Mark ClementsMark Clements is the editor of Poultry International. To contact Clements, email [email protected].From the Author - Page 67Broilers & TurkeysWorld’s Top Poultry Companies – bigger and betterPoultry International’s October issue features our exclusivecompilation of the World’s Top Poultry Companies.BlogsA trip back to the International Poultry ShowTake a trip back to 1963 and the International Poultry Show, Olympia, London. The International Poultry Show back in 1963 was part of the Dairy Show, and a decade later became an entity in its own right.BlogsPoultry’s carbon footprintAnother piece of research has found that poultry and eggs have the smallest carbon footprints of the major sources of animal protein. Published earlier this month, the Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change and Health offers a lifecycle assessment of 20 popular types of meat, dairy and vegetable proteins.HomeKeeping the focus close to home in the poultry industryWhether in the poultry, or any other industry, it is often worth standing back and reviewing exactly what we might be doing. Do we always behave ethically?BlogsAddressing the basics in broiler productionEarlier this year, the Poultry Science Association issued a press release detailing work carried out by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension that looked at how simple changes and reviews could save broiler producers money. Among the recommendations were that in order to reduce electrical usage, fans, shutters and screens should be kept clean, as this helps to reduce the static pressure that fans are working against.HomeSuccesses, progress in animal feed industryWith the highs in animal feed ingredient prices it is easy to focus on the negative, but, as this issue shows, there have plenty of positives. The commonest headlines over the last months may have focused on inflation and volatility, but looking back at reports from around the world, there have also been consolidations, acquisitions and expansions along with investments.Egg ProductionNews Corporation: Lessons for the poultry industryWhether in the poultry, feed or any other industry, it is often worth standing back and reviewing exactly we might have been doing.Egg ProductionPositive outlook for functional eggsThe humble egg has long been known to have a number of beneficial properties. The last couple of decades have seen the benefits contained within the humble shell increase – think omega-3.Egg ProductionRecord amount of double-yolked eggsFamily in the UK crack open double-yolked egg after double-yolked egg.Poultry FeedImproved testing and new thinking needed for phytasesWith numerous phytase products on the market, but differing results when applied on farm, the need for the more effective testing and evaluation of phytase efficacy in animal feed was raised at the first International Phytase Summit. Another message to come out of the summit was that the extensive use of phytase enzymes in pig and poultry diets has raised the need for more accurate determination of phosphorous and calcium requirements.BlogsVietnam records success against avian influenzaSpecies-jumping pathogens pose special dangers to people because the human immune system may not be equipped to deal with them, and while Egypt may have reported another human death due to avian influenza this month, Vietnam, it would seem, is making headway in bringing animal diseases under control.BlogsWeak economy increases poultry company takeoversThe competition commission in Brazil may not think so with regard to Brasil Foods -- the food giant created at the height of the financial crisis but now might be facing the prospect of being slimmed down. However, in the Northern Hemisphere, a new report suggests that one in seven companies in the poultry industry could change hands as a result of the economic climate.Previous PagePage 67 of 78Next Page