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2017 Australian Training Awards – Medium Employer of the Year Award category At the National Convention Centre in Canberra the Australian Training Awards 2017 were held which acknowledge businesses, registered training organisations and individuals for their contribution to the vocational education and training sector. The  “Medium Employer of the Year 2017”  Award was presented to

“Chicken talk, chicken talk a lot…” (Playschool) Do you understand chicken talk? From a welfare perspective it would be wonderful if we could! And so the idea for my PhD was borne out of the desire to see whether we could relate chicken calls to their feelings. This idea evolved from research I did during

UPDATE: Researcher In Industry Dr Dana Stanley   Dr Dana Stanley of Central Queensland University (CQU) has recently visited a few more here places as part of her “Researcher-in-Industry” internship from the Poultry CRC. Following her visit to D.A. Hall & Co farms in Millmerran, Queensland, she visited Golden Cockerel at Mt Cotton, just south

Data Visualisation Workshop PoultryHub Australia, Australian Eggs and AgriFutures Australia are developing innovative ways to facilitate the communication between researchers and the poultry industry. These three organisations are coordinating a number of opportunities to aid researcher/industry engagement including a meeting space, The Chook Chat Shack at PIX 2018 and a Data Visualisation Workshop. The Data

Queensland Training Awards 2017 We are proud to announce that on 1st September 2017, Darwalla Group won the “Medium Employer of the Year” award category at the 2017 QLD Training Awards. This year, over 800 nominations were submitted for consideration and judging for the awards event. The Queensland Training Awards are the peak recognition for

Ideas Exchange 2017 PHA Ideas Exchange 2017 was held in October in Brisbane. A new venue and a new team, PHA successfully carried on the Poultry CRC’s legacy providing researchers, students, industry leaders and farmers with a pleasant and cohesive environment to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the Australian poultry industry. The two-day event

Chook Chat Shack At next years Poultry Information Exchange (PIX/AMC 2018), PoultryHub will be an exhibitor. However, we will not occupy the booth space in the usual way. PoultryHub Australia, Australian Eggs and Agrifutures Australia (Chicken Meat Program) have combined to create a meeting space called “Chook Chat Shack” (try saying that 10 times fast!). 

Welcome to the October issue of the eChook Newsletter.

Matthew Hilliar a second year PhD student at UNE, his project is Employing nonessential amino acids to fortify low protein diets.

Are your AME matrix values of ingredients accurate? Dietary energy is the most important component of feed, appropriate energy & nutrient levels need to be formulated.

PIX/AMC 2018 Conference: Supply Chain Opportunities - Farmers to Consumers at Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sunday 3 June to Tuesday 5 June 2018.

Evaluating the miracle of gastrointestinal transition time - Uncovering the secrets of high performing free range layers. By Dr Isabelle Ruhnke

Researcher in Industry Dr Dana Stanley has undertaken her first few visits as part of her internship with the Poultry CRC.