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Chick placings on the up in June
Confidence in the broiler sector bounced back in June, bringing the biggest rise in day-old chick placings this year. Compared with June a year ago, chick numbers last month were up by 2.5% to 95.3m. See also: Firm announces plans to buy 1.6m tonnes of poultry litter...
The effect of Guanidinoacetic Acid on the performance of slow-growing broilers
MODERN broiler breeds are characterised by their rapid growth and high feed efficiency. However, as animal welfare becomes an ever-more important factor in consumers' purchasing decisions, the demand for chicken from more extensive farming systems has grown. A number...
UK laying hen flock shows signs of recovery
Tentative signs that the UK egg flock may have finally bottomed out have emerged in the latest chick placing data from Defra. Figures for day-old pullet placings have now been released for the last two months of the year, which recorded the first monthly rise in chick...
Lion eggs become barn following end of East Anglia 16-week derogation
BRITISH Lion egg farmers will move as one to labelling eggs as barn following the end of the 16-week marketing derogation for housed free-range hens in East Anglia. Pallets of eggs leaving farms from 25 January will be labelled with the number 2 in packing centres...
2 Sisters Food Group proposes closure of Llangefni plant
2 SISTERS FOOD GROUP has said it intends to close its poultry processing facility in Llangefni on Ynys Mon (Anglesey). In a statement, the firm said it needed to make “operational changes” given challenges facing the food manufacturing sector. See also: Turkey numbers...
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Feed wheat drops again but soya remains high
SPOT feed costs have now slipped back to their lowest point since the invasion of Ukraine a year ago, but still remain well above where they were before it began. At the start of this month, the...
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