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May 24, 2019
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BI Avian Source

New app takes guesswork out of deworming

Tool from Merck Animal Health allows veterinarians and producers to make quick calculations.


Global lighting giant Signify acquires Once Inc.

Move meant to capture attractive growth in agricultural lighting.


Aviagen opens state-of-the-art research and training centre

Company transforms decommissioned hatchery in Alabama.
 
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Cedar Acres Farm

Thinking outside the tunnel

When Andre van Kammen of Cedar Acres Farm in Chilliwack, B.C., decided to build a new barn for his newly-acquired chicken quota (from his in-laws), he thought outside the box – or, in his case, outside the tunnel. Instead of using tunnel ventilation, the producer went a different route by installing a chill unit system. » Read more
 
David Speller

5 questions with ‘smart’ farmer David Speller

U.K. broiler farmer David Speller is the proud owner of a ‘smart’ barn that takes technology to the next level. For instance, he uses robotics, monitors and sensors to track water usage, odour changes in the barn and flock behavioural change as a result of lighting programs. » We asked him five questions....
 
 
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