Avianza forges closer ties with China at a working lunch with the Embassy in Madrid The poultry meat interprofessional organisation met with Economic and Commercial Counsellor Chang Hex to reinforce access to the Asian market, consolidate the milestone of the sanitary market opening, and explore new avenues for bilateral cooperation The Spanish Interprofessional Association for Poultry Meat (Avianza) held a working lunch in Madrid on 7 May with representatives of the...

BroilerNet, the first European network project aimed at improving the sustainability and resilience of the broiler sector, has completed its third and final working cycle. The initiative, which brings together partners from 13 European countries and more than 400 stakeholders from the poultry sector, concludes its work having identified and shared over one hundred practical solutions to address the sector's main challenges in the areas of animal welfare, health...

EW Group, the German giant and parent company of Aviagen, Lohmann, Hy-Line and EW Nutrition, has just entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Olmix, the Breton company and world reference in seaweed-based additives and natural solutions for animal nutrition. Yet another vertical integration move within the Wesjohann empire, connecting genetics, nutrition and animal health under a single umbrella. How far will consolidation in the poultry industry go?

€5.5 billion in revenue, more than 28,000 employees and over 300 active subsidiaries. If you work in poultry, there is a strong chance that somewhere in your production chain there is an EW Group product: broiler parent stock (Aviagen), laying hens (Lohmann and Hy-Line), vaccines (Vaxxinova), nutrition (EW Nutrition)... Yet most of the industry barely knows the name of the family that controls it. We profile the German holding company that pulls the strings of global poultry production.

nIn modern poultry farming, we have become experts at monitoring the environment. Birds are continuously monitored by sensors measuring ambient temperature, relative humidity, CO2, ammonia, air speed, light intensity, and more. Yet there is a fundamental disconnect: we measure "environmental comfort" assuming it is equivalent to "animal comfort".nnnnnnnnIn many cases, an anthropomorphic view of animal welfare is applied, which consists of interpreting animal welfare from a human perspective, attributing emotions and experiences similar to our own. In other words, one imagines how a human being would feel in the same situation as the animal, prioritising aspects such as happiness, stress or boredom over physical indicators. This perspective can lead to misinterpretation or inappropriate decision-making.nnnnBy contrast,...

We provide a practical explanation of the 2026 update to the National Salmonella Control Programme for laying hens (PNCS), published by Spain's MAPA, covering the period 2025–2027. \n\nThe objective remains to keep the prevalence of S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium below 2% in adult flocks, with a rate of 1.47% having been achieved in 2024. \n\nThe obligations for laying hen producers are detailed one by one.

The European broadcaster ARTE has just premiered 'Super Hens', a documentary that challenges one of the most persistent prejudices about poultry: that chickens are dim-witted animals. Cognition, memory, communication (with vocalisations that AI now allows us to interpret), emotions... What science is discovering about chickens' capabilities is forcing a rethink of precision poultry farming and animal welfare.