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Breeding & Genetics

Experts share breeder best practices at First Cobb China Academy

Cobb-Vantress Asia's breed of choice since 2017, recently hosted its first academy event in China to share expertise on breeder management.

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Producing healthy poultry meat in a cost-effective way

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Learn how poultry processing solutions can optimize equipment uptime and increase yield.

Producing healthy poultry meat in a cost-effective way

Breeding & Genetics

Crystal Lake Farms names new director of national sales accounts

Decatur, Arkansas-based Crystal Lake Farms has appointed Jeff Farver as Director of National Sales Accounts.

Breeding & Genetics

Slower-growing broiler company Cooks Venture formed

A new company has formed that will specialize in the production and processing of pasture-raised, slow-growth chickens that are third-party verified through the Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Step 4 program.

Newly-formed company Cooks Venture will be raising slow-growth, Global Animal Partnership (GAP) Step 4 program-certified chickens. (Cooks Venture)

Breeding & Genetics

First Aviagen Poultry Genetics Scholarship awarded

Canadian student Midian Nascimento Dos Santos has been named as the first recipient of the Aviagen Poultry Genetics Scholarship.

Breeding & Genetics

Jamesway announces new regional sales manager

Jamesway Incubator Company Inc. is excited to announce an expansion to its International Sales Team with the addition of a Regional Sales Manager for Western U.S.

Processing & Slaughter

Heavy birds reshape industry’s cost and price dynamics

Broiler sizes are steadily increasing due to efficiencies created by increased weight, but will that trend continue in the future?

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Breeding & Genetics

Cobb unveils US$50 million New Zealand facility

After two years of preparation and construction, Cobb celebrated the opening of its New Zealand pure-line facility on January 31, 2019.

Celebrating Cobb's new facility in New Zealand are, front row from left, JOel Sappenfield, president of Cobb-Vantress; elder Patrick Kingi; Rangimaako Witika, local landowner; and, back row, Alan Sanson, mayor of Waikato District Council; Glen Tupuhi, chairman of Nga Muka Development; Roy Mutimer, vice president of operations, Cobb-Vantress; and Jimmy Chand, general manager, Cobb New Zealand. (Cobb-Vantress)

Broilers & Turkeys

Hubbard invests $10 million in pedigree operations

An effort is currently underway to advance the research and development base of Hubbard in Walpole, New Hampshire.

Hubbard is investing $10 million in its pedigree operations in Walpole, New Hampshire. (Hubbard Breeders)

Broilers & Turkeys

Select Genetics’ Indiana hatchery built to grow

Select Genetics' new Indiana hatchery takes advantage of the opportunity to install the latest available technology to supply high quality turkey poults.

Michael Iseman, hatchery manager for Select Genetics, inspects a pullet. | Photo by Austin Alonzo

Breeding & Genetics

Tyson Foods invests in SmartPro hatchery technology

Tyson Foods Inc. has chosen Pas Reform and NatureForm, the world’s only single-source supplier of integrated hatchery solutions, to equip the hatchery of its new chicken production complex at Humboldt in Gibson County, western Tennessee.

Celebrating the agreement between Pas Reform and Tyson Foods are, from left, Michael Freer, complex engineer, Tyson Foods; Mike Tubb, managing director engineering, Tyson Foods; David Corvin, live production manager, Tyson Foods; Jan-Peter Eil, project manager, Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies; Jack Hubbel, VP sales, NatureForm Hatchery Technologies; Bouke Hamminga, director international sales & business development, Pas Reform Hatchery Technologies; Tom McCue, complex manager, Tyson Foods; Shelby Watkins, director of breeder & hatchery operations, Tyson Foods; Barry Vincent, breeder hatchery tech support, Tyson Foods. (Pas Reform)

Breeding & Genetics

Sustainability, animal health become key for breeders

A primary breeder executive explained how and why broiler breeders are prioritizing on selecting for traits other than size.

To evaluate the consumption of feed, breeders utilize a system of transponders for the birds pictured in these corrals.| Photo courtesy of Aviagen

Broilers & Turkeys

New Cobb Europe quality control center leads the way in British lab standards

Cobb Europe announced Feb. 8 that its newly opened laboratory facility in Norfolk, England, has been accredited with the latest ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard, making it one of the first laboratories in the United Kingdom to receive this recognition.

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