Gary Thornton Gary Thornton is editor and publisher at ClearPoultry.com. Email him at Gary.Thornton.Media@Gmail.com.From the AuthorPoultry FutureFlexitarian not an ‘f’ word for chicken producersThe growing flexitarian style of eating would seem to be a curse to the meat and poultry industry. It encourages eating plant-based foods while allowing meat and other animal products in moderation.Poultry FutureUS Hispanic market for chicken needs to be claimedSpeaking at the Chicken Marketing Summit, Frank Thurlow, formerly category director for beef and poultry with Southeastern Grocers, said, “We had to figure out what the Hispanic customer was looking for and what we needed to do to be attractive to that customer.”Consumer TrendsHearing poultry customers over social media’s noiseAre chicken marketers allowing the loudest voices of social media to distract them from the important work of listening to their customers and responding to their needs?New Technologies3 poultry technology innovations to watchThree future poultry production innovations are gaining attention and commercial interest in the marketplace since the first Poultry Tech Summit (PTS).Poultry Tech Summit News4 ways robotics and automation could change poultry productionPoultry Tech Summit 2018 scoured the R&D and entrepreneurial world for the next tech breakthroughs that will cut production costs, speed processes and improve quality. Several of the ideas presented involved robotics and automation.Poultry FutureHow chicken will succeed in the digitized proteins marketProfitably winning the consumer’s food dollar in the meat category in 2019 and beyond will require new solutions that automate and personalize the marketing of food proteins to consumers. A four-part session at the 2019 Chicken Marketing Summit will deliver insights into how this transformation will impact the chicken industry’s products in the channels in which it competes.New Technologies16 innovations to change poultry productionThe first-ever Poultry Tech Summit brought together tech innovators, venture capitalists and poultry companies from 20 countries to triangulate on the next generation of technology that will solve problems and open new opportunities in poultry production.New Technologies3 poultry technology solutions to harness big dataTechnologies are becoming available to leverage blockchain and machine-learning technologies to detect, predict and manage outcomes in poultry health, production efficiency, product quality and food safety throughout the supply chain.Poultry Tech Summit PresentationsPlant-based in-feed vaccines to control coccidiosisLearn about a new technology for producing antigens in corn plants which can then be used as edible vaccines for poultry.Poultry Tech Summit PresentationsPoultry food safety: Next-generation DNA sequencing is hereNext-generation sequencing food safety technology that promises to deliver unprecedented insight into supply chains at a rate and scale never experienced before is poised for commercial launch in poultry processing.Egg ProductionPoultry farming: The robots are comingRobotic technologies to be presented at the Poultry Tech Summit give a glimpse into the next revolution in poultry farming — automation that tirelessly interacts with flocks, pinpoints localized problems in the house and reports everything on the cloud.Poultry Tech Summit PresentationsNanotubes trap avian flu viruses for early detectionNanotechnology to be presented at the Poultry Tech Summit acts as a filter to trap avian influenza viruses for quick identification without dependence on antibodies.Page 1 of 29Next Page
