To help our community better understand emerging markets in the Middle East, we spoke with Haytham Ammash of Saudi Mix (IYA Investments), a leading producer for feed and poultry, on the following:  1. What he considers as the greatest change or development within the livestock sector in the...

While many manufacturers make health related claims, which ones really meet the expectations?At VIV Europe 2018, Ronald Jan Corbee of Utrecht University gave his analysis on Specialised Pet Foods. He also guides us on understanding "free-from" claims...

The main factors affecting the safety of feed include the quality of feed raw materials, the safe storage of feed raw materials, the control of the quantity of various additives in formula, the control of artificial addition in processing, the reasonable design of feed processing technology and the proper...

An average increasing prosperity, growing urbanization and increasing purchasing power have influenced pet ownership in the new millennium.  At VIV Europe 2018, Sven Gravendeel of International Quality Ingredients gave a cross-functional analysis of the pet food market. They include: The consumerThe...

Guadalajara-based Alipec has commissioned Pas Reform to deliver its new state-of-the-art hatchery. The SmartPro™ modular, single stage incubation systems will give Alipec a production capacity of 400,000 day old chicks each week. Alipec, which is owned by the Delgado family, is renowned for the...

The future of nutritional health - presented by VIV online  We have discussed the potential and need to manage expectations. Time table - the regulations which remove our ability to use antibiotics in farm and feed production.How fast can this transition to nutritional health products happen? Are...

Adding our Voice to the Global Call to End Forced LabourBy Tim Lambert, Chairman of the World Egg Organisation Think for just a moment about the challenges facing global agriculture and our food system over the coming decades, and you’ll realize—we have a lot of work to do. The UN’s Food and...

Pommeron, an exhibitor within the Innovation Gallery at VIV Europe 2018, introduced (in Dutch) the Kip van Oranje (Orange Chicken) networking concept as one which is suitable for every strategy. Sustainable value can be made by converting linear communication to one that is circular.Other rules...

EBIT+, an exhibitor within the Innovation Gallery at VIV Europe 2018 introduced their cloud based mobile application that helps improve control and profitability for producers. This application tracks all relevant parameters like mortality, feed, water, FCR, etc...

FarmResult, an exhibitor within the Innovation Gallery at VIV Europe 2018, presented their software which provides online management of livestock farming, maximises the use of automated data transfer from multiple computers and integrates the value chain data...

Poultry Plan, an exhibitor within the Innovation Gallery at VIV Europe 2018 introduced their software which supports producers through the system's benchmarking, early warning and smart trend analysis functions. User case studies include: Collection of hatching eggs earlier Controlling feed...

At VIV Europe 2018, the Interprofession Avicole du Senegal (IPAS) committee presented (in French): Situation and prospect of the poultry industry in SenegalRole and organization of the interprofessional poultry association IPAS As a brief summary, poultry farming is a fast and efficient way to...