Energy technology company Global Re-Fuel has developed a new chicken litter-fuelled biomass furnace that is designed to improve poultry health and farmers’ operating margins by more than $15,000 a year per broiler house.
Cumberland Poultry has launched an advanced Edge control system designed to manage all operations of poultry production facilities at the International Production Processing and Packaging Expo (IPPE) 2016.
US meat processor Cargill has seen profits surge in the fourth quarter and nearly doubled its earnings in fiscal 2013, although its beef business has suffered in the face of drought and tight cattle supplies.
A US analyst has warned that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is causing the cost of chicken and turkey to rocket, leaving many producers facing bankruptcy.
