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Consumer trends affect animal feed production

Changing consumer trends around the world will affect animal feed production in 2019, according to Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech, who presented the company’s 2019 Global Feed Survey on Tuesday.

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Keep up with advances in piglet nutrition that balance health, performance, and feeding costs

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Learn about science-driven approaches to improve gut health, refine feed formulation, and enhance profitability in piglet production. Presented by Feed Strategy.

Animal Feed Manufacturing

Vegetarian-fed animals: Good marketing, bad for industry

All-vegetable diets for farm animals that are carnivorous and omnivorous might sound like a good idea, but are we really thinking ahead?

Consumer Trends

Egg consumption provides good news

U.S. egg producers will face some of the biggest challenges they have ever seen over the next 12 months. Uncertainty surrounds just about every aspect of hen housing and welfare

Consumer Trends

Chicken marketing 101: Happiness is a sustainable bird

Customers are increasingly concerned about issues of sustainability, healthy lifestyles and the welfare of workers and animals in food production. In fact, their biggest request was for chicken marketers to develop a coherent narrative to help address these consumer demands.

Consumer Trends

Will enriched colonies satisfy US consumers?

As more U.S. egg producers adopt enriched colony housing it will be necessary for each producer to work to educate the public about the benefits of this type of housing for hens. Efforts like the in-house cameras at JS West, which is viewable via the Internet, need to be replicated at all farms with enriched colony housing. If the U.S. industry does not want to be forced into a completely cage-free future, then all houses need to provide an environment for hens that we are happy to have consumers view at any time.

Consumer Trends

Egg farms: Dealing with the yuck factor

The egg industry needs to be able to look at its own practices and the conditions on its farms, and try to minimize the instances that would make the consumer uncomfortable, even if the consumer isn’t visiting everyday. Integrated pest control programs on farms are important for good farm biosecurity and food safety, but also for good public relations.