Poultry News

Livestock Protect, from Livetec Systems, helps the poultry sector predict, prevent and respond to disease threats.

Curalux says its heat lamps offer a range of benefits, from optimised temperature control, to enhanced health and welfare, to energy efficiency.

Iceland has abandoned its 2025 cage-free egg commitment, becoming the first among major UK retailers to do so, the British Free Range Egg Producers Association has confirmed. 

Defra has just announced that mandatory housing measures for poultry and captive birds, which were introduced across various counties to prevent the spread of bird flu, will be lifted from Thursday 15th May. 

New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found that economic costs, environmental impacts, misalignment between consumer purchasing and understanding are key reasons for the limited shift of UK chicken meat production to higher welfare standards outlined in the ‘Better Chicken Commitment’ (BCC).

A project that is set to take health and welfare management in cage-free laying hens to a new level, bringing better efficiency and productivity gains to farmers, has been awarded a £2.6 million boost from the government.

Neogen experts outline the benefits and uses of Neogen Farm Fluid MAX, and share optimal cleaning and disinfection protocols.

The avian influenza housing measures have been extended in the north of England to mitigate the risk of further outbreaks of the disease, Defra confirmed.

Defra has just announced that the free-range poultry meat producers and processors will no longer need to change how free-range poultry meat is labelled when mandatory housing measures are introduced.

Cranswick has said it is disappointed at the local council’s decision to block proposals to redevelop an existing pig farm and redundant poultry sheds.

Farming leaders have stressed the importance of retailers keeping promises given to farmers, following news that Asda has moved away from its pledge to source only British poultry. 

A Devon farmer who was forced to cull 5,000 hens following a bird flu outbreak on his farm is “overwhelmed” after people from around the world fundraised £35,000 for his business in less than a week.