Agri-Business
Moy Park Dungannon marks 40 years with £20m investment
Moy Parks Dungannon facility is celebrating 40 years of operation and the milestone coincides with the completion of the first...
Poultry
Agri-Business
Moy Park Dungannon marks 40 years with £20m investment
Moy Parks Dungannon facility is celebrating 40 years of operation and the milestone coincides with the completion of the first...
N.Ireland
Moy Park invests £180,000 at Northern hatchery
Moy Park has invested £180,000 in four revolutionary incubators at its hatchery in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. The new incubators, the...
Agri-Business
Moy Park sees turnover jump by £3.9m for second quarter
Moy Park’s turnover increased by £3.9m to £360.3m for the second quarter (Q2) of 2015, compared with the same period...
N.Ireland
Moy Park becomes official poultry supplier to Ulster Rugby
Moy Park has teamed up with Ulster Rugby for the upcoming 2015/2016 season as official poultry supplier to the squad....
Pig/Poultry
170,000 birds to be culled after bird flu confirmed on UK farm
Some 170,000 birds are to be culled on a UK poultry farm after a case of avian influenza (bird flu)...
Pig/Poultry
UK consumers buy more poultry than other meat
In 2014, UK consumers bought more poultry than any other meat product, a report by the British Poultry Council has...
Pig/Poultry
10 golden rules for the EU poultry industry
The ongoing turbulent outlook for the EU poultry industry will further challenge the position of individual poultry companies, according to...
Beef
EU meat production to rise by 1.7% in 2015
Bovine meat production is anticipated to rise by 1.7% in 2015 in the EU, according to the Food and Agricultural...
Agri-Business
US poultry producer to ban use of human antibiotics in chickens
One of the US’ largest poultry producers, Tyson Foods Inc., has announced that it plans to ban the use of...
Agri-Business
73% of chickens in UK tested positive for the presence of Campylobacter
Over 70% of raw chickens tested positive for the presence of campylobacter, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK has...
Pig/Poultry
Dealing with ‘Wet Litter’ Syndrome in poultry
Research carried over recent years has confirmed a strong link between poultry diets and the onset of ‘Wet Litter’ Syndrome...
Dairy
Are pharmabiotics the future for livestock?
Professor Colin Hill, who heads up the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre at the University of Cork, told the recent St David’s...
Agri-Business
Global compound feed output on the rise
Global compound animal feed production increased by 2.1% last year, according to a December 2014 agri-business survey carried out by...
Rural Life
How a 'Hen Party' keeps the foxes away Young Scientist project finds
A group of students from Salesian Secondary College, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick, is exhibiting at the Young Scientist a project to...
World News
Countries urged to increase bird flu strategies
A new bird flu strain detected in Europe, which is similar to strains reported to be circulating in 2014 in...
Agri-Business
Third case of bird flu confirmed on Dutch farms
Bird flu has been confirmed on a third Dutch farm, the Dutch Government has confirmed, with a number of other...
N.Ireland
Northern poultry farmers to get free campylobacter test kits
A new scheme offering free campylobacter testing kits is being offered to independent poultry farmers in Northern Ireland. The initiative,...
