Poultry Production
In commercial poultry operations, controlling litter moisture is essential to maintaining animal health, welfare and production performance. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Poultry keeping is all about the chickens and bird-focused poultry farming is all about how to house and care for chickens in the best possible way Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Hen management is one of the most difficult areas that has been discussed or looked at in the 30-plus years that I have been involved in the poultry industry. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An Italian biologist has developed poultry feed that is rich in hormones, which studies show increased weight and commenced laying earlier than control birds. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Eggs from corn-fed chickens could offer a solution to vision problems that many people face as they age, according to a new study from the University of Guelph. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Nova Scotia Egg Producers will receive $265,000 from the Canadian Government to help reduce feed costs and increase total egg yields. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A look back through the last 100 years of Canadian Poultry. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Over the past 100 years, chicken has gone from the occasional Sunday meal of a spent layer or surplus rooster from a backyard flock, to a staple food. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The chronology of supply management in Canada’s poultry industries seems straightforward and linear, but disguised are the challenges, controversies and drama. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Researchers with the University of Illinois have been examining how dietary components affect gut health and disease resistance in chickens. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Global Green Inc. has announced that Salmogenics, their Salmonella vaccine for poultry, may reduce the use of antibiotics. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Taiwan has lifted a ban on poultry products from Saskatchewan, imposed in September 2007, following detection of Notifiable Avian Influenza. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
USDA researchers have discovered that bacterial cross-contamination can be reduced by treating the cages with air heated to 112 F (50 C). Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Canadian Bio-Systems has introduced a new feed additive, Maxi-Gen Plus, for use by poultry and pork producers. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Supply and demand. Economies of scale. It’s basic “Ham and Egg-onomics,” according to Jayson Lusk, an agricultural economist at Oklahoma State University. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Brazil is the fifth largest country, with a population of 196 million, and the third largest agricultural exporter in the world. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
This could be Canada’s year of the trade deal since an agreement with Europe is expected, another with India is possible and Japan may be in the offing. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Sustainability has become a buzzword in the agricultural industry. But what does it mean exactly? Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has published its final rule on traceability requirements for livestock moved in Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A International Student Career Program will be at the 2013 International Production & Processing Expo to help students find jobs and internships. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!