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Labour savingFeed Caddy makesa broiler farmer’slife a lot easier

Researchers at theUniversity of Sydneystudy production andwelfare affecting freerange poultry

Australasian TurkeyFederation AnnualConference 2013

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4 ‘Glimpse the Future 2020’: Alltech’s 29th Annual symposium 2013

Alltech held its 29th Annual International Animal Health and Nutritional symposiumat Lexington Kentucky Us on May 19-22, 2013. The theme for this year’s eventwas ‘Glimpse The Future in 2020’, and on May 20, more than 2300 attendeesfrom 72 countries packed the main lecture hall for the opening.

16 what’s in a name and does it matter?

Peter Bedwell looks at the contoversial issue of free range labelling and what itmeans for the broiler and layer industries in Australia. The ACCC’s recent successin prosecuting Baiada and the ACMF over labelling issues gives the industry pausefor thought.

22 Grifco benefits from major investment by parent company Chamberlain

Gosford Nsw based company Grifco, a subsidiary of the global Chamberlaingroup, has recently made significant investments in its production facilities as it continues to supply its highly durable winches to the agricultural sector and thepoultry industry in particular.

42 Australasian Turkey Federation Annual Conference 2013

The annual Australasian Turkey Federation Conference was held this year betweenJuly 12 to 14 at the Hunter Valley Resort, Pokolbin Nsw.

10 COVER STORy Labour saving Feed Caddy makes a broiler farmer’s life a lot easier

Rod and Lisa Grant, who run the Newcastle NSW based Pro Wash Poultry enterprise,are Australian agents for the Canadian designed and built Feed Caddy, a neat devicethat automates the arduous task of laying out paper and feed for broiler chicks prior totheir placement in sheds.

26 SPECIAL FEATUREResearchers at the University of Sydney study production and

welfare affecting free range poultry.

Recently, Poultry Digest visited the Camden Campus at the University of Sydney to discuss the latest research into critical aspects of free range poultry farming. Under theleadership of Dr Aaron Cowieson, the Poultry Research Foundation at the University’sFaculty of Veterinary Science has attracted a number of enthusiastic and highly effectiveyoung scientists to Camden.

Lisa Grant from Pro Wash Poultry

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‘Glimpse the Future 2020’: Alltech’s 29th Annual symposium 2013

By ALEX BEDWELL

1. Peter Ferket, North Caolina State University. 2. Philip Wilkinson, 2 Sisters Food

Group, UK and Karl Lawson. 3. Dr Pearse Lyons at the Opening Plenary Session.

4. Jorge Pena, Alltech and Karl Lawson, Hazeldenes Chickens, at the Kentucky

Horse Park dinner.

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Alltech held its 29th Annual InternationalAnimal Health and Nutritional Symposiumat Lexington Kentucky US on May 19-22,2013.

The theme for this year’s event was‘Glimpse The Future in 2020’, and on May20, more than 2300 attendees from 72countries packed the main lecture hall forthe opening.

The focus this year was to make thesymposium more interactive and includeadditional breakout sessions allowingAlltech’s audience to get more involved.

Dr Pearse Lyons started off theOpening Plenary Session challenging current and future leaders to find their passion and use that to lead and inspireothers.

A common theme throughout the symposium was creating growth in bothbusinesses and leaders and allowing peopleto fulfill their potential.

At the opening session the AlltechMedal of Excellence was awarded to DrEugenia Wang from University ofLouisville, for her research in microRNAwhich has implications for many areasincluding animal health, human health andhuman intelligence.

Next Professor Damien McLoughlinfrom the University College Dublin spokeabout indentifying the core of your business. The focus of his talk was how tosuccessfully build and strengtthen yourbusiness and the questions you need to beasking your self in order to do so.

Later that night the delegates headed tothe Kentucky Horse Park, home of theAlltech Arena where the combination ofAlltech Angus Beef, Kentucky Ale and agreat live band made for a great night out.

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1. Speakers at the Breakout Session on Antibiotic-Free Poultry Production.

LtoR: Michael Persia, Iowa State University, Andrew J Lewins, Cranbury

Foods, UK, Gary Gladys, Avian Research & Consulting, Peter Ferket, North

Carolina State University, Aziz Sacranie, Alltech UK and Paulo Rigolin, Alltech

USA. 2. LtoR: Aidan Connolly, Alltech USA, Paolo Rigolin, Eder Barbon,

Keystone Foods, Brazil, Mueez Ahmed, Dave Wicker, Fieldale Farms, USA,

Russell Gilliam, Alltech USA. 3. Steve Collett, University of Georgia USA.

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On Monday May 20, the breakout session titled ‘Is truly antibiotic free poultryproduction possible?’ took place.

Chaired by Aidan Connolly, the mainquestion in the session that was discussedwas whether the poultry industry will beantibiotic free by 2020.

Some of the speakers included PeterFerket, Steve Collett and Aziz Sacranie.The focus was on feed conversions andwhether it was possible to achieve a 1:1feed growth conversion and the benefits ofachieving the correct water intake amounts.

On May 21, the Poultry 2020Discussion Dinner looked at the future ofthe poultry industry and what was the nextfrontier for adding value. This was anopportunity to see how the poultry industry was operating globally and makecomparisons with Australia’s industry.

On May 22, Becky Timmons startedoff the Closing Plenary Session by by discussing ‘The Algae Opportunity’ andhow there is a need to produce more DHA,an omega-3 fatty acid that is necessary inthe human diet to aid in brain and eyedevelopment and heart health and immunity.

Alltech’s response has been the develop-ment of SP1, a safe DHA-rich algae product that is fed directly to intensive live-stock transforming the commodities ofmeat, eggs, and milk into value added,DHA-enriched functional foods.

Next Dr Patrick Wall, AssociateProfessor of Public Health, School ofPublic Health, Physiotherapy andPopulation Science, presented on foodscares, consumer trust and the solutions totackle the crisis that plagues the industry.

Dr Wall stated “If something goeswrong in the food chain, the repercussionsare huge,” and how important it is to provide safe nutritional food.

The last speaker of the Closing PlenarySession was Dr Mark Lyons, who spokeabout how he saw the agricultural industryin the next seven years.

He discussed China’s development andthe challenges it faces in food safety, sustainability and its need to increase production effiency. He explained thatmilk, meat and egg consumption willincrease another 50% by 2030, when 70%of Chinese people will live in cities.

“In China, anything is possible, buteverything can be difficult,” Dr Lyons said.

At the conclusion of the symposiumsome of the delegates and press travelled toIowa to visit various livestock facilities.

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Rod and Lisa Grant, who run theNewcastle NSW based Pro Wash Poultryenterprise, are Australian agents for theCanadian designed and built Feed Caddy, aneat device that automates the arduous taskof laying out paper and feed for broilerchicks prior to their placement in sheds.

On July 23, 2013 Rod and Lisa met agroup of broiler farmers at the BulahdelahNSW farm owned and operated by Rayand Rita Vella who are contract growers forBaiada.

The family has owned and operated thethree tunnel ventilated shed farm for just

the paper.Rod demonstrated the quick paper roll

change and how the roll drive worksthrough a geared chain drive. There is arelease pin operating through the wheel toenable the roll to be pulled out manually tostart the rollout and feed delivery process.

Rod also showed how the feed deliveryvolume could be increased or reduced bythe simple movement of a lever with graduated scale.

In the feed hopper there is a line whichshows the level at which the unit is full. Inthe case of the demonstration unit whichhas a 1 tonne capacity, Ray was filling tojust below the line, i.e. 800 kgs.

Lisa explained that there are threemodels in the range, the 1 tonne, 500 kgand 200 kg.

“We anticipate that the 1 tonne unitwill be the most popular, particularly forlarger farms where saving labour cost iscritical to profitable operation,” Lisa said.

“The 200 kg unit is probably moresuitable for smaller farms,” she added.

“All the Feed Caddy models are ofextremely robust construction and highquality materials are used in their manufac-ture,” Rod explained.

“Originally the design idea came froma Canadian broiler farmer with extensiveexperience in the industry and that fact is

Growers who attended the Feed Caddy demonstration day were (from L-R) Allison and Anthony Pace, Ray Vella,

Rod Grant, Craig and Sue Wood, Malcolm Wood, Lisa Grant, Mitchell Smith, Shane Barry and Daniel Smith.

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and apart from the broiler farm, Ray runscattle on the 125 acre property.

As a long standing client of Pro WashPoultry, Ray was kind enough to allow hisfarm and sheds to be the site of a demon-stration for a group of local growers keento see how they could make the task ofpreparing their sheds for a new batch easier.

Ray hooked up his ATV to the FeedCaddy unit while Rod demonstrated thequick and simple task of loading up theFeed Caddy with a roll of biodegradablepaper (also supplied by Pro Wash).

On the day, the hopper of the FeedCaddy Unit was filled from either the shedauger or by bin from the feed silo of eachshed.

Once a grower has acquired a FeedCaddy, Rod pointed out that constructinga simple shute from the silos to fill the unitdirectly would further save time in loadingup the Feed Caddy.

In his sheds, with around a 28,000bird capacity, Ray uses about 800 kg offeed placed on the paper under the feedpans.

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clearly demonstrated in the Feed Caddy’sdesign and ease of operation. They are builtto work easily on broiler farms and last intough conditions.

They have been in operation for sometime in North American markets and are aproven product,” he said.

Certainly when Rod demonstrated theFeed Caddy to Poultry Digest and the groupof interested growers, the first question thatsprings to mind is ‘why didn’t somebodythink of this before?’

Now when a grower has a Feed Caddyworking in a typical broiler shed like theones on Ray’s farm it can reduce a tediousthree to four hour task to an operation thatis completed more effectively and efficientlyin 45 minutes or less.

Apart from the labour saving compo-nent, the fact that the Feed Caddy unit candistribute feed more uniformily will almostcertainly result in productivity gains.

Ray likes to see all the feed laid out forplacement consumed within 48 hours andthe birds adapted to their feed pans.

The feed pans in two of Ray’s threesheds are the SKA ‘Lyra’ system supplied byJoe Vella from Protective Fabrications.

“These pans give me a significantadvantage in getting the birds to pick upweight in a shorter time, in fact it could beup to a couple of days.

“The SKA pan seems to suit the youngbirds better than the more open pan designof the older feeders in our third shed,” hereckons.

The Feed Caddy is just one of a rangeof innovative products now sold by Rodand Lisa Grant’s Pro Wash Poultry service.

Other items in the range include theUS built Priefert Litter Saver which pulverizes, aerates, dries and levels existinglitter for re-use and will be complementedby Pro Litter, a conditioning treatment thatwill be available later this year.

There is Biowish manure & odourtreatment and Zydox, a chlorine dioxidebased water treatment product which hasbeen demonstrated to have significant suc-cess in contributing to improved birdhealth in New Zealand. Also the Grillo, a‘walk behind’ tractor used for decaking lit-ter during a batch and is a multi purposeunit that can be used for a number of basicland management tasks on farm.

Their Intra Chickpaper is a Dutchmanufactured product which Rod and Lisabelieve to be superior to alternative papersin attracting chicks to feed and water andin its capacity to degrade faster after it hasachieved its primary task.

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1. Ray pegs up the paper once the feed cart has done its job. Ray reckons thenew SKA feeders shorten the growing period. 2. Uniform spread of feed is essential. 3. Release pin for pulling out the tissue roll. 4. Feed flow is easilyadjustable with this simple graded lever and scale. 5&6: Paper roll driving detail.

over 11 years ago that they had reached thestage in their lives with a young family,where self employment was their bestoption.

Through relatives they had someknowledge of poultry farming, enough tobe enthusiastic about the idea, but notenough to be aware of the pitfalls, theyacquired a neat four shed broiler farm in atranquil area just outside Newcastle.

As their experience grew they becameaware that shed cleaning was an arduoustask and that external cleaners were some-times less than assiduous in completingwhat is an essential task for broiler rearing.

“Rod has a practical approach to any-thing around a farm and we soon devel-oped better ways of doing things includingcleaning the sheds,” Lisa explained.

“As we met more people in the indus-try and our skills improved, Rod was askedto help other growers in achieving bettershed sanitisation and before we knew it wehad started a business – Pro Wash Poultry.

“We soon put a manager on at ourfarm and moved back to Caves Beach.Demand for our wash-down and spray san-itation services continued to grow and aftera few more years we decided to sell thefarm. When the farm sold I started PrimeStyle Fashions, a mobile fashion paradeand sales business catering to the over 50’sretirement market. My fashion event andclothing sales concept developed into aprofitable but very time consuming busi-ness.”

“So we were running both Pro WashPoultry and travelling all over the statewith the fashion shows: something had togive,” she said.

“We decided that our core business wasPro Wash Poultry, so we sold the fashionshow business to concentrate on expandingthe range of services we could offer to ourgrowing client base in the poultry industry.

Sourcing products like the Feed Caddyand Litter Saver were logical extensions toour core business.

“Now as the industry moves towardslitter re-use there are more opportunities tohelp farmers achieve efficient litter savingwhich has both cost and environmentalbenefits but requires a careful approach toon farm management,” she concluded.

Poultry Digest would like to thankRod and Lisa Grant directors of Pro WashPoultry for a ‘grand (and instructive) dayout.’

We learned a lot more about both theconstants and changes in the business weall work in.

Also thanks to Ray and Rita Vella whomade us welcome on their farm and gaveup so much of their time to explain anddemonstrate aspects to preparing a shed for‘the next batch’ and they fed us all as well!

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what’s in a name and does it matter?

No surprise that Justice Richard Tracey inthe Federal Court of Australia on July 8,2013 found in favour of the ACCC in theconsumer regulaters action against Baiada/Bartter Steggles and the ACMF in the issueover the ‘free roaming’ slogan used todescribe conventional broiler shed rearingmethods.

Penalties are yet to be decided by thecourt but according to various reports inthe financial media they could exceed $1million in fines.

The poultry industry has been in theACCC’s sights for some time now. TuriFoods copped a $100,000 fine at the endof 2012 when they settled the action over asimilar description of broiler rearing onpackaging and delivery vehicles and boththe main participants in the duck sector,Pepe’s and Luv-a-Duck, are in similar levelsof strife with the consumer regulator.

Pepe’s had issues over illustrations onpackaging and labeling and received a$375,000 fine plus $25,000 in legal costsand Luv-A-duck is still contesting action bythe ACCC over its descriptor ‘grown andgrain fed in the spacious Wimmera wheat-lands’, with a further hearing scheduled forOctober this year.

The ACCC’s task is not always an easyone – nobody with any sense in a developednation like Australia would argue that aregulator with teeth is needed to look afterconsumer interests.

In doing this task as best they can theACCC faces some formidable oppositionwith entrenched interests like the major oilcompanies and of course the supermarkets.

When just two companies controlmore than 75% of the consumer retail foodspend and combined are Australia’s largestindustry employers and collect vastamounts of tax for both state and federalgovernments though their liquor, petroland gambling interests as well as GST on alarge proportion of supermarket sales, trying to regulate such a powerful entity isnot going to be easy.

So do we as an industry blame Colesand Woolies for the industry’s problemsover labeling and product description ingeneral?

After all, a key driver for the increase infree range production of both eggs andbroiler meat is that supermarket chains

want to offer consumers an ever increasingproportion of poultry product as being ‘freerange’.

The standard argument from retailers isthat they are “just giving consumers wantthey demand’’.

Certainly in simple surveys andthrough focus groups, consumers willalmost always state that they will buy freerange where they can in preference to conventionally reared product.

However actual consumer behaviour isoften at odds with these simply stated preferences.

Timothy Devinney is a Professor ofStrategy at the University of Technology,Sydney, and his book ‘The Myth of theEthical Consumer’ is essential reading foranyone involved with the vexed debate ofwhat are generally and possibly erroneouslydescribed as ‘welfare friendly’ animal rearing methods.

The fact that ‘free range’ almost alwayscarries a price premium over conventionalproduction methods inevitably means thatthe supermarkets get a better return ontheir shelf space – a key driver of profit,must also be mentioned in this debate.

It must also be remembered however,that it was the alliance between the grow-ing supermarket business of Woolies andInghams that kickstarted the modern broilerpoultry industry back in the 1960s and theability of retailers to help grow the marketfor chicken meat and the broiler industryto be able to supply that market has in general been mutually beneficial.

The intense competition between thepreviously dominant Woolies and the catchup by Wesfarmers-owned Coles, whosemanagement team come from the equallyfiercely competitive UK market, may bestretching previously comfortable tradingpartnerships but in the end they willendure because they have to.

After calling for submissions into freerange labeling issues on layers, the ACCChas indicated it favours a stocking densityof no more than 1500 birds per hectare onproduct labeled as being ‘free range’.

It has already rejected the AECLrequest to have an industry code for freerange fixed at 20,000 bph.

Coles has come up with a compromisecode of 10,000 bph and lower stockingdensity in the sheds – the code also proposesa series of initiatives to encourage birds torange during daylight hours and have

opportunities to dust bath and follow otherbehavioural traits seen as being in the interests of the birds.

However in its interim findings theACCC indicated it will limit free rangelabeling to the FREPA protocols that indicate a maximum on-range density of1500bph.

It might be assumed that this attitudemay be influenced by the fact that retailerswant to offer free range poultry productsunder their own private labels.

As current action on labelling regula-tion affecting the poultry has demonstrated,the ACCC has taken action against individual companies, some like Turi Foods,quite small family owned businesses.

The legal costs of defending an actionby the ACCC can be considerable and evenif the courts find against the ACCC theregulator in cases involving other issues inthe retail and wholesale sector haveappealed the courts decision – an incrediblyexpensive process funded by the taxpayer inthe case of the ACCC, but not so for thedefendents.

Now if the ACCC decided to moveagainst either of the big two on free rangelabeling issues they would be taking onconsiderable legal and financial might.

It’s no secret that both Coles andWoolies have considerable influence in government which given their vital role inAustralia’s economy, is hardly surprising.

In this debate over free range the middle ground seems to have been takenover by what a number of organisations,including the ACCC, regard as welfareissues.

In its interim report on free range layers, practices like beak trimming wereidentified and that there would be a greaterlikelihood for the need for trimming onlarger stocking density farms, were mentioned as issues in the decision processby the ACCC.

Beak trimming may be an emotiveissue but it is practiced as a necessity notonly on higher density farms but also permitted under certain conditions byFREPA.

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Top: Amir Slijper, new Business Development Manager atPalram Australia. Above: Clear demonstration of advan-tages of polycarbonate over fibreglass roof light panels.

Palram is a global company that has manufactured PVC and polycarbonate building materials for 50 years. It is probably bestknow in Australia for its Durashield and Suntuf products that offerbuilders of livestock housing an alternative to steel based roofing andcladding.

In July 2009 Palram took over its Australian distributor BurnsidePlastics and today operates from a new facility at Campbellfield inMelbourne as well as from its warehouses in Sydney, Brisbane,Adelaide and Perth where the business is growing rapidly across boththe commercial and residential sectors.

Amir Slijper, who is the new Business Development Manager atPalram Australia, has a lot of markets to tackle but feels very muchat home with agricultural applications and intensive livestock in particular with a history of working with leading European livestockhousing and equipment manufacturers to develop innovative rearingsolutions using products and technology developed by Palram.

“Used as a roofing material Durashield is light, easy to handleand install and we believe more resistant to corrosive elements inanimal shelters that quickly attacks steel based products,” he said.

“Also when we did temperature comparisons during hot summers in Israel in poultry shedding using Durashield roofing, wenoticed a lowering of temperatures inside the shed when comparedto coated steel products in similar conditions due to greatly reducedtransmitted radiated heat.

“These advantages are significant in Australia where climaticconditions in many parts of the country are similar to those inIsrael,” Amir explained.

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Top: The ‘Tower of Power” test rig for winch electric motors. Above left: New assembly line at the West Gosford

Chamberlain factory. Above right: Tony Sinclair (left) and Adrian Nix are the sales drive behind Grifco winches.

Grifco benefits from major investment by parent company Chamberlain

Gosford NSW based company Grifco, asubsidiary of the global Chamberlaingroup, has recently made significant invest-ments in its production facilities as it continues to supply its highly durablewinches to the agricultural sector and thepoultry industry in particular.

“Though our products for farmers areonly a small part of the well known Grifcobrand they are significant and a valuableasset to the company,” said Adrian Nix,Grifco Sales Manager.

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“Recently we have become suppliers ofautomated door products to theWoolworths owned Masters HomeImprovement Store Chain and this hasresulted in a significant increase to our production output.

“One of the things we must never do isbe complacent and rest on our reputationfor building durable winches – which ourintensive livestock shed winches certainlyare.

“We are working with our design andproduction teams to bring improved andmore efficient products to growers.

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Under the leadership of Dr AaronCowieson, the Poultry Research Foundationat the University’s Faculty of VeterinaryScience has attracted a number of enthusi-astic and highly effective young scientists toCamden.

One such scientist is Ms Kate Hartcher;a post-graduate student who is tackling thechallenge of feather pecking in free rangelaying hens. Kate knows that the mecha-nisms underlying feather pecking behav-iours must be understood to allow farmersto manage feather pecking in free range layers.

With each passing day, this becomesmore urgent as consumer preferences drivethe switch from cage to barn and free rangeproduction systems.

Kate is working under the guidance ofDr Greg Cronin, Senior Lecturer in animalbehaviour and welfare science, and Dr MiniSingh, post-doctoral research associate. Katestarted a Master’s degree examining theenvironmental and social factors presentduring the rearing of chicks to investigatehow these factors influence the featherpecking behaviour of free range hens.

Kate’s work resulted in her presenting apaper at the Poultry Research Centre’s 2013Australian Poultry Science Symposium,entitled ‘Effect of rearing conditions on thedevelopment of feather pecking behavioursin free range laying hens’.

Kate was assisted in preparing the paperby both new and experienced scientists,including Ms Mary Tran, Dr StuartWilkinson, Dr Greg Cronin from theFaculty of Veterinary Science, University ofSydney and Professor Paul Hemsworthfrom the Animal Welfare Science Centre atThe University of Melbourne.

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Having demonstrated her aptitude forresearch, Kate has upgraded to a PhD withthe approval of The University of Sydney.She will continue her work in feather peck-ing and investigate the vexed issue of rangeused by free range layers through the use ofRFID (radio frequency identification) technology.

As Dr Mini Singh explained, the use ofthe range is a vital concern for free rangelayer farmers because of the “standards ofproduction and quality for free range production in Australia set by Free RangeEgg & Poultry Australia Ltd (FREPA),which consists of a group of free range producers and accredited processors.

“Their standards, which are based onthe current edition of the appropriate StateAnimal Welfare Code, mandate that, whenfully feathered, birds must have easy accessto an area on which to range during day-light hours. The range area must provideshade as well as shelter and be capable ofcontinued production of palatable vegetation.

“However, only a fraction of the flockuses the range area every day and very fewstudies on the use of the range area havebeen conducted on larger (i.e. commercialscale) flocks, even though flock size hasbeen shown to significantly influence theaverage proportion of hens going outside,”Kate added.

“Larger flock sizes have been associatedwith lower range usage and there is alsoconsiderable variation in the use of outdoorspace between birds and between socialgroups of birds within the flock in a freerange system.

“It is anticipated that free range flockswill prove to have bi-modal distributions,with a proportion of the flock that use therange routinely and a proportion rarely, if atall. In this study RFID technology will beused to monitor birds under free range conditions in order to track individual birdsthat utilise the range frequently comparedto those that do not,” Mini continued.

“The RFID technology will involve theuse of sensor tags and antenna to read signals from tags so every time a bird movesin and out of the shed crossing the anten-nas, the movement will be recorded in thesoftware that comes with the RFID technology. This will allow us to accountfor how many times each bird went out and

for how long.“Production parameters like feed intake

and egg numbers will be recorded weeklyon a flock basis, along with behavioural andwelfare assessments that include featherscoring to assess feather pecking in individ-ual birds. The data acquired from these trials will provide us with information relating to welfare aspects such as feather-pecking, production parameters, measuresof digestibility and gene expression.

“We hope to then use the results toestablish the reasons for the lower perfor-mance in free range as opposed to conven-tionally reared layers and potentially develop strategies to combat this perfor-mance gap,” Mini concluded.

The trials have been conducted at theCamden campus farming facilities, whereexperimental sheds and a range area arefully occupied with birds that will soon beold enough to have access to the range area.Kate and Mini would like to expand thestudy by using existing commercial freerange sheds.

Kate is the recipient of a Poultry CRCscholarship and funding for her research hasbeen allocated through ongoing projectswithin the Australian Egg Corporation andthe Poultry CRC.

Broilers – free range issuesThe talented researchers at the Poultry

Research Foundation have undertakenextensive work on free range broiler produc-tion and rearing issues.

In 2012, Mr Tugrul Durali, anotherPhD student at the Faculty of VeterinaryScience, along with Dr Peter Groves and DrAaron Cowieson, presented a paper at thatyear’s Australian Poultry ScienceSymposium entitled ‘Comparison of perfor-mance of commercial conventional and free

range broilers’, which revealed the tensionin maintaining both commercially viableproduction and bird health outcomes.

At the 2013 Symposium, Mini presentedher own paper ‘Are we turning chickensinto cows: how much grass do free rangebroilers eat?’ In the report on her researchconducted within the Poultry CRC, Minicommented that “diets intended for consumption by free range birds are notroutinely formulated to accommodate themodifying (diluting) effects of grass consumption on digestible intake”.

Mini also assisted Tugrul, along withPeter Groves and Aaron Cowieson, in producing a paper presented at the 2013Symposium, ‘Comparison of free range andconventional broiler performance anddigestibility’.

Indeed, both Mini and Kate have accumulated considerable experience work-ing on other studies in both free rangebroiler and layer production.

This cross-fertilisation has certainlybenefited all of the researchers at thePoultry Research Foundation, as Mini said“while working with Tugrul on his freerange broiler research, we were able to optimise the use of RFID technology formonitoring in Kate’s work”.

The research at the Faculty ofVeterinary Science, The University ofSydney, Camden into free range broiler andlayer production being undertaken by MrTugrul Durali, Ms Kate Hartcher, Dr MiniSingh, Dr Peter Groves, Dr Greg Cronin,and Dr Aaron Cowieson, is providing scientifically based proof of the productiongap between the conventional and freerange production systems.

These researchers are working very hardto decipher the underlying reasons for thegap and find solutions for industry.

Top: Kate Hartcher and Mini Singh with a research assistant, Laura Sutton.


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Alltech appoints new Technical Manager for Asia Pacific

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Alltech has appointed Dr Tugrul Durali asAsia-Pacific Technical Manager for Alltech’sMycotoxin Management Team.

Based in Sydney, Dr Durali will provide technical support to the company’slocal and regional accounts, focusing onAlltech’s On-Farm program.

Dr Durali started his professionalcareer as an intern in 2001 at one of thebiggest egg and poultry meat producers inTurkey focusing on aflatoxicosis in layerhens, then joined the Turkish Armed Forcewhere he graduated as a veterinarian lieu-tenant from the Army Veterinarian College.

After returning to civil life, he receivedtraining on turkey breeder health, manage-ment and artificial insemination from aleading Israeli company specialising in thepoultry breeder field in the Middle East.

Dr Durali later worked as a poultryveterinarian at another company, focusingon gut health and mycotoxicosis on broilerand breeder productions, and then movedto Australia to join a leading poultry producer as a technical services manager.

His interests in improvement of poultry welfare with nutrition and particu-larly antibiotic free production led him toestablish research trials, and he played amajor role in the establishment of the company’s free range broiler production.

Dr Durali is married and the father ofa little girl who was born on the same dayhe joined Alltech.

Alltech’s mycotoxin management pro-gram was launched in early 2012 in order

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The unique global program not onlyassists in managing mycotoxins throughoutthe feed chain, but also in detecting andaddressing the risks caused by more than37 types of mycotoxins.

“It is my great pleasure to welcome DrDurali in the mycotoxin managementteam,” said Nick Adams, Global Director,Mycotoxin Management Team at Alltech.

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Nick Adams, Global Sales Director –Mycotoxin Management Team, visitedAustralia and on July 18, Poultry Digest metNick, Dr Tugrul Durali now TechnicalManager –Asia Pacific MycotoxinManagement Team, and Jorge Pena,Alltech’s National Key Account Manager todiscuss developments in the competitiveMycotoxin additive market.

There was a discussion on the pressurescaused to lifestock producers by increasingfeed costs, the variety and quality of basefeed materials and the ever increasingprevalence of mycotoxins in feedstock, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.

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Nick is based at Alltech’s Stamford,Linconshire office in the UK.

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Perhaps of even more concern was thefact that in commenting on their initialfindings from submissions received, theACCC revealed that a major proportion ofrespondents wanted cage layers banned –an issue not part of the process to determine free range labeling.

The ACCC, like any governmentagency, comes under pressure from the population at large, some with high profilesin the wide political spectrum and ofcourse the animal activists groups.

While these ‘influencers’ are quick toheap praise on the ACCC when it indicatesin favour of their views, there is little doubtthat these same groups of individualswould be equally effective in protest andthey would skillfully use the media – in allits forms to do this, if they did not get theoutcome they sought.

Apart from the animal rights activists,bigger and even better funded and moreorganised consumer and ‘social issue’ organisations like Choice and Get Up havejoined the fray on the issue of free range.

It would seem that everybody whoseeks support from the population at largefor their various campaigns has become ananimal activist.

This development should be regardedwith some circumspection. Though thepoultry industry may not agree with muchof what our growing band of animal rightscampaigners have to say, at least theirintentions are clear on where they stand onissues to do with our farming methods.

All the groups who are involved in thefree range debate, with the exception of theACCC and the industry itself, survive onfunds donated by the public or by subscription to services they provide.

There is little doubt that emotive issuesthat receive a lot of publicity offer thepotential for an increased revenue stream.

So what are the answers to where wego with free range and the industry?

On the issue of free range labeling,going back once again to the ACCC’sinterim report on layers, it was suggestedthat allowing the 10,000 bph code as suggested by Coles would damage the businesses of small scale farmers producingon 1500 bph or less.

This contention is open to debate.Many of the existing small scale farmershave been clever marketers and developedproducts and an identity that has madethem successful in their locality with boththe hospitality industry and consumers.

One suggestion Poultry Digest discussedwith one of the newer animal rights groups

in Australia was that eggs from both smallscale and larger scale production systemsshould be clearly labeled with the informa-tion that helps consumers make a choice.Not only stocking density levels both onthe range and in the sheds but even detailsof diet, and maybe even if beak trimming ispracticed and why.

This is a sensible suggestion in that farfrom misleading consumers it providesthem with all the information necessary tomake a purchased based on their values andbudget.

Most of the above apart from the ‘freeto roam’ issues applies to layers, and if theACCC did eventually decided on a specificcode that relates to stocking density it is afair bet the broiler industry will be effected.

One option already embraced by anumber of the smaller integrators has beento join the RSPCA’s ‘Freedom Foods’ codefor conventional housed broiler systemsand indeed both barn laid and free rangelayer farms.

This seems to be a successful option inthat it reassures consumers that a qualifiedand respected third party is looking afterthe birds interests within the possibilitiesoffered in modern broiler and layer sheds.

But even this seemingly sensibleapproach is being attacked by AnimalRights Victoria on their website www.rsp-cawatchdog.org – at least this organisationis honest in its real motives which is to per-suade consumers to adopt a vegan lifestyle.

In examining the websites of the manyand various organisations that advocateagainst the mainstream poultry industry, animbalance of what could be considered fairpractice is taking place.

While the ACMF and Baiada/Bartter-Steggles have been found guilty of mislead-ing the public it is worth examining theorigins of the ‘free to roam’ statement inthe first place.

There are two enduring myths in theAustralian broiler poultry industry, the firstbeing that the industry still feed hormonesto the birds and the second that we raisebirds in cages.

Repeated attempts have been made bythe industry over many years to dispel thesemyths including running ACMF organisedtours of broiler farms for the media.

Yet still these myths persist not only inthe tabloid media and on commercial tele-vision but more recently in the qualityFairfax Australian Financial Review and in asegment on antibiotic resistance on theABC’s well regarded 7.30 Report.

On July 15 the AFR published an article by Mark Textor, Managing Director

of Crosby Textor, an organisation wellknown as consultants to political partiesboth in Australia and overseas.

In his article ‘Weighing up the oppor-tunity cost’ that opened with the statement‘Last year I found myself fat’ and examinedroot causes of obesity and options to dealwith it. After listing lifestyle factors which contribute to obesity Mr Textor said, “likemost, I also share concerns about theeffects of hormones used to feed cattle andpoultry”.

On July 24 the ABC 7.30 Report ranan item ‘Superbugs found in food anddrinking water’ reported by Louse Milligan.

It was an excellent, if chilling, piece ofreporting right up to that program’s highstandards but at the end of the segmentwhen broilers were mentioned, the imageswere of caged layers – viewers could evensee the eggs in the trough in front of thecages. (www.abc.net.au/7.30/con-tent/2013/s3810324.htm).

The problem with both of theseinstances of erroneous information is thatboth the AFR and the ABC are consistentlya standard of reference, not only for thegeneral public but other media as well.

These instances, though at first exami-nation seemingly insignificant, illustrate theproblem the broiler industry has in gettingits message across to consumers who genuinely care about such things.

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Why do the same individual growers continue to manage their broilerflocks to consistently reach the top of theirgrowing pool and yet other growers, withthe same inputs and conditions find itmore challenging and may just achieve‘pool average’ performance?

These ‘top achievers’ often receive thesame feed and the same chicks as othergrowers and may also not have the bestsheds or the latest technology. We believetheir success is based on the secret of maintaining bird comfort levels for longerperiods and having better control over theinternal environment.

Broilers maintain body temperaturethrough a process commonly called ‘ther-moregulation’. This process involves thebroiler’s interaction with the prevailingconditions in the shed and regulating theirinternal temperature by utilising a numberof metabolic processes.

Their metabolic and behaviouralresponses to temperature, humidity andwind speed can be referred to as both voluntary and involuntary as outlined in

the tables below:C - bird is cold, trying to warm H - bird is hot, trying to cool Voluntary Thermoregulatory ProcessesSitting, limiting body surface area exposedto environment (C)Huddling to share body heat and limitexposure (C)Seeking warmer or cooler areas in chickenshed (H or C)Sitting apart from other birds (H)Extending wings and/or neck to increasebody surface exposure (H)Drinking more water (H)Involuntary Thermoregulation ProcessesContracting blood vessels to limit bloodflow (C)Increasing metabolic heat output to keepwarm (C)Muscle contractions (C)Dilating blood vessels to increase bloodflow to the extremities (H)Limiting metabolic heat output to remaincool (H) Panting (H)

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through the process of thermoregulation,whether voluntary or involuntary it isdetrimental to feed conversion and inmany instances it will impact daily growthas well.

Nutrition which is diverted into activities associated with maintaining bodytemperature at the expense of gaining liveweight has an impact on bird performance.To get the best performance out of themodern broiler, close attention needs to begiven to limiting the amount of energy andnutrients that are directed towards the thermoregulatory processes the birdrequires to maintain their comfort level.

This is not just a simple matter of controlling air temperature. It also involvescontrolling the effects of humidity andwind chill on the birds in order to controlthe effective (or perceived) temperaturethey are feeling at that particular time.

When the combination of air tempera-ture, wind chill and humidity are optimalthe thermoregulation activity that the birdrequires is minimal and the maximumamount of energy and nutrition is directedto growth and performance. Birds in thisenvironment are normally considered to bein a ‘thermal neutral’ state.

To help in managing and reaching thisthermo neutral state, the general rule ofthumb when considering the effect ofwindchill on a fully feathered broiler isapproximately 1oC for every 0.5m/s ofwind speed the bird is exposed.

Similarly, the effect of humidity is considered to be approximately 1oC forevery 5% relative humidity (RH) above or w

NewsAviagen earns ‘Beter Leven’ accreditation for slow-growing birdAviagen has announced the accreditation ofthe Rowan Ranger, a new slower-growingbird, by the ‘Beter Leven’ (Better Life)quality mark used in the Netherlands.

The Rowan Ranger has been developedin response to market demand for slower-growing alternatives in the Netherlandsand, although slower growing than theRoss 308, the Rowan Ranger still offersexcellent meat yield and low feed conver-sion ratios.

Available beginning in July, customerswill have increased flexibility with theRowan Ranger without compromising onperformance.

“The new product still enjoys the fullsupport of one of the world’s largest andmost experienced poultry breeding companies,” said Otto van Tuijl, ProjectManager.

“The introduction of the RowanRanger at this time, with the currentdemand for slower-growing products in theNetherlands and other countries, is testa-ment to the world-leading Aviagen researchand development department, which is inconstant contact with customers, legislativebodies and other industry groups in orderto ensure that they continue to understandthe challenges and opportunities facing

the poultry industry.”“Some of the product testing took

place in the state-of-the-art Spelderholtresearch and development facility, and visitors, representing Aviagen customers andindustry bodies, have been impressed withthe performance potential of the RowanRanger.

“Customers in the Netherlands will bethe first to experience the Rowan Ranger.

“Our company hs been developing thisnew addition to our product range formany years now and it has performed verywell in internal and customer trials,” addedMr Tujil.


MANAGeMeNT FeATURebelow a range of 60 - 70%RH (see thegraphs below).

In a practical management situation,take a typical broiler shed using cool cellsand operating ventilation in tunnel modeon a warm summer day. In this market weoften find conditions within the shed willbe an air temperature of around 24 degrees,air speed of 2.5m/s, and humidity approximately 40%.

A quick calculation utilising the infor-mation above will give a better indication

of that the bird is feeling, 5oC cooler thanthe actual temperature due to wind chilleffect plus a further 4oC cooler due to thelow humidity that is present, which resultsin an effective temperature for the broilerof only 15oC.

With the bird feeling a temperature9°C lower than the ambient temperature, itis not surprising that nearly all of the birdswill be sitting down on the floor. Thecombined impact of the of the three elements, temperature, wind chill and

humidity on the birds have to be continuallyassessed in order to maintain bird comfort levels and ensure the majority ofthe energy and nutrients being fed to theflock are directed toward performance andgrowth rather than temperature regulation.

Over time, the birds will partially acclimatise to an environment that is con-sistently warmer or cooler than ideal orthose conditions required for chickens to bein a thermal neutral state, however there isstill a cost to productivity.

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levels such as those seen across much of Australia and NewZealand with changeable weather patterns and typically warmdays and cooler nights, excessive thermoregulatory activity cansubsequently lead to poorer growth and feed conversion resultsunless the broiler shed environment is carefully managed to compensate for the variation.

By following some simple guidelines, we believe we can minimise the impact of these variable weather conditions andfluctuating temperatures, thereby maximising the time birdsspend in their thermal neutral zone and as growers positivelyinfluence the bird’s performance:

Guidelines for broiler comfort and best performance 1. Set up minimum ventilation to give short bursts of incomingair on a regular basis. This “small sips” approach will ensure thatboth temperature and humidity levels remain stable. 2. Stage fans to ensure a smooth and progressive increase in ventilation as environmental temperatures increase. 3. Avoid setting the early fan stages too close together and/orusing too many fans. This will drop shed temperatures to a levelthat causes all fan stages shut down again causing frequentswings in temperature.4. Set an appropriate gap between fan and heating set points.Ventilation that forces heating on (and vice versa) will give awonderful, fresh shed environment, but causes greater tempera-ture fluctuations and is more expensive to operate.5. Ensure that incoming air speed at the vent is appropriate anddoes not cause a windchill effect at bird level on birds youngerthan three weeks, unless absolutely necessary. Typically incomingairspeed of between 2 – 3m/s measured at the vent is appropriatefor most situations.6. Avoid full use of tunnel mode ventilation if possible untilbirds are fully feathered. Broilers are very sensitive to wind chilland will quickly sit to stay warm at the expense of eating andgrowing. 7. To avoid variable cold spots within the shed, plug all gaps andensure that sheds are correctly insulated, are air tight and main-tain negative pressure.8. Cold outside air containing additional moisture can be over10% heavier than warm air and will drop quickly down to floor,cooling the birds. Increase airspeed of incoming cooler air tocompensate and help maintain consistent temperatures for thebirds during cold weather.

Growers often ask the following, ‘so, tell me what is the tem-perature profile I should run to maintain this magical thermal neutral zone?’ Unfortunately the combination of vari-ables including air temperature, humidity, windchill, age ofbirds, stocking density, diet formulation etc., is so great thatthere is no simple answer to this frequent question.

The simplest way to understand when the birds are in theirthermal neutral zone is through observation. If birds are exhibit-ing normal feeding and drinking behaviour and you are not see-ing any visible signs of thermoregulatory activity, then it is likelythat the birds are in the desired thermal neutral state and aremore likely to achieve their growth and feed conversion potential.

The most important activity growers can adopt in order toanswer the question above is to simply spend time in the chickenhouse observing the birds and their behaviour. It will help man-age a flock and may make a significant difference to productivityand performance of birds in the future.

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AGCO Australia Ltd has announced thatthe recent merger between the GSI Group,with brands including Cumberland, APand Hired Hand, and AGCO Corporation,the world’s largest dedicated farm machin-ery manufacturer, is now set to benefitAustralian and New Zealand growers andthe protein production industry.

The addition of Cumberland, AP andHired Hand to the portfolio now meansthat AGCO Australia/GSI is able to offer awider range of solutions to the growerincluding the industry’s largest range offarm machinery and grain storage and handling equipment.

Additional products that can be integrated with shed production equipmentinclude tractors and telehandlers which arerequired on nearly all farms.

As farm sites continue to increase inscale, so do their feed/grain storage require-ments whereby growers can also takeadvantage of the industry’s most expansivegrain storage and handling solutions fromthe GSI group to service and improve theiron-site storage capacity and handling efficiencies.

“We are pleased to be able to offer andsupport Cumberland AP and Hired Handwithin AGCO’s portfolio of ‘High Techsolutions for professional farmers feedingthe world’,” said James Lang, GSI GroupSales Manager for ANZ.

“Cumberland, AP and Hired Handwill benefit from AGCO’s global presenceand long term commitment to the agricul-tural sector with a track record of extensiveR&D spend for sustainable business andcutting edge product advancement.

“Growers will also benefit as they cannow purchase packaged equipment fromone supplier all the way through the grow-ing cycle. The GSI group of brands hasalso recently been elevated to AGCO’sglobal ‘Core Brand’ status to sit alongsideindustry icons such as Massey Ferguson,Challenger, Fendt and Valtra.”

“AGCO Australia/GSI is able to addvalue on a local level to Cumberland, APand Hired hand through its extensive ‘backof house’ services such as stocking, ‘retailfinance’ and aftersales support.

“AGCO Finance deals solely with thefarming sector providing a new level of service to the industry. AGCO Finance isable to provide flexible repayment

structures that can take into account thehighly seasonal nature of farming to matchthe growers unique cash flow requirements.

“Existing growers can take advantage ofthis facility for shed upgrades and refitsthrough to funding for brand new ‘green-field’ enterprises.

“With warehousing facilities inMelbourne, Brisbane and Perth, AGCO isalso able to better serve the current dealernetwork and in turn the growers supportrequirements with a future commitment to

provide inventory in Australia.“AGCO/GSI’s commitment to support

is also evident through current recruitmentto find dedicated staff located in Australiaproviding same time zone and improvedsupport to the established distribution net-work of dealers.

AGCO Australia Ltd looks forward tosupporting GSI to become further engagedin the animal production industry whichhas a bright future ahead of it.

For further information on the GSIgroup of brands or AGCO please contactJames Lang on 0408 550 431 orjames.lang@agcocorp,com. Alternativelymore information can be found atwww.agcocorp.com or www.gsiag.com.

mycotoxins. Individual mycotoxin levelsdetected by methods with less specificity andsensitivity than the technologies we use maynot always identify the source of poor animal health,” said Steve Mobley, Managerof the Analytical Services Laboratory, powered by Alltech.

“However, the cumulative, additiveand/or synergistic affects of multiple myco-toxins in the diet, regardless of guideline orregulatory levels, can result in mycotoxicosissymptoms and detrimental erosion of ani-mal productivity,” said Dr NattawadeeJantasila, Alltech Mycotoxin ManagementTeam.

“The need to detect and quantify multi-ple mycotoxins at low levels should be theindustry’s key concern and, from thetremendous response to Alltech’s 37+Program, I believe the industry is takingheed.”

If you can’t see them, they must not bethere. That was the old school of thoughton mold and mycotoxins being present inour livestock’s feed supply.

Today, after three decades of researchand recent advances in the field of mycotox-in testing, we can now detect more than 37different types of mycotoxins, and manyproducers around the globe are taking heedand getting their feed tested.

Established in September 2012, theAnalytical Services Laboratory powered byAlltech recently processed its 1,000th feedsample. The lab, which utilizes LC-MS/MSanalytical technology, has allowed Alltech to

gain valuable insights into mycotoxin levelsand trends globally with unrivalled specificity,sensitivity and breadth.

Alltech’s 37+ Program provides a tailored, species-specific risk assessment ofthe expected impact on animal performancebased on the mycotoxins that are found during analysis. It then recommends a miti-gation strategy through balanced nutrition,feed management and the addition of func-tional carbohydrates.

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sA Governmentmoves towards new code for freerange eggs

The South Australian Government is moving to establish a new industry codefor free range eggs.

SA Minister for Business Services andConsumers, John Rau, has released a discussion paper with proposals to cap theamount of layer hens at 1,500 per hectare,and ban induced moulting.

Darren Letton runs the Glen ViewPoultry Farm in South Australia’sRiverland, which produces both free-rangeand caged eggs.

He agrees there needs to be a standard,but any guidelines introduced need to be inline with other states.

“I mean, the eastern states are runninghuge amounts of chickens in their freerange, and calling it free range, and thenthose eggs are coming across and being soldin South Australian supermarkets.

“So there is no real level playing fieldfor South Australian free range egg farmers,but I think 1,500 is not enough, we’re notgoing to be able to compete.”

Other proposals in the discussion paperinclude ensuring hens have unrestrictedaccess to outdoor areas during daylighthours, and for those outdoor areas to haveadequate shelter.


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PPB Advisory appointed receivers and managers of Inglewood Farms

Mr Stephen Parbery and Mr Greg Quinnof PPB Advisory have been appointedReceivers and Managers of InglewoodFarms Pty Ltd and Inglewood PropertiesPty Ltd (together “Inglewood Farms”).

Inglewood Farms is a wholly-ownedsubsidiary of R. Williams AgriculturalHoldings Pty Ltd (R.M. WilliamsAgricultural Holdings) to which MrParbery and Mark Robinson were appointed Receivers and Managers on June26, 2013.

Inglewood Farms employs approxi-mately 100 people and is the largest organic poultry producer in Australia andthe third largest in the southern hemi-sphere.

The business has an 80% share of theAustralian organic poultry market.Inglewood Farms has successfully passedthe necessary audits from domestic andexport accreditors for Singapore, China,Hong Kong and the Middle East, and thebusiness has commenced supplying somemajor supermarket chains in Hong Kong.

The business operates from 1,710hectares (4,224 acres) of certified organicland in south-east Queensland nearInglewood.

The state-of-the-art facility accommo-dates approximately 300,000 birds andprocesses 27,000 birds per week. The sitealso includes prime irrigation farming andlicenses, and extensive dry land cultivation.The business has significant expansioncapacity.

PPB Advisory’s appointment followsnotification by the company’s directors thatthey were intending to resign.

This occurred after Inglewood Farms’shareholders indicated that they would notprovide additional funding to support thecompany’s ongoing operations. This forcedthe company’s secured creditor to appointReceivers and Managers to facilitate andmaintain the ongoing operations.

In addition to the lack of funding support, the Receivers have been notifiedthat the shareholders have sought to with-draw use of the R.M. Williams brand byInglewood Farms.

PPB Advisory is undertaking an urgentreview of Inglewood Farms and is workingclosely with the secured creditor and theteam at Inglewood Farms to ensure theoperations continue with minimal disruption, and to prepare the business for

a possible sale. During this time the business will trade

on a business as usual basis. Mr Stephen Parbery said: “Our imme-

diate priority is to support the experiencedteam at Inglewood Farms so the businesscan continue operating while we undertake

this review. “We are working with a number of

stakeholders to try to secure the future ofthe business.”

RSM Bird Cameron has been appointedas Voluntary Administrators to ensure allcreditors’ interests are protected.

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Aviagen announces appointment of Marcscott as Operations Manager, New Zealand

Cold remedy of urban myth?

Aviagen has announced the arrival andappointment of Marc Scott as the newOperations Manager, responsible for themanagement of the team and productionin New Zealand.

Marc Scott has successfully grown hisearly interest in poultry into a career inproduction with Aviagen.

Prior to his involvement in production,Marc graduated with a Higher NationalCertificate in Poultry Production from theScottish Agricultural College in Ayr,Scotland.

His initial start after college involvedfarm management in the rearing and production of game birds in the UK fortwo years before he accepted a role as FarmManager for an Aviagen contract grandpar-ent production company in the UK.

Marc stayed with this company foreight years, building his production experi-ence and knowledge of the Ross 308.

Upon joining Aviagen, Marc quicklytransitioned to the responsibility of FarmManager for a number of grandparent andgreat grandparent farms in the UK.

He spent the next two years in this rolebecoming fully acquainted with internalproduction and management within theorganization.

Marc subsequently accepted a positionwith Aviagen India, the company’s fullyowned operation supplying breeding stock

into the domestic market. He moved to India in January 2011

and assumed the responsibilities of GreatGrandparent Production Manager for thecompany. The move to a relatively new,expanding organization along with thechange in climate and culture presented aunique challenge to Marc which he

appreciated. “In the UK production facilities, you

have a long and established awareness ofproduction, everything about the bird andthe production cycle is familiar to you. Amove to a location like India provides anew situation and it encourages you toadapt and respond quite differently.

“I’m appreciative of my time with theteam in India and the chance to becomeinvolved and look forward to using thisand my early experience in my role in NewZealand,” said Marc.

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The majority of Australians (58%)enjoy chicken soup when they have coldand flu symptoms with an overwhelming87% of those opting for it because it makesthem feel better, and 31% say they are convinced that it can help relieve theiractual cold and flu symptoms.

But the health benefits of chicken thiswinter go further than just enjoying chickensoup – as a high protein, lean meat, chicken can also help us battle winterweight gain.

Dr Joanna McMillan, nutritionist andaccredited practicing dietitian, commentingon the survey results and the health bene-

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Scientists have found that the blend ofnutrients and vitamins in a traditionalchicken soup can have an anti-inflammatoryeffect and help with cold and flu symptomsand can also clear the sinuses helping inturn to relieve congestion.

“Over the colder months we often findourselves feeling hungrier, seeking comfortfoods and eating more generally. Adding aprotein rich food to each meal helps you tofeel satisfied and control your appetite,”said Dr McMillan.

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Novus set to present fifth annual sustainability report

Novus International has released its fifthannual sustainability report that providesdetailed information and examples of howthe company works hand-in-hand with itsstakeholders and network of business partners to improve and advance their sustainability efforts.

Nurturing its business as a network ofpartnerships is central to the company’scommitment to help feed the world afford-able, wholesome food and achieve a higherquality of life.

“We know that one company alonemay not affect the large-scale change neededto secure our sustainable future, howeverwe strive to set a standard for sustainability,”noted Thad Simons, President and CEO atNovus International.

“By working together to advanceshared objectives, we can succeed in making a better life for ourselves and forfuture generations. This report serves toreinforce the value we place on these part-nerships.”

Numerous examples of the successfulpartnerships Novus has in place to furtherits corporate mission are highlighted in thisyear’s report.

One of the most exciting projects in 2012 was the partnershipthe company launched with theGovernment of Chad and a long-standing customer in Brazil to createthe first state-of-the-art industrialpoultry production facility in Africa.

The $50 million investment intothis forward-thinking initiative willallow for the building of a processingplant with the capability to handle upto 40,000 birds, a feedmill, a hatch-ery and fifteen farms that will pro-duce chickens.

The collaborative venture is acritical building block to create a self-sustaining basis for economic stability,new employment possibilities andimproved food security at affordablecosts.

“We work with our stakeholdersto meet their goals and find we sharesimilar objectives in most cases,” commented Alex Pierroutsakos,Director, Internal Audit, QualityAssurance and Control and EHS&Sat Novus.

“While there are many sustain-ability aspects that are relevant to ourjourney and to our stakeholders, we

believe there are five significant issues thatreflect a combination of stakeholder inter-ests and our own business growth.

These include supporting the profitability of our customers, deliveringinnovative and effective solutions for complex feed problems, maintaining anempowering workplace, developing the talent pipeline in the agri-sector and maintaining partnerships for sustainableproductivity. Everything we do is focusedon succeeding in these five critical areas.”

The 2012 Novus Sustainability reportapplied The Global Reporting Initiative(GRI) Framework at Application Level B.GRI is a non-profit, multi-stakeholderorganization which acts to increase the levelof business transparency by promoting sustainability reporting among companiesthroughout the world.

The main tool for assimilating sustain-ability reporting is the GRI reportingframework that contains detailed guidelinesfor reporting on sustainability impacts andprovides a consistent structure that thousands of companies around the worldnow use to disclose their approach and performance related to sustainability.

In an effort to make this informationeasy to access and review, Novus has createda digital version of the sustainability report,at http://sustainability.novusint.com/.

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The annual Australasian Turkey FederationConference was held this year between July12 to 14 at the Hunter Valley Resort,Pokolbin NSW.

This year’s conference was sponsoredby Steggles and other federation sponsorsincluded AusPac, Alletch, Jefo, Pro Washand Ridley AgriProducts.

The Australasian Turkey Federation hasmore than 20 members. Within the ATFthere are two main turkey producers in theturkey market and other processors of various size. These suppliers cover commer-cial grow out, free range and organic.

The Organizing Committee workedout an impressive program to share infor-mation on the latest developments in theindustry, including turkey welfare, housingand processing, conventional and functionalturkey nutrition, turkey biosecurity, healthand the environment and the technology ofturkey products and marketing.

Participants were given the chance tomeet and exchange valuable information onthe recent challenges in turkey production,research and technology.

The industry generates more than $200million per year from almost five million

birds processed. There are two main producers who have contract growers. Inaddition, there are several small producers,all of whom grow their own birds. Thereare five dedicated processing plants andabout six that process turkeys and chickens.

White, Hybrid Turkeys are used almostexclusively and artificial insemination ispractised rather than natural mating. A henmay lay over 100 eggs per year but fewerthan 90 poults will probably survive to

processing weight from these eggs. Birdsare held on separate breeder farms, eachfarm holding up to 7,000 hens. These layers are in flocks of up to 3,000. Broilersheds, typically four to five on large farms,each hold 8,000 to 14.000 growing birds.

The guest speakers at this year’s conference included Dennis Baumann,Sales & Service, Hendrix Genetics who,accompanied by Dr Ben Wood, Geneticist(Research and Development) for Hendrixspoke about ‘Hybrid Turkeys Breeding’.

Hybrid Turkeys were reintroduced intoAustralia in 2011. Since then they havebeen providing Great Grand Parent Stockto the Australian turkey industry. Parentstocks are allowed to be imported intoAustralia every three years.

Hybrid Turkeys is the turkey breedingdivision of Hendrix Genetics, which islocated in Boxmeer in The Netherlands.

These speakers suggested that Hybriddelivers the industry’s best combination offeed conversion, durabilty and overall profitability.

“The reputation and continuing success of Hybrid clearly rests on the company’s ability to provide its customerswith high performance products and soundtechnical advice necessary to achieve signif-icant long term profits. This is a conceptHybrid understands intimately and work toaccomplish each and every day.

“Hybrid customers all over the worldcontinue to profit from our on-goingresearch and development programs.Improvement in Hybrid’s well-established,

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market trends. She covered turkey valueadded product examples from around theworld and there was an interesting discus-sion on ‘turkey bacon’.

Just last year 440 new turkey productswere launched globally. The presentationfinished with a discussion on the turkeyvalue added product examples fromAustralia and New Zealand.

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Mark Simonis from Coles also spoke atthe conference. His subject was ‘Consumerdemands for turkey products and turkeyretailing from a Coles’ perspective’.

Overall Coles’ research shows that consumer confidence is low and consump-tion has not recovered since the GFC.Consumers polled show that about onethird of customers believe Australia is in arecession. When talking about where themarket is at the moment, Mr Simonis saidthat the lions’ share of customers spend isgoing to the deli and while turkey is grow-ing in spend, it is growing behind chicken.

“Christmas is a critical time with 25%of the year’s fresh turkey sales occurringduring December,” said Mr Simonis,“although opportunity exists outside of thismarket.

“While 20% of turkey buyers only buyin December, turkey in the Meat Case hasmanaged some growth outside ofChristmas. This is a market we plan togrow. The biggest challenge is to get consumers to buy more and more frequently.”

By 2014 all Coles’ poultry will beRSPCA approved as a Coles initiative.

“This is with a focus to develop consumer awareness and trust,” said MrSimonis.

Dr Peter Scott, Scolexia Pty Ltd, presented two topics, ‘Cholera in turkeys’and ‘Synbiotic use in turkeys’.

Dr Scott provided an overview on thehistorical perspective on cholera and current options on vaccinations. There wassome discussion on the emergence of ‘old’diseases into the industry and the relation-ship to production practices moving tooutdoor production.

“This will increase the cost of produc-tion and limit options for treatment, pre-vention and control,” Dr Scott said.

The second topic presented was onsynbiotic combinations. This is a combina-tion of products that focus on gut health –probiotics, prebiotics, phytogenics, nutribi-otics and phycophytic products. This rangeof nutritional feed additives offer the pro-ducer options when faced with gut healthchallenges.

Kayleen Ternes is the RD&A Manager,Meat Systems & Flavours with KerryIngredients. Kerry Ingredients supplies sci-ence in meat flavours and packaging tomore than 140 countries.

Ms Ternes presented a variety of slideson the Australian and worldwide meat

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Health Australia (AHA) and spoke aboutthe organisation.

“AHA is a not for profit public compa-ny established by government and livestockindustries in 1996. It represents 32 mem-bers in five categories,” he said.

“This innovative partnership involvesthe Australian government and major live-stock industries and other stakeholders.


Litter saver and Grillo 107d help growmore batches on fewer shavings

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and odourous emissions in sheds andbreaks down organic waste,” Lisa said.

“The other mechanical aid we offer tobroiler farmers to break up caked litter isthe Italian built Grillo ‘walk behind’G107d cultivator.

“We offer either petrol or diesel powered units, the petrol being the lessexpensive option but the diesel unit hasmore power and is a little more versatile inthe on farm tasks it can tackle. Eitherpower unit is perfectly adequate for the primary task of breaking up heavily cakedshed litter.

“The G107d has three forward andreverse gears and can be used throughoutthe term of a batch. Because the unit is socompact and maneuverable they can besafely used while the birds are in the shedsand it is not necessary to lift the feed anddrinker lines,” Lisa explained.

“They are far more effective thanmotorised rotary hoes and make light work

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In the US broiler industry, litter management and raising multiple batchesbetween clearouts are standard practice soit’s logical that the Priefert Litter Saver wasdeveloped there many years ago.

“Now increased costs of both new litterand disposal of used bedding material inAustralia is encouraging broiler farmers totreat existing litter using both mechanicaland chemical litter sanitising solutions,”Lisa Grant from Pro-Wash Poultry Servicesexplained.

“The Litter Saver machine pulverizeshard caked litter and allows moisture toevaporate also releasing ammonia. It alsodries and levels the bedding.

“When it does become time for a shed


cleanout the treated litter will have value asa valuable fertiliser and effective soilbuilder.

“Two models are available, either 5(1.52m) or 7(2.13m foot wide: the LS 5requires a tractor minimum 30 HP rating(gearbox rating 75 HP) and the LS7 60 HPand 75 HP gearbox rating.

“The design features a conventional 3-point hitch and drive is via a shielded PTOshaft. The caked litter is broken up by thehammer action of free swinging hammersoperating at around 700 rpm,” Lisaexplained.

“To complement the mechanical actionof the Litter Saver we are about to intro-duce our pro-litter conditioning treatment,which will further improve the litter main-tenance process, and we also distributeBiowish Technologies manure and odour

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“The Grillo is perfect for single use orre-used litter. Many farms, including singleuse litter tunnel shed farms experience wetand/or caked litter areas in the shed duringa batch and this is by far the best and mostaffordable way to manage this,” Lisaexplained.

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“There is even a braked 1.5 x 1.1m tipper trailer with operator’s seat available,”Lisa said.

“We have had a lot of interest fromowners of RSPCA approved broiler shedswho are required to provide a deeper litterbase than in conventional sheds,” Lisa said.

Steve Houston has completed preliminaryinvestigations into the requirements to gainapproval for a six shed free range poultryfarm on his 42 hectare property located sixkilometres south of Bulahdelah on thePacific Highway. It’s priced for sale at$549,000.

“My surveyor has assured me that allthe requirements have been met and BaiadaPoultry will supply the chickens for anestablished poultry farm on the property,”Steve said.

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AHA works to protect and improve animalhealth, biosecurity and welfare withinAustralia.

“AHA works to keep Australia diseasefree, build the sustainability of our live-stock industries and promote the humaneuse of animals for food.

“AHA also works to strengthen emer-gency animal disease preparedness andresponse arrangements, which is a veryintegral part of production in Australia.”

Mark Mackie, Acting Manager Audit& Compliance for the NSW FoodAuthority then spoke about ‘TheAustralian Food Regulatory System’ whichis a bi-national Government agency. It isresponsible for developing and administer-ing the Australia New Zealand FoodStandards Code. This code lists require-ments for foods such as additives, foodsafety labelling and GM foods.Enforcement and interpretation of the codeis the responsibility of the state ad territorydepartments and food agencies. Mark pre-sented statistics on egg associated salmonel-losis outbreaks.

• Eggs and egg products were themost commonly attributed food vehicles

• In the period 2010-11, there 60outbreaks, 1000 cases and180 peoplehospitalised

• In NSW in 2012, eggs were associ-ated with 37 of 74 outbreaks investigated

• Salmonella Typhimurium was themost common type (no S. Enteritidis inAustralia)

These outbreaks were attributed to

problems on farm and came down to biose-curity and cleaning/sanitising equipment.On the retail side they were attributed topoor handling of raw egg foods and clean-ing/sanitising.

The aim of the national poultry stan-dard is to reduce foodborne illness fromCampylobacter and Salmonella by loweringthe incidence of these two pathogens inraw poultry and also to aim to strengthenfood safety from paddock to plate.

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