Terrence O'KeefeTerrence O'Keefe is content director at WATT Global Media. www.wattglobalmedia.com/contact-usFrom the Author - Page 11Broilers & TurkeysTax and control: The real climate change agendaThe Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return (FAIRR) initiative released a report that suggests that meat will fall prey to the same kind of sin taxes that are now used to curb consumption of tobacco and sugar in many countries.Broilers & TurkeysImprove poultry welfare with outcome-based standardsWelfare standards based on objective measurements of outcomes for poultry present an opportunity for innovation and will lead to improved bird welfare.Broilers & Turkeys¿Mejoran la salud humana las aves que nunca reciben antibióticos?Crece la cantidad de aves que se producen bajo el programa “nunca con antibióticos” ¿Reducirá esta tendencia la resistencia antimicrobiana en la medicina humana?Antibiotic-Free MeatWill no-antibiotics-ever poultry improve human health?The number of broiler, turkey and layer flocks raised in no-antibiotics-ever programs is rapidly increasing, but it is uncertain whether this will reduce antimicrobial resistance in human medicine.Egg ProductionVital Farms video disparages cage-free egg productionAn online video released by pasture-raised egg producer Vital Farms purports to tell the difference between pasture-raised and cage-free eggs. A commonly used vulgarity to describe bovine feces is “bleeped out” when it is used over and over to describe eggs produced in cage-free barns, or the pasture-raised eggs which are said to be bovine-feces free.Broilers & TurkeysPoultry welfare: Finding the hill we can defendUsing science to explain as much as we can about all aspects of poultry welfare and developing measurements -- behavioral, physical and physiological -- is important. After these indicators are established, the measurements need to be viewed not just through the eyes of scientists and poultry husbandry specialists, but also of the average consumer.Broilers & TurkeysDoes it make sense to use poultry litter as fuel?I would guess that litter-burning furnaces aren’t for everyone, but they may be just what some growers are looking for.Egg ProductionFuture of egg processing: Intelligent automationRelative to processing poultry carcasses, processing eggs has been relatively easy to automate. When it comes to washing, inspecting, grading and packing shell eggs at an inline facility, the vast majority of the eggs can make it from the hen to the egg carton without being touched by a human. It is expected that automation will move into even more areas of egg processing in the not-so-distant future.Egg ProductionTransparency is the key to keeping hens in the houseMillennial consumers' opinions can be changed by effective marketing campaigns, according to Richard Kottmeyer, senior managing partner, Farm to Fork Advisory Services.Cage-Free Laying SystemsUS shift to cage-free eggs causing market disruptionIf retailers are going to take away consumer choice, they will need to set and keep interim goals for cage-free egg sales to avoid a major supply mess.Processing & SlaughterFuture of poultry processing: Intelligent automationEquipment companies have successfully automated virtually every task in first processing in modern broiler processing plants.Cage-Free Laying SystemsHousing systems should be designed around the animalJust as egg producers are housing more cage-free hens, many pork producers are switching from gestation stalls to group pens for housing pregnant sows. The driving force for both of these transitions is purchase pledges by major foodservice and retail customers.Previous PagePage 11 of 59Next Page