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E.coli poultry vaccine to be launched
An innovation in protecting chickens against E.coli bacteria has been achieved with the launch of a first modified live vaccine. The vaccine, which…
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Mexican avian flu 'nightmare' as 25m birds lost
Two leaders of the Mexican egg industry have spoken of their "nightmare" after an estimated 25 million laying birds were lost in an outbreak of avian…
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African egg exports set to hit the EU
A number of North African countries are gearing up production to enable them to export eggs to the European Union. Delegates at the London conference…
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Falling demand for free range eggs easing
Recent statistics indicate that the decline in demand for free range eggs may be slowing down. Noble Foods chief executive Peter Thornton told the…
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RHI proves popular with poultry farms
One of the conditions of the RHI is that applicants must not have mains gas available to them, so potential sites are likely to be in rural…
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Kievs boost spent hen values
A high welfare initiative between television farmer Jimmy Doherty and the supermarket group Tesco could help to maintain strong demand for spent…
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Chicken tax to cost British farmers millions of sales
New VAT rules on hot food could have a serious impact on the British poultry industry – with sales of whole rotisserie chickens expected to fall by…
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Focus shifts to egg processing for final day of IEC London 2012
Steve Manton, Chair of the IEC’s Egg Processors International Committee, opened Thursday morning’s speaker sessions; he told the IEC audience: “Egg…
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Eggs are the talk of London
Over 450 of the egg industry’s leaders and decision makers from across the world are meeting this week in London, for the International Egg…
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Egg sector warns on cancelled birds
John Bowler has estimated that nearly half a million pullets have been cancelled recently as the free range egg sector has entered what he says is…
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