Poultry Tech Summit call for innovations & presentations launched
The 2019 Poultry Tech Summit is seeking completed applications and abstracts for both innovation and technology presentations, due April 17, 2019
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Terrence O'Keefe
Terrence O'Keefe is editor of Egg Industry and content director at WATT Global Media. To contact O'Keefe, email tokeefe@wattglobal.com.
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Evaluating early feeding for broilers is complicated
Several variations of early feeding for broilers are being implemented in Europe, but each system has strengths and challenges.
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Do voters know the increased cost of cage-free eggs?
Ballot initiatives mandating changes to animal husbandry practices, like cage free for hens, have been approved by the same voters who routinely purchase eggs from cage-housed hens.
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Ranking the largest US egg companies in 2019
US hen numbers are on the rise as egg producers add cage-free housing and convert high-rise cage houses to cage free.
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Egg producers: Less than half of US hens will be cage free in 2025
Many major foodservice and retail outlets have pledged to switch to 100 percent cage-free egg purchases by 2025, but not many are setting interim benchmarks to get there.
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3 key factors impacting 2019 US poultry industry profits
Record US animal protein production, slower economic growth, and ample supplies of corn and soybeans all figure to play major roles in determining whether 2019 is profitable for US poultry and egg producers.
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Will California Proposition 12 passage help US egg producers?
The answer to this question depends on whether you think US retailers will stick to their future cage-free egg purchase pledges.
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Collaboration is essential for advances in poultry technology
Poultry Tech Summit brought together innovators/entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, poultry industry technical experts and established technology companies.
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German egg farm transitions with the shell egg market
From privatization after the German reunification in 1990 to free-range and cage-free housing today, this shell egg producer has adapted to rapid changes in the retail market.
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Free-range hens: The future egg safety conundrum?
Egg farm Salmonella enteritidis control plans place heavy emphasis on keeping rodents and flies out of the layer house, but what happens when the hens goes out?
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