In a recent press release, the Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA) applauded an announcement by the Ministry of ...

Eggs are currently South Africa's hottest commodity ... of bird flu - farmers have culled more than seven million egg-laying hens. That amounts to 20-30% of the country's entire stock, according ...

South Africa has been grappling with one of its worst bird flu outbreaks, forcing poultry farmers to kill seven million egg-laying hens, which amounts to 20-30% of the country's entire stock ...

If you are not getting that many eggs each day, then one or more of your hens are not laying very well or not laying any eggs ...

but the knock-on effect of these surging production costs is also being seen at the point of sale and is being felt by consumers, some of whom are even thinking of cutting back. Shotlist: South Africa ...

The South African Poultry Association (Sapa) on Monday promoted eggs as critical weapon against child malnutrition on the ...

Animal production has more than doubled over the past 30 years in South Africa driven by higher meat demand. The major ...

Once they start laying, or at 20 weeks (this usually coincides) they graduate to the layer stage. Chickens generally stay in that phase for three years, and while production will begin to drop off ...

South Africa's top poultry producer Astral Foods said on Wednesday it expects to post an annual profit this year, as it recovers from the previous year's rare loss caused by power cuts and the country ...

A quarter of livestock breeds - from chickens ... East Africa and can cope with arid and hot conditions, was on the brink of extinction after many farmers replaced their flocks with South ...

In it, he advocates the distribution of chickens in sub-Saharan Africa as a means of alleviating extreme poverty – improving the lot of people making less than US$2 a day. Gates argues that ...

Scotland could become the first part of the UK to ban egg companies from keeping chickens in cages. The Scottish government has announced a new consultation, external on outlawing the use of cages ...