“Diversified mode of agriculture like Poultry & Cattle, and Fish farming will enhance the livelihood security of the villages in Manipur” : VC CAU

The Vice Chancellor of Central Agricultural University, Imphal, Dr. Anupam Mishra has mooted the idea of adopting the Maibam Kabui Village of Bishnupur district as a model village by the varsity. He made the above statement while speaking as the chief guest in a one day farmers training programme on the scientific rearing of pig for profitable income under AICRP on Cotton which was organized by the Directorate of Research, CAU, Imphal in collaboration with Saheed Madhumangal Foundation, Tera Keithel. Saying that CAU, Imphal, Manipur; has a policy of making…

Management of Poultry Farming in Winter

Poultry rearing is an art as well as a science and management plays most crucial role in deciding profitability of this business. It has been observed in past several years that high market rates of broiler meat & eggs are observed only in those times when rearing is very difficult due to harsh climate and thus, demand is more than supply. Therefore, it is very important to understand and implement the best management practices in such harsh climate. Every region in India has different climatic challenges and variable climate extremes…

India, Omicron & IPPE 2022

The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) continues to evolve and grow to meet the needs of its attendees and exhibitors. IPPE is excited to build on the success of the 2020 IPPE in-person event and the 2021 IPPE Marketplace. For 2022, they look forward to being with in person at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Although COVID-19 cases have been rising in the United States in recent weeks, IPPE’s show management issued a press release on Jan. 5 stating that their goal is to “safely bring the…

Local poultry farmers of Ghana are optimistic for the industry to grow

Change in Government policy on the import of Poultry will definitely encourage the local producers. The government’s decision to cancellation of the 50% Benchmark value reduction policy on some 43 selected items including poultry,  the Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association is confident, the policy measure will boost the local poultry industry Effective from January 4, 2022, 43 items including poultry imports will no longer benefit from the 50%  reduction on their benchmark values. Ghana’s poultry industry players have on numerous occasions lamented the unfair competition they face from imported products…

Philippines’ BOI approves P195.5-M broiler chicken project

The Board of Investments (BOI) of the Philippines has approved the application for the registration of Agro Azienda Inc. for its P195.5 million new broiler chicken production in Maragondon, Cavite. Listed under the “Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry” of the 2020 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP), the transitional Strategic Investment Priority Plan (SIPP) of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises” (CREATE) Act, the broiler chicken project is qualified for registration. Agro Azienda has a capacity of 2,310,000 birds per year and has acquired brand new equipment to be installed in…

Cobb-Vantress appoints new president

Cobb-Vantress Inc., a subsidiary of Tyson Foods Inc., a broiler breeding company announced the hiring of Joyce Lee as its next president. She will succeed Stan Reid, who has served as interim president since 2020, and will continue to serve in a supporting role. Her background includes working in the poultry industry years ago, Lee most recently worked in numerous executive roles in the animal health sector. She joined Cobb after working as president of Elanco’s pet health and commercial operations business sector. She will report to David Bray, Tyson’s group president…