Latin America Poultry at a Glance

What a toxic compound does to the poultry industry

November 2, 2017

Months pass and the expansive wave of the case of Fipronil in eggs in Europe continues, not in the pollution level per se, but rather concerning the impact on the market.

Chicken and eggs for urbanites, ‘as is’

October 25, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

Last week, leaders from 100 cities of the world involved with the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact met in Valencia, Spain

World Egg Day and egg euphemisms

There is nothing wrong with simply calling them ‘eggs’

October 9, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

This coming Friday, October 13, World Egg Day will once again be celebrated.

With poultry, we are in the right business

October 4, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

If there was some food for thought that I brought back home after last week’s 25th Latin American Poultry Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, it was this: with poultry, we are in the right business.

Poultry robot: The future is now

September 16, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

There are already robots that can work in direct contact with the birds, that do several tasks and that improve efficiency and biosecurity, and diminish work load for the worker.

Seara seasoned whole heat and serve chicken

Does Brazil have to change its chicken inspection system?

September 2, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

There are people who insist that Brazil would have to change its chicken inspection system after Operation Weak Flesh. Buy why would they?

Australia wants to jump like a kangaroo to Latin America

August 22, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

As the US renegotiates its free trade pacts, the players in global agricultural trade are perhaps realigning themselves.

Fipronil in eggs: we need food safety police

August 9, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

The Fipronil scandal in eggs produced in Holland and Belgium should make us open our eyes to see what we can do to prevent yet another safety scandal.

5 billion chicken hearts

Brazilians consume an enormous quantity of chicken hearts, so much that this offal is now a value-added product.

August 1, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

Brazilians consume an enormous quantity of chicken hearts, so much that this offal is now a value-added product.

Do Iowa farmers know their Mexican buyers?

Relations between farmers in U.S. and Mexico could be beneficial as trade talks ensue

July 25, 2017

Benjamín Ruiz

Because trade relations between Mexico and the United States are carried out through officials, it seems that the common corn and soy producers do not know who is buying their product.