Oceania

Ingham’s chief financial officer Ian Brannan resigns

He will remain with the company for another six months

January 7, 2019

Roy Graber

Ian Brannan has submitted his resignation as chief financial officer of Australia-based poultry company Ingham’s.

Farm fire kills 50,000 Tegel Foods chickens

Three barns were destroyed by the blaze

December 27, 2018

Three barns and about 50,000 chickens being raised for Tegel Foods were lost in a fire that broke out at a farm in Henderson, New Zealand, near Auckland.

Ingham’s to build new hatchery in Victoria

December 17, 2018

Australian poultry company Ingham’s is planning to build a new hatchery in Victoria.

Australian consumer egg industry perceptions surveyed

Survey forms part of Australian egg industry’s commitment to sustainable production

October 26, 2018

Mark Clements

The Australian egg industry has surveyed stakeholders and 5,000 consumers to understand the values underlying public views of the sector.

Ingham’s Group appoints Jim Leighton as new CEO

His experience with 40North Foods, Perdue, ConAgra and Hain Celestial make him ‘the standout candidate,’ company chairman says

October 24, 2018

Jim Leighton, an experienced executive in the U.S. poultry industry, has been selected to become the new managing director and chief executive officer of Australia-based poultry company Ingham’s.

Special report

World's top 100 feed producers in 2017

Report highlights global compound animal feed manufacturers producing volumes over 1 million metric tons in 2017

October 11, 2018

Jackie Roembke

The latest edition of WATT Global Media’s World’s Top Feed Companies listing reports 100 companies with more than 1 million metric tons of compound feed production in 2017.

Tegel Foods poultry farm denied in New Zealand

200-hectare farm would have raised 9 million birds annually

October 1, 2018

Tegel Foods’ plans to build a new poultry farm in the New Zealand Northland have been turned down by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO).

Australia drought affecting feed quality, limiting resources

Drought leaves a lack of quality food for poultry, livestock

September 28, 2018

Ann Reus

A heritage poultry farm in New South Wales, Australia, claims that toxic feed used as a result of a lack of “top-notch food” during the country’s extreme drought caused the loss of 1,200 of its birds.