Terrence O'KeefeTerrence O'Keefe is content director at WATT Global Media. www.wattglobalmedia.com/contact-usFrom the Author - Page 13Egg ProductionRaising hens with intact beaks to produce cage-free eggsThe practice of trimming the beaks of laying hens, broiler and turkey breeders, and turkey meat birds goes back decades. Beak trimming was instituted as a management tool to prevent injury resulting from aggressive pecking and feather pecking. In spite of advancements such as infrared beak treatment, animal welfare activists have continued to push for an end to beak trimming.BroilersLitter composting can improve broiler performanceReusing poultry bedding, referred to as built-up litter, is a common practice in U.S. broiler houses and turkey finishing barns. Windrow composting techniques have been developed which, if properly implemented, can achieve several positive benefits, according to Bud Malone, consultant, Malone Poultry Consulting.Breeding & GeneticsFaster growing broilers can still have good welfareSome animal rights activist groups are pushing for broiler producers and chicken buyers to switch to slower growing breeds because they claim that the welfare of these birds is better than it is for modern broiler strains.Cage-Free Laying SystemsShould US, EU growers ignore cage housing for broilers?I wanted to take the opportunity provided by my attendance at EuroTier to visit some cage-free layer operations on my trip to Europe.Processing & SlaughterRembrandt Foods sees opportunity in protein powder marketEgg processor hopes its scheduled 2017 launch of a 90 percent protein egg white isolate will expand share for eggs in the sports and senior nutrition markets.Egg ProductionMassachusetts voters pass a confusing hen welfare lawAll of the votes from the November 8, 2016, election haven’t been tallied yet, but Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved Question 3, which phases out “extreme methods of farm animal confinement.”Broilers & TurkeysComplejo de pollo diseñado para prevenir influenza aviarEs posible tener compartimentada una empresa para evitar a la influenza aviar y exportar, como este caso de CPF en Tailandia.Cage-Free Laying SystemsCage-free housing standards: Changes may be comingCage-free egg purchase pledges made by major grocery and foodservice egg purchasers are triggering what could be $10 billion investment by U.S. egg producers in cage-free production systems over the next decade.Egg ProductionWarning for US egg producers: Beware of free-range hensGlenrath Farms has a profitable egg business, one of the UK's largest, whose hens lay around 1.5 million eggs per day. John Campbell told the audience at the United Egg Producers' Annual Board Meeting & Executive Conference in Miami Beach, Florida, on October 18, "I strongly advise any egg producer to avoid free-range. It (free range rearing for hens) is a disaster waiting to happen."Egg ProductionDoes the ‘consumer’ really want cage-free eggs?Consumers need to feel good about using your product if you want to build your brand.Cage-Free Laying SystemsGrandin to poultry industry: 'Avoid BS welfare standards'Dr. Temple Grandin, animal science professor, Colorado State University, says the most important thing regarding outdoor access provisions for poultry is to “have clear guidelines and no BS, a porch half the size of this table is pure BS.”Broilers & TurkeysThe race continues for a viable in ovo sexing techniqueUS, EU egg producers are committed to stop euthanizing newly hatched layer cockerels once a commercially viable means of embryo sexing is available.Previous PagePage 13 of 59Next Page