Music legend Neil Young and John Tyson, chairman of Tyson Foods Inc., are teaming up to help fight hunger in Gulf Coast communities affected by the recent oil spill. Tyson Foods plans to donate 100,000 pounds of chicken products in conjunction with special concerts Young has planned in late September in Mobile, Ala.; Panama City and Pensacola, Fla.; and Biloxi, Miss. The food will be distribu...
Marel hailed a stronger order intake for its processing equipment on the back of the continuing economic recovery as it posted improved operating results for the first half of 2010.
The Iceland-based company said the poultry sector was leading a sustained increase in market activity for its machinery as year-on-year revenues from core business jumped by more than 25 per cent to €265m for the six ...
As of May, 2010, Roxell serves and supplies its customers and distributors in the Asia-Pacific region directly from a newly established facility in Malaysia.
The new Roxell branch is situated in Shah Alam in the state of Selangor.
The location was strategically chosen. It is in the proximity of Port Klang at the west coast and also offers direct access to the main roads on the north-south and the ea...
Aviagen today announced plans to purchase the “Peterson Male” broiler breeder genetic line from Peterson Farms, Decatur, AR. As part of the agreement, Aviagen will also acquire use of the Peterson brand name for broiler breeder stock.
“Peterson has been an important male line breeder since 1959,” said Randall Ennis, CEO, Aviagen, Inc. “Acquiring the Peterson male line is a strategic...
Catalonian integration Granja Crusvi is among the first in the world to adopt Pas Reform’s latest advancement in hatchery technologies. The company is to renovate part of its existing hatchery, replacing its entire hatchery capacity with the new SmartPro™ system, launched this year.
The Reus-based integration was also among the first to adopt Pas Reform’s SmartSet™ setters, when they launch...
Tyson Foods announced its Dynamic Fuels plant in Geismar, La., is mechanically complete and the company has begun working to start operations.
Dynamic Fuels, a joint venture between Tyson and Syntroleum Corp., will convert fats, greases and oils supplied by Tyson into as much as 75 million gallons of renewable fuel per year.
“The commissioning activities we have in progress include flushing of all...
Prinzen has re-launched their website. The new site has a fresh design and a layout, which the company believes makes it easier to use.
This website is a platform where poultry companies can find everything about the complete solutions Prinzen has to offer for egg handling equipment.
The website is separated in two sections, namely handling hatching eggs, and handling table eggs.
Handling hatching eggs...
Kemin presents the effect of dietary addition of
Bacillus Subtilis
PB6 spores on gut health conditions at two conferences in France.
Over the last few weeks the animal production sector has been in the media spotlight across Europe. Recent news suggests that an increasing number of pathogenic bacteria are developing a multi-resistance against antibiotics which can lead to a life threatening situation...
The world's leading poultry breeding company Aviagen recently joined forces with Moy Park, to present a series of seminars to customers across Southern Ireland. Moy Park is one of Europe’s leading poultry producing companies and the Ross distributor for the region. This year, Moy Park and Aviagen celebrate 50 years of partnership.
The Aviagen and Moy Park teams held seven events within a week whi...
