services building, along with the expansion of the facility’s existing diagnostic laboratory, which was highlighted with a tour of the lab’s innovative features.

The poultry industry is ready to grow its output when the economic conditions improve, according to observations of hatchery performance.

Three years after opening its $40 million, organic certified, animal-welfare-focused chicken hatchery, Bell & Evans is now adding hatching capabilities to maximize capacity in preparation for the company’s upcoming growth.

Stringent hygiene in the hatchery can help minimize contaminations and maximize the quality of your chicks, said Eddy Van Lierde, Aviagen hatchery specialist.

Royal Pas Reform CEO Harm Langen will be leaving the company, effective October 1, 2020. The search for his successor is underway.

Will a new report on animal welfare make a difference in the minds of the average American shopper and the decision makers at major chicken buyers?

At long last, the results of a study that examines welfare outcomes from conventional broiler breeds and slower-growing breeds have been released.

I would like to talk about the difficult balance between profitability in the poultry industry, demands of lobbyists, the environment, product quality and the end consumer.

HatchTech, a leading Netherlands-based manufacturer of incubation equipment, and Willmar Poultry Innovations, a U.S.-based global-leading innovator of turkey-related products and operations, are collaborating on substantial research and development efforts to apply market-leading chicken HatchCare products to hatching day-old turkeys.

Plukon Food Group, the largest poultry company in the Netherlands, will acquire 51% of German hatchery company Optibrut.