East Anglia-based poultry integrator Crown Chicken has adopted on-farm hatching across its entire business, using a Belgian-Dutch system supplied by NestBorn. The NestBorn system takes pre-incubated eggs, which…
Month: February 2020
Wall’s has launched its first chicken roll in selected Asda stores across the country. The new collection includes a Wall’s Chicken Jumbo Roll and a four-pack…
Vencomatic Group has acquired the Dutch family business Van Gent Laying nests, which it said would enable it to strengthen its position in the broiler breeder…
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) two annual surveys tested fresh chicken on sale in the UK, with one looking at certain types of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) E. coli,…
Trade bodies from across the agriculture sector have expressed serious concerns about the government’s points-based immigration policy, which home secretary Priti Patel announced on 19 February.…
Two chicken proteins that may be involved in immune regulation of cancerous cells and viral infection, named Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) and Programmed cell death ligand…
A large research study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has confirmed no significant association between egg intake and blood fat levels, cardiovascular risk…
TV Presenter and farmer Adam Henson is launching #FEEDMETRUTH on 20 February, a national campaign so children know where the food on their plate has come…
A novel way to study key poultry infections and aid the development of vaccines has been developed by researchers. Their approach can be used to study…
Work has begun on infrastructure to support the Ni-Park, a world leading agri-tech research and innovation hub supported by Harper Adams University. The new hub will…