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Merck Animal Health hosts poultry congress

The Congress brought together experts from all over the world, who spoke about ABF production, nutritional health, hatchery management, animal welfare and intestinal and respiratory disease control.


Restaurants cry fowl over the demise of the small chicken

Chickens are being raised bigger because it makes economic sense, but that’s left restaurants caught in a clash between taste and efficiency.


$5M to help grow agri-food processors

The federal and provincial governments are partnering to provide nearly $5 million to help five local food processors expand capacity and improve efficiency, including two poultry related agri-food processors.
 
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CPRC: Smart agriculture in the poultry industry

Smart agriculture is one of several terms used to refer to the expansion of precision agriculture. Poultry producers have adopted some precision agriculture tools, particularly as they relate to the in-barn environment and monitoring barn conditions.
Smart agriculture is the combination of precision agriculture and big data to provide livestock producers with online, continuous and automatic monitoring of animals and their environment to support optimal management.
It uses a broad range of components – big data, robotics, drones, sensors, etc. – that have to be harmonized to provide real-time measurement or estimation. This allows farm managers to immediately react to data and information.
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Events 
 

PEI Provincial Exhibition Poultry Show

August 13-16, 2017
Location: Charlottetown, P.E.I.
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PIC’s fundraiser golf tournament

September 6, 2017
Location: Baden, Ontario
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The West Niagara Fair and Poultry Show

September 7 – 10, 2017
Location: Grassie, Ontario
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Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

September 12 – 14, 2017
Location: Woodstock, Ontario
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