61 - October 2012

In this edition, I would like to talk about some of the highlights of Ideas Exchange 2012. Ideas Exchange is our Poultry CRC annual conference, which is designed to enhance communication amongst our researchers, students, board members and industry experts in a relaxed environment. Ideas Exchange 2012 was held between 23-25 September on the Gold

With an increasingly discerning public and a demanding regulatory requirement, it is important that the poultry industry clearly understand its environmental footprint. Life cycle assessment tells us the environmental impacts and resource usage by an industry throughout its supply chain. At Ideas Exchange 2012, Stephen Wiedemann from FSA Consulting, a partner of the Poultry CRC,

According to researchers at The University of Sydney, free-range broilers and layers are less efficient converters of feed into saleable meat and eggs, and generally have higher mortality than conventionally-reared poultry. In broilers, the performance gap has been quantified as a 10-12 point increase in Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR). This does not consider the intake,

Prior to making the move to South Australia in late 2009, Dr Arif Anwar enjoyed a successful career in his native Bangladesh, working with the country’s largest breeder company (Kazi Farms Group), largest pharmaceutical company (Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd) and with the Department of Livestock Services. In Australia, Arif has worked with Rohde’s Free Range Eggs