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Two full days of seminars this month offered Cobb Europe customers the information to help them further maximize performance at their breeder farms.

The biennial Middle East poultry seminar was held in the bustling city of Bangkok, Thailand. Coupled with the VIV Asia trade show, held directly after and also in Bangkok, customers received advice about breeder management, health and nutrition.

The members of EURASCO, the European Federation of Agricultural Exhibitions and Show Organisers, have unanimously elected their new board: Anne Marie Quéméner, SPACE Exhibition Manager, becomes President, Ruwan Berculo (VIV, Netherlands) is Treasurer, Sorin Vornic (Romexpo, Romania) and Luciano Rizzi (Veronafiere, Italy) are appointed as Vice Presidents. The General Secretary is Giovanni Colombo (Veronafiere, Italy).

Evonik is promoting its holistic approach to livestock management at this year’s VIV Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, from 13 to 15 March.

Johann Fickler, Animal Nutrition’s Vice President Know-how, Services & Digitalization, explains: “Managing livestock is getting more complex and traditional approaches are no longer sufficient. Technological developments now allow producers to use sensors and software to help them better understand the condition of their flocks, helping increase the performance or improve uniformity.

Optimizing hatchery performance requires good data management. Data can be stored in various ways, ranging from simple Excel sheets to sophisticated data management software. It is also not uncommon for a large part of the hatchery’s data to still only be on paper. That's a pity, because this data is much more valuable for data analysis when it is digitally stored in the right way.

Roxell launches energy-efficient Shen-Turbo 100 space heater

Compact and economical heating for pig and poultry houses

Maldegem – 18 February 2019 – Today, Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automatic feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, is launching the Shen-Turbo 100, a space heater that generates more heat with 80,000 BTU/h of propane than similarly sized heaters on the market. The compact Shen-Turbo 100 is a new addition to Roxell's range of convection heaters. Shen-Turbo provides a solution to a number of specific needs of pig and poultry farmers.

EW Nutrition and United BioMed will cooperate to serve the Egyptian and Middle East markets for animal nutrition. UBM is a trusted partner and can look back on a more than 20 years of experience in these markets. Customers will benefit from this partnership by having access to the products and services of EW Nutrition. A contribution to solve the need of minimizing the input of antibiotics in animal production is one of the goals when combining the complementary portfolios of EW Nutrition and United BioMed.

Cobb-Vantress, Inc. / Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA: Cobb Europe announced today that its newly opened laboratory facility in Norfolk, England, has been accredited with the latest ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard, making it one of the first laboratories in the United Kingdom to receive this recognition. This standard specifies the general requirements for the competence, impartiality and consistent operation of laboratories across the globe, signifying that a facility produces valid and reliable results that can be trusted across countries.

Cobb-Vantress, Inc. / Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA: New appointments to the Cobb Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) technical team have positioned 2019 for another great year for the region. Today, Cobb announced two new hires, including a grandparent and broiler specialist.

New automatic feeding system enables maximum growth

Maldegem – 6 February 2019 – Today, Roxell, the leading manufacturer of automatic feeding, drinking, nesting and heating systems, is launching Titan, a new automatic feeding system for heavy turkeys. In recent years, these birds have undergone a huge evolution in terms of weight. This XL feed solution anticipates the practical problems that come with feeding these more voluminous and stronger turkeys. With Titan, Roxell is putting the largest, strongest and most easy to clean pan on the market.

An image showing a cross section of a varroa mite feeding on a honey bee's abdominal cavity

ARS Microscopy Research Helps Unravel the Workings of a Major Honey Bee Pest

Research by scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and theUniversity of Maryland released today sheds new light -- and reverses decades of scientific dogma -- regarding a honey bee pest (Varroa destructor) that is considered the greatest single driver of the global honey bee colony losses. Managed honey bee colonies add at least $15 billion to the value of U.S. agriculture each year through increased yields and superior quality harvests.

Read more: ARS News Service

Wisium now becomes the third largest premix player in Colombia, following Neovia's acquisition of Biomix. After the Philippines, Vietnam and Algeria, this is the 4th launch, in 2018, for the brand, which is following its rapid international expansion. This merge allows reinforcing Wisium’s know-how in terms of animal nutrition expertise and brings new field for innovation. The brand aims to build specific solutions to the Colombian feed producers.

The Nutriad´s aqua team participated in the XV edition of FENACAM, held in Natal (Brazil) during November 13-16^th, 2018. FENACAM brings together industry and academic leaders and has consolidated as the major aquaculture event in Brazil. Although attendees came from all over Brazil, the event was particularly contributed by shrimp and fish producers from the Northeast region.

“Agricool Group has always strived to provide the best solutions possible in the Poultry Sector. During the past two years, the drop in oil prices and the resort by governments of the region to remove subsidies on supplies and energy resources has affected not only the agricultural sector but most sectors as well. Agricool Group has set its objective to elevate the level of technology and state of the art systems used within the solution it provides to best meet the current and future challenges.”

Graduate in Veterinary Medicine and postgraduate in Administration and Marketing, Andrea has more than 15 years of experience in multinational industries of the animal nutrition segment in the commercial and market and product development areas.

قدم السيد غسان الصايغ ، المدير العام لشركة Meap ، عرضًا مثيراً للاهتمام في EuroTier-2018 عن "تطوير صناعة الألبان في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا".

كان لدى السيد الصايغ العديد من التفاعلات مع الشركات المتعددة الجنسيات والزوار أثناء عرضه ، وكانت التعليقات إيجابية للغاية.

Meap's General Manager Mr. Ghassan Sayegh, gave an interesting presentation in EuroTier-2018 about "The Development of the Dairy Industry in the MENA Region"

Mr. Sayegh had many interactions with the multinational companies and visitors during his presentation and the feedback was very positive.

On November 13, Trillium opened a new hatchery in Stratford, Canada. The hatchery will produce 20 million day-old chicks per year and is fully equipped with HatchTech products - including HatchCare, our hatcher with feed, fresh water and light.

Multinational feed additives producer Nutriad, supported the first Latin American Poultry and Nutrition Conference (LPN) held in Miami (USA) in October as a premium sponsor. The event attracted more than 1,500 industry professionals representing broiler and egg production companies from Mexico, Central America and South America as well as feed producers and academics. Technical workshops allowed for interactive sessions on the key topics that challenge the poultry industry in the Americas and beyond. Nutriad was present with senior commercial and technical management and once more confirmed its’ commitment to the Latin American poultry industry.

Hy-Line International, the world leader in layer poultry genetics, recently hosted more than 20 government officials from China’s Hebei Province to celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Iowa Sister State relationship between the State of Iowa and Hebei Province.

TIBA Gives Indian River Excellent Visibility at AGRENA 2018

TIBA, the Indian River® distributor for Egypt, sponsored the largest, fully dedicated stand for a broiler breeder at the AGRENA show in October, 2018. The stand in hall one gave visitors an easy location to visit, excellent hospitality and access to knowledgeable support and service from the large Indian River team. The three-day show held in the new Egypt International Exhibition Center in Cairo was considered to be a success with a large attendance and for TIBA special attention to their Indian River stand.

EuroTier demonstrates the prospects for animal production farmers

155,000 total visitors – 46,500 visitors from outside Germany – International platform and innovation engine for livestock farming – EnergyDecentral: leading trade fair for bioenergy and decentralized energy concepts.

Agro-Livestock of the future is in Cremona

Technology, innovation, international trends and the latest and most efficient solutions for agro-livestock: these are the highlights of the new edition of Cremona International Livestock Exhibitions taking place from October 24^th to 27^th October at Cremona Exhibition Centre. This is the only international livestock Exhibition in Italy and one of the most influential worldwide that will feature over 130 scientific events, such as presentations, meetings, workshops, demonstrations and in-depth analysis together with over 800 international brands on display.

- Asia’s No. 1 international trade show from feed to food returns in March 2019
- Time to pre-register online!
- Over 1,250 exhibitors; attractions for all animal protein sectors
- Food engineering receives enhanced focus