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Positive global outlook threatened by bird flu in China
The positive outlook for the global poultry industry is dependent on a balance in local supply and demand, falling feed costs and ongoing high prices…
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Egg packing row on Lion registration clause
Egg Packing companies have become embroiled in a simmering row over producer contracts and Lion registrations. At a meeting earlier this year Lion…
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Egg sector come together to agree average costings
A formula for calculating the cost of free range egg production has now been agreed by the British Free Range Egg Producers' Association (BFREPA)…
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Egg sales down as bird flu grips the Chinese poultry sector
Evidence has emerged to suggest that egg sales in China may have been impacted by the bird flu outbreak that has so far claimed the lives of 21…
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New study challenges views on free range hen mortality
A new study into mortality in laying hens suggests that free range birds need not be at any greater risk than hens in cage systems. The study, which…
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India move towards battery free production
India appears to be the latest country to start to move away from the use of conventional battery cages for egg production. The European Union…
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Free range or cage free? Aussie stocking density debate continues
A leading Australian supermarket chain appears to be attempting to establish a free range stocking density of 10,000 birds per hectare after the…
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EC cancels poultry threshold amendments
The European Commission’s decision not to amend thresholds for poultry and pigs or to include cattle in the Industrial Emissions Directive is 'a…
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Andrew Large joins the British Poultry Council as chief executive
Andrew Large joins the British Poultry Council (BPC) today as Chief Executive, following the retirement of Peter Bradnock after a 22-year tenure…
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Ann Botterill who helped revive the Christmas goose market
Ann Botterill, whose north Leicestershire family helped in reviving the Christmas goose market, has died peacefully in a nursing home near Woodhall…
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