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EP 61 | Agri Farm Data: Better data, better broilers? Making benchmarking work on farm

Knowing how your flock compares with other farms is one thing. Understanding why it performs differently — and what to change — is another. Tom Willings and Tom Woolman are joined by Patrick Snodgrass and Iain Campbell from AgriFarm Data to explore how broiler growers can make better use of the information collected in their...

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EP 61 | Agri Farm Data: Better data, better broilers? Making benchmarking work on farm

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EP 60 | How resilient is the UK poultry sector to Avian Influenza?

Tom Woolman and Tom Willings are joined by Dr Pablo Alarcon and Dr Mat Hennessey from the Royal Veterinary College to discuss the pressures shaping poultry’s response to avian influenza — and why some of the biggest challenges cannot be addressed through farm biosecurity alone. As part of the Flu Trailmap project, the researchers have...

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Ep 59 | From the Poultry Meat Conference 26: Water waste and heat stress: rethinking the broiler shed

Are broiler drinkers delivering more water than birds can actually drink? Ziggity Systems’ André van Rij made that case at this year’s Poultry Meat Conference, questioning whether recommended flow rates leave farms dealing with unnecessary spillage—and whether catch cups introduce more problems than they solve. Recorded at the event, Jake Davies and Tom Woolman discuss...

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Ep 58 | FAI and Birdbox: Listening to hens, the next step in flock monitoring?

Could the sounds inside a poultry house help producers spot health and welfare problems before they develop? This week, Jake and Tom are joined by Carly Scott, FAI director and BirdBox project lead, and Professor Lucy Asher of Newcastle University to discuss the next generation of BirdBox and the research behind its flock-monitoring technology. The...

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EP 57: Host Episode; Poultry Network Live – confidence, caution and the people challenge

Recorded at Harper Adams immediately after Poultry Network Live, Tom Willings and Tom Woolman reflect on the biggest messages from a day of debate, technical insight and practical discussion across the egg and broiler sectors. And, before any of that, there is an overdue update on Tom’s increasingly determined escape-artist sheep. They discuss Patrick Hook’s...

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EP 56: Mark Williams, BEIC Chair: Imported eggs, Salmonella and the case for tougher border controls

Imported eggs are under growing scrutiny following a UK Salmonella outbreak involving three genetically distinct clusters, around 470 cases and two deaths at the time this episode was recorded. Tom Woolman and Tom Willings are joined by Mark Williams, chairman of the British Egg Industry Council, to examine what is known about the outbreak and...

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Ep 55 | Barry Jackson: Why the UK egg market has softened – and what comes next

After four years of tight supply and firm prices, the UK egg market has changed quickly this summer. More egg has reached the wholesale market just as seasonal demand has eased, bringing values down sharply and raising a difficult question: is this a temporary summer correction, or has the market turned? Tom Willings and Tom...

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Ep54 | Poultry Network’s Jake Davies joins: Feed costs climb, Netflix takes on chicken and Poultry Network Live preview

Feed markets are turning again. Black Sea disruption, drought across Europe and pressure on other crops are combining to push poultry ration costs higher, just as conditions in the egg market begin to look more challenging. With technical problems keeping Tom Willings off air, Tom Woolman is joined by Poultry Network editor-in-chief Jake Davies to...

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Ep 53 | Host Episode; ABN exit, organic egg trade-offs and a summer market squeeze

Tom Willings and Tom Woolman sit down together for a summer round-up of the stories shaping the poultry sector, from major changes in the feed industry to mounting pressure in the egg market. The episode begins with Tom Woolman’s family holiday to the Dordogne, where a search for a farm visit led to a foie...

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