Poultry Digest June/July 2011

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Poultry Digest

Volume 26, Number 6 June/July 2011

Fifteenth AECL Industry Forum success

Hazeldene’s first to adopt RSPCA Approved broiler production

FeedSafe supports poultry producers Poultry CRC Ideas Exchange seminar Santrev and Foreal Constructions join forces

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Hazeldene’s first to adopt indoor RSPCA Approved broiler production Hazeldene’s, which is still a family owned and operated company, was founded by Dick and Mavis Hazeldene 54 years ago near Bendigo in Victoria. Today the Managing Director is John Hazeldene and the company is the first in Australia to be providing RSPCA Approved broiler chicken to Coles supermarkets.

28 SPECIAL FEATURE Diane Donaldson and Karl Lawson from Hazeldene’s.

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FeedSafe supports poultry producers In the eight years since the FeedSafe program was launched, all the significant Australian manufacturers of stockfeed have completed accreditation which provides added security to the Australian poultry industry.

NEwS 4 Poultry CRC Ideas Exchange seminar The Poultry CRC held its Ideas Exchange seminar at the Royal Pines Resort, Broadbeach Queensland in June 2011 under the theme of ‘Bringing us together’.

20 The significance of Alltech’s move to set up algae production Alltech has once again chosen to revisit a long established raw material commonly found in nature and apply leading edge science to help solve the looming crisis caused by population explosion and the food feed fuel conundrum.

26 Fifteenth AECL Industry Forum success The bar has been set very high for the 16th AECL Industry Forum in Launceston in November, following the ‘best ever’ Industry Forum in Melbourne in May. Feedback from the 117 people who attended the Forum was generally very positive.

32 Alltech’s 27th Annual International Animal Health & Nutrition Symposium Alltech held its 27th Annual International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium at Lexington Kentucky US on May 22-25, 2011. The theme for this year’s event was ‘The Game-Changers’.

38 Santrev and Foreal Constructions join forces Santrev, one of Australia’s largest poultry shed builders, will unite with Queenslandbased poultry specialists, Foreal Constructions to create a dynamic team ready to expand across Australia and the international market.

PRODUCT NEWS 44 Imexco introduces the versatile Ercolino 45 30 Tray Paks reduce breakage 45 New high flow twin-lock drinker nipple 46 OEC’s Bird Removal System You can go to poultrydigest.realviewtechnologies.com to view the magazine on-line and read additional papers and stories.

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NEwS Poultry CRC Ideas Exchange seminar The Poultry CRC held its Ideas Exchange seminar at the Royal Pines Resort, Broadbeach Queensland in June 2011 under the theme of ‘Bringing us together’.

Chair of the Poultry CRC II, the Hon. John Kerin in his welcoming address, revealed that after a long career that included serving as Federal Agriculture Minister in the Hawke/Keating era, he now found himself working in R&D which he found a challenge as he continued up a new learning curve.

“We must continue to invest in research, particularly in agriculture, or Australia, which performs well globally with 0.3% of the world’s population and 2% of published research, will get left behind.

“Countries like Finland and Iceland with tiny populations produce enormous research results,” he said.

“We can compete and organisations like the Poultry CRC will ensure that we do but at the end of the day any organisation must be measured on the quality of its people,” Mr Kerin concluded.

It is worth mentioning that John Kerin started life on a poultry farm and is still involved after a long and illustrious career with the poultry industry.

Poultry CRC CEO Professor Mingan Choct in his address, ‘Progress Toward Delivery’ first reminded delegates that just one good idea can substantially reward investment.

“The Poultry CRC II was set with the task of helping to provide sustainable and ethical poultry production in the face of significant population growth and the possible effects of climate change.

“There will be an ever increasing demand for high quality protein and regardless of the ‘climate change debate’ there are already established climate challenges and the industry has to produce regardless,” Dr Choct said.

“Results must be measured by impact with identifiable economic, social and environmental benefits.

“With progress from the first Poultry CRC to CRC II there is more time to deliver benefits in key areas like food safety, new vaccines, egg quality, net energy in feed formulation and a scientific approach to welfare,” he said.

“There needs to be a collaborative effort to reach our goals but collaboration must not be a camoflage for mediocrity: we can’t just move sideways averaging out existing cababilities.

“We must work together in a multi pronged approach. There a three programs, 1. Health & Welfare, 2. Nutrition & Environment and 3. Safe and high quality food. There are nine projects with 28 outputs and 67 defined milestones to achieve.

“Results so far include 10 new PhD studies and one new vaccine (PMP1) brought to market.

“The focus of the next two years will be commercial ready transferable ideas and to start consideration of full research proposals (FRP) for the final three years of CRC II. “In 2017 the CRC will wind up so we must think about how weare going to maintain research beyond the CRC period,” Dr Choct concluded.

Next Research Manager Dr Pat Blackall, who also has responsibility for CRC II Program 3, explained the ‘Merit based selection process’ for research project.

“The selection process was sequential with a strong emphasis on merit and overall reflecting a balance between ‘blue sky’ and applied research.

“Of 84 research proposals submitted, 56 were approved and referred to the End User Committee, then 23 were passed and 17 placed on hold,” Dr Blackall said.

“At the FRP level 20 proposals were approved and passed to the End User Committee which approved 18, placing two on hold.

“The conclusion was that the process was effective if not perfect and that discussion workshops added great value to the overall process,” he said.

Lloyd Thomson, CRC commercialisation and technology transfer manager reported on CRC I outputs which included seven vaccines and six patents.

He warned of the dangers of losing resources just to administration; “in the EU,” he revealed, “of every $2 million Euros devoted to research, $1 million goes in admin costs. “Beware of risk aversion,” he added.

Would be attendees flying from Adelaide were grounded by the emissions from a Chilean volcano so Dr Chris Morrow, Technical & Marketing Manager at Bioproperties stepped into the next spot to describe a puzzling problem at a large Chinese layer farm where hens in a caged system that had been working faultlessly were suddenly meeting a violent end.

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John Hazeldene, Managing Director

Hazeldene’s first to adopt indoor RSPCA Approved broiler production

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he poultry industry in Australia is not used to being treated well in the mainstream media but recently, thanks to some of the ABC’s rural reporters, we are receiving at least well informed comment.

On May 12, ABC’s Radio National Bush Telegraph broke the news in a report

by Laura Poole that, “The RSPCA has approved chicken meat production on Australia’s east coast. Sheds near Bendigo, in central Victoria, have met the animal

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welfare group’s accreditation criteria.

“Hazeldene’s is now providing chicken, marketed as RSPCA Approved, at Coles supermarkets,” the Bush Telegraph said.

Hazeldene’s is an interesting company.

Still family owned and operated, it was founded 54 years ago by Dick and Mavis Hazeldene, who though now retired still attend family board meetings.

Today the company is run by the second generation. John Hazeldene is the Managing Director and Vicki Gaudion runs corporate affairs.

Now members of the third generation including Adam Hazeldene, Technical Services Manager and Brett Hazeldene, Process Technician, are involved with the growing enterprise.

The other key member of the Hazeldene’s management team is Karl Lawson, General Farming Manager who joined the company in 2006 after working in senior management roles in the South African poultry industry.

Shortly after hearing the ABC report in which John Hazeldene and Karl Lawson were interviewed, Poultry Digest met Karl

at the Alltech International Animal Health & Nutrition Conference in Lexington Kentucky, US and had the opportunity to discuss the Hazeldenes’ views on the RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standards for meat chickens.

Karl was very positive about the scheme and the potential of this form of production to gain market share in a welfare conscious market.

“Hazeldene’s also runs free range broiler sheds but retailing through Coles’ stores, the RSPCA Approved sheds widen the range of product on offer.

“At this stage about 5% of our broiler production is RSPCA Approved but we can increase this and plan to do so through converting company owned sheds and by using selected contract growers,” Karl said.

Poultry Digest was invited to visit a company-owned and operated three shed farm near Lockwood that was the first to be converted to RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standards.

The 30 years old 300m x 49m sheds were upgraded and set up in accordance with the RSPCA broiler protocols. w

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Karl points out that though upgraded to (combi) tunnel ventilation, older sheds rarely perform as well as new tunnel sheds.

“However, when the sheds are populated at around 30% less density than they would be in conventional broiler sheds, the overall performance and health of the birds is very good,” he explained.

“There are considerable cost savings in upgrading an existing structure rather than building new sheds,” he added.

The RSPCA Approved Farming Scheme Standards for meat chickens released in January 2010, defines requirements on stocking density.

“Optimum stocking density indoors will depend on good management of shed conditions, i.e. temperature, humidity, ventilation and litter condition.

“More space may be required in areas subject to high temperatures and humidity unless appropriate temperature and ventilation controls are in place and fully operational,” the Standards state.

“Stocking density is calculated on the basis of bird liveweight and the floor space available to the birds in the shed: it must not exceed 28kg m2 for naturally ventilated sheds and 34kg m2 for mechanically ventilated sheds.

“Translated into birds per square metre that means we have bird density of 15 birds instead of 21.5 per m2,” Karl explained.

Reading through the RSPCA Standards requirements, constant reference is made to appropriate training and competency levels of personnel at all stages of production.

Karl explains that Hazeldene’s is actually increasing the proportion of company owned facilities in the rearing process.

“Hazeldene’s has amongst its 600 plus workforce some very skilled people with long experience and we thought it was essential to use one of our own managers, Diane Donaldson, who has worked with the company for more than 16 years to run our first RSPCA Approved broiler sheds.”

Karl and Diane showed Poultry Digest the specifics of the protocols required by the accreditation process.

“The litter has to be at least 50mm deep so the birds can dust bath and forage as set out in the approved standards.

“The RSPCA does not specifically require the provision of perches but they do strongly encourage the idea,” Karl explained.

“The perches need to be easily accessible for even the youngest birds and be of a slat width that fully supports the birds feet.

“The provision of straw bales at a recommended number of 1.5 x 900mm x 450mm x 350mm high small bales per 1000 birds is recommended and the bales

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Top: Peter, Sue and James Lazenby with Karl Lawson, General Farming Manager for Hazeldene’s (second from right). Centre: The 30 years old sheds were upgraded and set up in accordance with RSPCA broiler protocols. Above: Perches are easily accessible for even the youngest birds and straw bales are provided.

have to be replaced as the birds break them down to ensure access to perching space,” he said.

Karl emphasised that they are working with the RSPCA both on perch design and perching options.

Melina Tensen, the RSPCA’s Scientific Officer – Farm Animals, said that her organisation continues to examine perching design but she also emphasised that straw bale sourcing was critical.

“The bales must be in good condition and should come from a dry stored source in order to minimise risk from mycotoxin contamination,” she said.

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RSPCA broiler standards which state: “The lighting system in the shed must provide a minimum period of eight hours of artificial lighting per day (unless birds have access to natural daylight) and a minimum period of four hours continuous darkness, provided at night in every 24 hour period.

“Light levels in the shed must be sufficient to allow birds to be thoroughly inspected and problems identified.

“No area of the shed must be lit at less than 20 lux, except during pick up,” the Standards state.

On the topic of ‘Pick-up’ the RSPCA “encourages producers to use mechanical w harvesters as these have some welfare

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“All persons involved in the pick-up and handling of chickens must be appropriately trained and competent, and that the catching process must be managed to ensure that distress or discomfort is minimised.

“No more than four birds must be carried in one hand.”

The four bird per hand method is the one employed at the Hazeldene’s RSPCA Approved sheds.

“Lameness is a serious problem in meat chickens,” the RSPCA states and recommends protocols and gait scores to monitor and reduce the problem.

Both Karl and Farm Manager Diane, comment on the fact that the combination of straw bales, perches and lower stocking density all contribute to the birds being more lively and active.

When Poultry Digest visited the RSPCA Approved sheds, the birds were just three days old but already active on both perches and straw bales.

Karl also speculates that the combination of perching and more space is reducing bone problems and may also lead, when combined with deeper litter, to less meat downgrade due to leg, feet and breast burns – another possible side benefit of the RSPCA Standards.

As demand for the RSPCA Approved broiler produce sold through Coles supermarkets has increased, Hazeldene’s is just about to commission its first contract grower that will operate to the RSPCA Standards.

Sue and Peter Lazenby and their son James will be running the sheds and the family has long experience working in poultry industries in both the UK and in Australia.

Peter ran layer, broiler and turkey operations on a farm near Manchester in the UK and after the family moved to Australia in 1990, their son Peter has worked at both Inghams and Barrters.

Now they are in the final stages of upgrading two separate three shed farms and as with the Hazeldene’s operated RSPCA Approved broiler sheds, they have rejuvenated older sheds to combi ventilation. They are ideal for the RSPCA’s indoor broiler protocols.

After arriving in Australia the Lazenby family lived in Sydney for a while, then decided that they wanted to run their own poultry farming operations again.

They conducted a long search to find the right property, including looking at free range operations before they settled on their current Lockwood set up, Sue revealed.

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separated from them) Sue runs ‘Secrets’, farm stay chalets which have proved popular particularly with Melbourne residents seeking a break from the big city (google Lazenby Farms).

While Karl and the Lazenbys were discussing the shed upgrades for RSPCA production the topic of equipment supply and installation came up.

Both were full of praise for the efforts put in by Steve Clohesy, Regional Manager at Stockyard Industries for Victoria, WA and Southern NSW, in providing excellent service in both the supply and maintenance of Big Dutchman equipment, including Viper controllers for the recently upgraded sheds.

“Stockyard Industries, as part of its supply arrangements with us, established a warehouse in Bendigo to ensure that not only replacement equipment but vital spares and service could be readily available.

“Being able to quickly fix any equipment problems in both our companyowned and contract grower sheds is vital to

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us,” Karl said.

“The establishment of our RSPCA Approved broiler operations is just a part of our expansion plans,” said Managing Director, John Hazeldene.

“This initiative, as well as our free range broiler sheds located at Murchison and Sea Lake, is important in being able to supply a product range consumers want.

We will always depend to a large extent on our volume business, which is conventional broiler production,” he added “Our expansion plans have included the construction of state of the art incubation, breeder and broiler facilities which involved a multi million dollar investment.

“This not only delivered us security in the supply of chicks to our grower operations but gave us a boost of 160,000 extra chicks a week.

“Now we are processing close to half a million birds per week and we are on target for larger numbers in the not too distant future.

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Top: Older sheds have been rejuvinated to combi ventilation and are ideal for the RSPCA’s indoor broiler protocols. Above: Karl Lawson shows the scope and scale of Hazeledene’s expansion plans.

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The RSPCA, in its Approved Farming Scheme Standards, also expresses concern about the reliance on in-feed antibiotics to maintain gut health and reduce overall flock mortality.

“The preferred strategy for preventing disease is a combination of good shed hygiene and farm biosecurity, vaccination, (where available), diet composition and the use of antibiotic alternatives: prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids and essential oils, for example.

“Antibiotics must only be administered under veterinary advice and where necessary to use antibiotics for prophylactic purposes: producers must seek prior approval from RSPCA Australia – the use of coccidiostats is permitted,” the Standard states.

A quick glance at the plans on Karl’s office walls reveals the scope and scale of Hazeldene’s expansion strategy.

“While most integrators in Australia rely on contract growing we are moving toward 65% of our production coming from our own farms.

“In line with that aim we plan to recruit the best managers we can find to join us in our expansion,” Karl said.

Though it is fair to state that the long established Hazeldene family-owned operation was always going to be successful in its region, no matter who the competition were, the recent merging of Bartter Steggles and Baiada probably made the growth of Hazeldene’s a welcome event for major retail groups like Coles.

It is hardy surprising that Coles, Hazeldene’s and the RSPCA are all enthusiastic about their joint efforts to bring to market chicken meat products that appeal to 21st Century consumers.

All three organisations have ultimately worked well together in a scheme that has suited both their own interests and that of the consumer.

Employing more than 600 permanent and full time employees and probably another 400 indirectly, the Hazeldene’s operation is a valuable regional asset and its further expansion can only be good news for the local economy.

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Above: Karl Lawson with Vicki Gaudion who runs corporate affairs for Hazeldene’s.

Left: Big Dutchman Viper controller in the upgraded shed.

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NEwS v CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 have made an episode of ‘Silent Witness’ seem simplistic, the fault was rectified.

Though the culprit was the feeding shuttle system it was a multi-factorial problem involving feed and lighting regimes and only solved after much ‘on site’ investigation: conclusion, some problems can’t be solved by sitting in an office thousands of kilometers away: get out more often!

Dr Geoff Hinch from the University of New England (UNE) gave his paper ‘New approaches to assess welfare in free range laying hens.’ Dr Hinch stated that “there was an increasing public perception that free range was the best welfare choice and that there was poor understanding of the variation in welfare state/production of free range layers.

“There are now new technologies, (which Dr Hinch outlined),5:10 to examinePM IghamAdYrbk 1/17/08 how birds utilise space and that methods for welfare assessment, so far not widely tested in poultry, may help us to better identify welfare status and quantify level of variation,” he said.

Further speakers in the ‘From outlines to output’ – snapshots of selected projects session, included Seyed Ali Ghorashi from

the University of Melbourne whose paper, ‘Evaluation of high resolution melt (HRM) curve analysis for detection of multiple strains in a single specimen’ concluded that it was a fast and reliable method for strain differentiation, and could detect mixed infections (DNA concentration dependent). Further, that the method could be used for screening and finally, that sequencing may be used for concentration.

More ‘snapshots’ of important research followed including John Boyce from Monash University whose paper was, ‘Rapid multiplex assay for typing Pastuerella multicide isolates’.

Jess Morgan from DEEDI described her work ‘Characterising population structure and diversification of Australian Eimeria, and Joanne Devlin from University of Melbourne spoke on a critical topic for the Page 1 poultry industry, ‘Towards commercialisation of a next generation ILTV vaccine and differential ELISA’.

Kylie Hewson, also from the University of Melbourne, described more important work on vaccines in her paper, ‘Characterisation of the dominant subpopulations present in the IBV Vic S vaccine’.

Rob Moore from the CSIRO in his

paper, ‘Vaccine against Clostridium perfringens to protect birds from necrotic enteritis’ concluded his paper with the statement that “A first generation efficacious vaccine against necrotic enteritis is ready for development – we need a vaccine manufacturer on board.”

In the next session ‘Industry Perspectives’ Tamworth NSW layer farmer Bede Burke described his solution to the problems of humanely dealing with hens at the end of their laying cycle.

He came to the conclusion that the only viable solution from both the economic and welfare standpoints was to develop CO2 euthanasing chambers to be used on site rather than loading and transporting birds to processing plants.

The next speaker in this session was James Kellaway, Managing Director of AECL and in his paper ‘Egg industry looking ahead’ recorded that while the industry had expanded dramatically in the last ten years with production up by 38%, consumption up by 21% and total egg salesretail up by 111%, there was serious downward pressure on pricing from retailers.

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Top: PhD student and Broiler Manager at Red Lea Chickens, Tugral Durali is excited about the possibilities of algae, with Dr Mingan Choct, CEO of Poultry CRC II. Above left: PhD student Penelope Steer, University of Melbourne. Above right: Mick Warner, Communications Manager, Poultry CRC.

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NEwS The significance of Alltech’s move to set up algae production So just how significant is the move by Alltech to set up algae production and research facilities at Winchester, Kentucky USA? Well if money alone is a yardstick, a $200 million investment is a fair indication of the potential Dr Pearse Lyons, President of Alltech and his senior researchers see in algae-based products.

As with their many yeast based products, Alltech has again chosen to revisit a long established raw material commonly found in nature and apply leading edge science to help solve the looming crisis caused by population explosion and the food feed fuel conundrum.

Kelp, the giant of the algae family has been used throughout history as a fertiliser, animal feed source and more recently as a base for cosmetics and medicine (iodine).

But harvesting kelp, as any Jersey, Channel Island, or Bretagne farmer will tell you, is not for the faint hearted. Also as with many other of the globe’s natural resources, harvesting the stuff for human use deprives other living organisms in the global food chain of their means of survival.

What nature achieves in specific temperature sea waters, Alltech plans to achieve in its laboratories and production plant by identifying specific species that meet the needs of livestock and other industries and creating relevant products in usable form.

Two of Alltech’s scientific team, well known to the Australian intensive livestock and feed sector, Dr Alison Leary, Technical Manager Asia Pacific and Dr Andy Kocher, Technical Manager & Regulatory Affairs, Alltech, prepared the following explanation of algae and its potential.

The biggest question facing the world in the next 40 years is ‘how are we going to feed ourselves’? Particularly as we are now reaching a point where land and fresh water are becoming limiting.

Are we going to be able to continue to produce food for ourselves and feed for animals in the same way that we have for the past centuries? Given the fact that more and more regions around the world are reporting water shortages on a regular basis and land yields (crop and grazing) would have to improve by between 50% and 70% to meet the food needs of our expanding population, the answer is probably no.

So what can we do? One possibility is

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the same organism that originally bought life to earth – algae.

Algae are an amazingly diverse group of organism made up of more than 800,000 different species. The diversity of algae covers not only the nutrients they live off, but also their size and the products of their growth.

Autotrophic algae use sunlight and carbon dioxide through photosynthesis to produce oxygen.

Heterotrophic algae, on the other hand, use sugar and oxygen in an environment without sunlight, and produces, as a by-product, carbon dioxide. Algae can be single or multi-celled organisms that range in size from a few microns (microalgae) to over 200 feet in length (kelp).

The advantage of algae over The new Alltech algae production and research traditional sources of energy or facility at Winchester in Kentucky, US. nutrients is four-fold: structure, corn. And even for soybeans it would take growth, composition and sustainability.

20.9 acres to product the same amount of Structure protein as one acre of Chlorella.

Plants grown on land invest a significant amount of energy into their structure: Composition leaves, trunk, stems etc.

The diversity of algae has already been Plants also dedicate energy to producdiscussed and this is certainly true for its ing a root system to harvest moisture and composition. Algae are the source of a nutrients from the soil. However, the roots significant amount of genetic diversity with systems limit the growth of plants in saline a genome more than twice that of yeast and environments. Algae do not need to invest have produced more than 15,000 novel energy into structure or roots and can grow compounds. in a range of different water qualities, The types of industries that are investiincluding fresh, saline and waste water. gating uses for algae include biofuels programs, fertilizers/soil conditioners, Growth pollution control, pigments and novel food Algae has adapted to grow extremely products, such as vitamins and minerals, or quickly with the potential of producing as omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA). many as a million cells each day from just However, to summarise, the ranges of one algae cell and also growing in all nutrient densities typically found in algae directions, rather than one direction as land species can include: based plants do.

• Protein: 40-60% typical Compared to land plants, particularly • Oil: 2-40% grains, it usually takes a full growing season • Carbohydrate: 4-70% of around 140 days to harvest. This means • Nucleic acid: 1-10% that where land plants can double their • Rich in vitamins biomass every 10 days, algae can triple or quadruple their biomass and be harvested Sustainability every day.

In recent times there has been much If we look at the potential protein debate on the long-term sustainability of produced by one acre of a specific strain of modern farming technologies. algae, Chlorella, and compare that to corn, For example, each acre of grain it would actually take 49.2 acres of corn to production also produces 2.5 tons of produce the same amount of protein from w

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NEwS v carbon dioxide and can erode up to six tons of soil. On the other hand, depending on the type of algae produced it can actually sequester carbon dioxide, produce oxygen and doesn’t produce any soil erosion.

From a sustainable energy source algae also have significant benefits. Algal oil has the potential to be 50% higher in energy than gasoline, but also burns clean because it is not fossilised. The biggest problem facing the energy industry with respect to algae is how to extract the energy from the algae. To produce biodiesel from microalgae, the oil in the biomass must be extracted and then trans-esterfied.

Extraction of oil from algae is generally done through chemical solvent extraction such as hexane, as used by the soybean industry. Press extraction results in lower yields but is a more economical approach.

Newer methods include ultrasonic assisted extraction and extraction using supercritical fluids but these are only ideas rather than available technologies at this stage. None of these technologies are economically viable at this stage, but continued pressure on fuel supplies is likely to force development.

Growth systems for algae production The two different types of algae, heterotrophic and autotrophic, have very different production systems due to their different growing conditions.

Autotrophic algae use inorganic carbon along with sunlight and carbon dioxide through photosynthesis to survive and growth. They then release oxygen.

Heterotrophic algae on the other hand use organic carbon sources like glucose and oxygen, but do not need sunlight and release carbon dioxide.

Examples of autotrophic systems include ponds/raceways, photo-bioreactors/tubes and bags. All of these systems have their advantages and disadvantages, generally around the risk of contamination, ability to control conditions and yield, capital cost required, development of technology and complexity of the operation.

Key raw materials for autotrophic systems include carbon dioxide (possibility from power plants or fermentation processes) and nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium sources (potentially from chicken waste, fish waste, pig waste, fermentation waste).

Heterotrophic systems all tend to be quite similar, being closed systems and therefore sterile, controlled and highly productive systems, although they do also

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tend to have higher capitol and running costs.

Harvesting techniques usually require a two stage water removal process. The initial process of removing water includes decanting, flocculation, filtration, froth floatation or centrifugation, with the last one being the most popular.

The second phase usually involves a spray or drum drying process to get the product to 90% dry matter. Sun drying is a cheaper option, but the process is difficult to control and subject to the weather.

Freeze drying can be used if the product is to maintain some viable algae in the dried form as inoculants.

Alltech Algae Facility The newly purchased Alltech Algae facility contains a combination of the two types of algae, heterotrophic and autotrophic.

The majority of the production will be heterotrophic based on four 265,000 litre bioreactors.

However, heterotrophic production also releases carbon dioxide so in conjunction with the heterotrophic algae production there will also be autotrophic production to scrub the carbon dioxide produced.

At Alltech’s 27th Annual International Animal Health & Nutrition Symposium Dr James Pierce, Associate Director of Research at Alltech and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky spoke in the Poultry Session, May 23, 2011.

‘Progressive Nutrition: applications for algae in human & animal health – Why and where we could use algae’ was his topic.

“Most research and popular press have focused on the potential of algae as a renewable energy source.

“Instead the focus of my presentation will be on the potential of algae to produce functional animal ingredients.

Algae provide opportunities to produce fats, proteins and carbohydrates with many nutritional and health applications within an efficient biological platform,” he said.

“The growth rate of algae is 30 times faster than terrestrial plants and they can be harvested in as little as 1 to 10 days.

“It is estimated that there are more than 800,000 species of algae that produce more than 15000 novel compounds.

“Four algae gene are of particular interest to Alltech for their potential to produce pigments, antioxidants, and proteins include Anthrospira, Dunaliella, Chlorella,

Top: Dr Alison Leary, Technical Manager Asia Pacific and Dr James Pierce, Assoc Director of Research, Alltech.

and Haematococcus,” he explained.

“Anthrospira contain 55-60% crude protein on a dry matter basis and have been used in the secondary treatment of effluent from a methane generator to recover nitrogen, carbon and other nutrients: their protein has high biological value and is very heat stable.

“Chlorella are rapidly growing, single celled green algae that offer tremendous potential for both food and energy production.

“While they contain up to 45% protein that is heat sensitive, they can be an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids.

“Dunalleilla are known for high antioxidant and high beta-carotene contents and are routine used in the manufacture of cosmetics and dietary supplements.

“Haematococcus are freshwater algae that are a good source of astaxanthin, a pigment used in both poultry diets and aquaculture, world wide,” he said.

“Livestock and poultry producers are positioned to take advantage of this renewable, traceable protein, fat and carbohydrate source.

“Algae are truly at the very heart of the future of energy and agriculture and the key to building a sustainable future for our planet,” Dr Pierce concluded.

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NEwS Fifteenth AECL Industry Forum success The bar has been set very high for the 16th AECL Industry Forum in Launceston in November, following the ‘best ever’ Industry Forum in Melbourne in May. Guest speakers, including University of Queensland Professor of Food Security, Michael D’Occhio, and Associate Professor Frank Zumbo from the UNSW School of Business Law, discussed issues such as food security, the duopolies, the politics of eggs, new technologies, substitution and the New Zealand egg industry.

Feedback from the 117 people who attended the Forum, which was held over two days, was generally very positive.

Special guest Kerry O’Keeffe provided a light hearted look at the state of Australian cricket at the end of day one.

His presentation set the tone for a lively industry dinner at the Melbourne Aquarium, attended by about 100 egg producers and associate members.

AECL Chairman Jeff Ironside said there was a record number of producers and associate members at the ‘best ever’ Industry Forum, held at Melbourne’s Stamford Plaza on May 25 and 26.

“I was very pleased that so many people attended.

“It is important that we get as many producers as possible along to share new and relevant information about the industry. There were some great speakers at this Forum, who provided valuable information to further strengthen the industry,” Mr Ironside said.

“But there was also the networking, the opportunity to find

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common ground on the issues at play, a bit of fellowship and enjoying each other’s company at the Melbourne Aquarium. I look forward to seeing as many people as possible at AECL’s 16th Industry Forum in Tasmania in November.

“I would also like to add that as a not-for-profit organisation, the support and sponsorship associate members provide to our industry is very important and I hope this continues long into the future,” he said.

The next Forum will be held at Country Club Tasmania in Launceston from November 23-24 . To book, please contact AECL on (02) 9409 6901.

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The Congress features a comprehensive program that includes Keynote Lectures on subjects as diverse as salmonella, campylobacter, coccidiosis, avian influenza, immunity, antibiotic resistance and welfare.

In addition, there will be special workshops on avian influenza, mycotoxins and food safety as well as some very interesting pre- and post-congress tours to see Mexico’s great heritage and culture.

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Since this time all the significant Australian manufacturers of stockfeed have completed FeedSafe accreditation. This provides added security to the Australian poultry industry through the supply of poultry feeds that meet minimum quality standards. In recent years FeedSafe has added the requirement for feed mills to have HACCP to minimise the feed related risks for poultry, human health and trade.

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FeedSafe procedures are designed to reduce the risk of contaminants in raw ingredients, during manufacture and in the storage of finished feeds.

3. Protect the domestic and international reputation of Australia’s livestock industries as being clean and free from contamination.

Collectively the domestic and international markets for Australian meat, milk and eggs are worth many billions of dollars. International markets are particularly sensitive to chemical residues and disease, and these markets could be easily jeopardised by just one positive finding in animal products – contamination that could potentially be traced back to stock feeds.

FeedSafe demonstrates to customers and documents the commitment of the stock feed industry to providing safe, clean products. A chain of traceability allows any issues to be quickly identified and addressed, including potential product recalls in the event of a food safety issue How does FeedSafe control Salmonella risk?

With respect to Salmonella, the greatest risk in feed supply is the purchase and use of raw materials that contain Salmonella. There is laboratory data showing that Salmonella is more commonly present in animal protein meals such as meat meal, poultry meal and fish meal. Salmonella can also be found in soybean and canola meals. All of these meals are heat processed and do not contain Salmonella as they leave the cooking or oil extraction process.

What can occur is that meal is recontaminated following processing. This occurs due to poor hygiene and lack of control over rodents and wild birds during meal storage.

FeedSafe requires feed manufacturers to have a supplier approval process that takes account of the suppliers’ record relating to Salmonella presence. Feed mills are to not purchase meat meal and other protein meals from suppliers that have a

poor record in supplying products positive with Salmonella.

This approach is supported through meat meal suppliers being required under the Australian Renderers Association (ARA) Standard to regularly test products for Salmonella. The ARA has recently increased their standard and requires a higher level of compliance. Meat meal suppliers must implement corrective actions when positive results are found. However not all meat meal suppliers are accredited to the ARA Standard and some fail to meet

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NEwS PIX 2012 to join with Australasian Milling Conference Planning is already well underway for PIX2012, to be held from Sunday 20 to Wednesday 23 May 2012 at the international standard Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Broadbeach, Queensland.

“PIX is now recognised as the Premier Australian Poultry Industry Conference and Trade Exhibition,” said Ron Jenner, President, PIX Association.

“This year we are excited to announce that we will be combining with the Australasian Milling Conference, bringing delegates from the stockfeed and flour milling industries together with us. As a result, we anticipate that more than 850 delegates will attend. We will also be welcoming delegates from the nearby Asia Pacific Region, including New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Asia and Fiji.

“PIX2012 includes the industry’s largest, most extensive trade exhibition in Australia, an exciting social program and numerous workshops, including our highly successful full-day tunnel ventilation workshop for broiler growers.”

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latest in innovation and information, with experts from both Australia and overseas.

The program is streamed into chicken meat, egg production, free range and organic, feed milling, and processing, so there will be topics of interest for each and every delegate.

Workshops on numerous special interest areas, including hatchery, breeders and tunnel ventilation will also be on offer. For the more technically-minded, the Australasian Veterinary Poultry Association will be holding a scientific meeting in conjunction with PIX. All are welcome to attend this event.

At PIX2012, the trade show will be bigger and better than ever before, with over 6300m2 of floor space, allowing more than 100 exhibitors to demonstrate their latest products and equipment in comfort.

“In fact, the trade show has come to be seen as a must-do event for suppliers to the poultry industry,” said Mr Jenner.

“Sponsorship of PIX is always welcome. With sponsorship, your business will receive regular exposure throughout the four days of the event and will ensure that you are recognised as a significant and enthusiastic supporter of our industry,” Mr Jenner explained.

“Let’s not forget the social side of PIX. It’s a great chance for you to catch up with old friends and acquaintances, meet new ones, and enjoy the hospitality that the PIX conference and Queensland’s Gold Coast have to offer.

“So lock in your calendar for the May 20-23, 2012. You can visit our new and exciting website and register your interest and keep up to date with our progress. Or email us at admin@pix.org.au for further information, or to enquire about sponsorship or trade show opportunities.

“We look forward to seeing you at PIX2012,” Mr Jenner said.

Bede Burke is new Chairman of state’s egg group Tamworth producer Bede Burke has been elected Chairman of the Farmers’ Federation state egg committee.

Mr Burke, from Glenwarrie Farm and the Chairman of the Nationals’ local branch, won his spot after a record number of delegates attended the AGM in Sydney recently.

Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson, who counts Mr Burke as a friend and one of his most committed election campaign supporters, said he was delighted with the result.

“Bede is highly respected within the industry and has been a strong regional advocate over many years,” Mr Anderson said.

“He comes in at a time when the egg industry is enjoying solid growth in the consumer market, but also at a time where strong leadership is needed to meet the growing demands of animal welfare.”

Mr Burke said he was honoured to be elected to the role and would focus on ensuring best practice in animal health, welfare and biosecurity.

“It’s important to make sure that we stay ahead of the game and work closely with all stakeholders, including the RSPCA, NSW Food Authority and the Egg Food Safety Scheme,” Mr Burke said.

Ninety-seven delegates attended the meeting, representing 147 commercial farms that produce 5.5 million eggs daily with a market value of $673 million each year.

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NEwS B&M Slots secures Lubing distributorship B&M Slots, the Thomastown, Melbourne-based intensive livestock equipment supplier, announced that it had secured the Australian distributorship for Lubing poultry shed equipment.

Though best known for its species specific drinker systems, Lubing also manufactures high pressure fogging systems operating at 70 Bar to ensure complete evaporation and efficient cooling.

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NEwS Alltech’s 27th Annual International Animal Health & Nutrition Symposium Alltech held its 27th Annual International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium at Lexington Kentucky US on May 22-25, 2011.

The theme for this year’s event was ‘The Game-Changers’.

On the May 22, delegates had the opportunity to visit Alltech’s algae production plant at Winchester Kentucky. Algae was to be a recurring theme throughout the conference and is without doubt going to be the ‘next big thing’ for this dynamic company.

At the opening session on May 23, more than 2100 attendees from 72 countries packed the main lecture hall.

After the official opening by Lexington Mayor Jim Gray and US Congressman Ben Chandler, Alltech’s Founder and President Dr Pearse Lyons awarded the Alltech Medal of Excellence to Dr Inge Russell, Professor, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Scotland and Adjunct Professor, University of western Ontario, Canada.

She was awarded the 2011 Medal of Excellence for her work in advancing the areas of biotechnology and fermentation of yeast and algae, and the contribution those advancements have made to the production of feed, food, beverages and fuel.

“Dr Russell also deserves recognition for her commitment to educational programs in agriculture and to developing talent among student researchers,” Dr Lyons said.

In her paper ‘What I see ahead - from your own personal gene chip to adding years of wellness to your life’, Dr Russell reviewed the advances in human health likely to be influenced by biotechnology and other developments.

“Your genome determines many of your innate food likes or dislikes, and electronic media such as Facebook and iPhone apps will deliver unprecedented and immediate back ground on food choices.

“Consumers will look at food choices based on nutritional benefits for their personal genome,” Dr Russell concluded.

Dr Lyons then announced Alltech’s first Humanitarian Award and the inaugural winner was Ireland’s now famous tenor Ronan Tynan.

Born with a disability that eventually lead to the amputation of both legs, Ronan Tynan was a competitive equestrian and became an orthodepic surgeon before, in

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his thirties, training to become an internationally successful opera performer.

On top of this he won eighteen gold medals as a disabled athlete and as a discus thrower still holds nine world records.

As Dr Lyons commented “two out of the three would have been good enough for me!”

Famous in the US for his performances at the Yankee Stadium, Ronan Tynan demonstrated on the opening day of the conference his fabulous skill as not only a truly great tenor but a great raconteur.

Expanding on the Game Changers theme, Dr Lyons outlined six key elements that would truly be game changers in helping to solve the feed fuel and global population growth dilemma.

“They were,” he said “fibre – not corn, no antibiotics, programmed nutrition, feed to the genetic potential, algae – the farm of the future and finally – be a leader.”

In his address he said “From programmed nutrition to algae innovation to new media, the technological revolution presents a world of great opportunities for those who embrace ‘The Game Changers’.”

In conclusion Dr Lyons recalled the leap into the unknown he took in setting up Alltech and advised those present to “take a chance, what does it matter if you fail? Take the chance and aim high.”

Besides packing plenty of science and motivation into the daytime conference sessions, Alltech, and its founder in particular, love to throw a party.

So it was on the night of the May 23 delegates joined the locals at the Kentucky Horse Park, home of the Alltech Arena and the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games.

Apart from the great country music, the fact that Alltech owns its own brewery, Kentucky Ale and now its own source of fabulously tender and tasty Alltech Angus beef, all combined to make for a great night out.

On May 24, in the General Session after Dr Inge Russell and Dr Mark Lyons presented Alltech’s Young Scientist Awards, Tom Standage, the Business Editor of the Economist presented his address, ‘An edible history of humanity’.

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Top: Dr Pearse Lyons presents Dr Inge Russell with the 2011 Medal of Excellence. Centre: Famous tenor Ronan Tynan. Above: Declan Coyle, Andec Communications.

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NEwS v around the world, and reflections on where we are going and what we can do,” was Mr Standage’s topic.

Shortly after this mind expanding paper, Tom Standage joined Ben Self (Blue State Digital – the team that designed a presidential campaign for Barak Obama that raised $500 million online), and Hans Johr (corporate head of agriculture at Nestlé and director of the Sustainable Agriculture Alliance (SAI) for ‘The Game Changer Debate’.

This debate was chaired by Aidan Connolly, Vice president, Alltech.

There were lots of take home messages from this panel of stellar expertise.

“Waste of food through unnecessary crop losses compounded by waste of food by consumers should be areas of further examination in answer to the problem of a growing population and potential shortage of raw materials,” Dr Johr suggested.

“Those with full bellies don’t tend to go in for revolution,” he added.

Of direct interest to Australian poultry farmers is the critical situation developing around the US corn crop.

The United States is the world’s largest exporter of corn (maize) and its farmers have to supply not only the huge US pig and poultry sectors but also the ethanol sector – now accounting for up to 40% of the total crop.

As the world’s intensive livestock and food industries turn to other sources of grain, including wheat, global feed prices can only rise.

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questions all, three panelists were near certain that the US ethanol mandate was here to stay and not only for reasons of fuel security. Iowa (the corn state) is benefitting hugely from the US ethanol mandate and holding that particular state in any US presidential contest is vital.

Commonsense would dictate that overall on a global basis it would be easier to find alternative energy sources for motor vehicles than alternative sources of raw materials for human and animal nutrition but, because of the vagaries of politics and global economics, that’s not going to happen.

Which brings us to the first of Dr Lyons game changing suggestions, ‘Fiber – not corn’.

If the views of the ‘Game Changers’ panel are to be taken into account, Dr Lyons is correct in putting the need to reduce the world’s reliance on corn at the top of his wish list.

On the final day of the symposium in the general session Dr Pearse Lyons reminded the audience that, “our time is now, and we must keep in mind the importance of the topics discussed during the conference and take action”.

“I challenge you to be the game changers in our industry: you have the technology, you have the support and you have the camaraderie,” he said.

Dr Mark Lyons, director of North America, Alltech presented on ‘Game Changers: The 7th step for the health and vitality of mankind’.

“There is a sea change taking place in our industry as food and healthcare are at

odds as the cost of both spiral out of control,” he emphasised.

Director of Worldwide Research for Alltech, Dr Karl Dawson extolled the benefits of programmed nutrition where livestock could be bought to market in less time with lower cholesterol levels that tasted better yet grew with less feed.

Declan Coyle, Andec Communications, Dublin explaned ‘The Green Platform’, a state of mind demonstrating how each individual can take control of their own lives to be their own game changer.

He explained that to be a game changer you need to recognize your power to choose one of two platforms: the negative,

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NEWS blaming, complaining ‘red platform’ or the positive, constructive, proactive ‘green platform’.

Alltech founder Dr Pearse Lyons concluded the conference by announcing expansion plans involving new facilities around the world including New Zealand.

Alltech, after 31 years of operations has been a phenomenal success story. It sits well in the world’s top ten animal health industry suppliers and it is still climbing the ladder.

The company’s sales turnover in the last year was more than $500 million and with an annual growth rate of 20-25% is on track for a $billion turnover by 2014.

Alltech operates in 128 countries with 31 strategically placed manufacturing and research facilities: it employs more than 2300 in its global networks.

The three core competencies of Alltech, peptides, solid state fermentation and natural yeast fermentation have taken it to a $500 million company and its latest investment in algae based production will no doubt boost it to a billion dollar giant by 2015.

Alltech has not only created products to improve the effeciencies profitability and sustainability of livestock industries, it has generated a huge amount of valuable research into animal nutrition that goes way beyond just its own products.

This year alone Alltech has published 45 peer reviewed scientific articles and presented over 350 papers on its research around the world.

It has always supported young scientists

Above: (LtoR) Tom Standage, Hans Johr and Ben Self in ‘The Game Changer Debate’.

Far right: Dr Pearse Lyons welcomes Dr Mark Lyons to the stage.

at all levels of study, from kindergartens in its home state of Kentucky to PhD students around the world.

In an industry that many may view as being boring, staid and just purveyors of low profile commodities, Alltech has established a brand that connects ‘frontiers of science technology’ to vital feed and food industries.

It has used its resources to create branded consumer products like Kentucky Ale and more recently rye whiskey.

Alltech angus beef is raised on farms in Kentucky using the company’s nutritional strategies and is achieving ever growing sales volumes through enthusiastic consumer acceptance.

In supporting the World Equestrian Games Alltech will undoutably increase its

profile both within the US and overseas.

Overseas it has established Café Citadelle – coffee grown in Haiti, as a way for that troubled country to get back on its feet after numerous natural disasters.

Without doubt the raw energy of Alltech R&D, combined with product marketing has created detractors who are just as often imitators.

Alltech can without doubt ‘talk the talk’ but just as certainly they ‘walk the walk’. Its investment in the recently upgraded algae plant and associated laboratories at Winchester Kentucky is around $200 million.

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NEwS Polytex seals up RFM production sheds RFM, a well known poultry management company, has been refurbishing its Riverina production sheds with a view to greater efficiency.

RFM approached Polytex, a Riverina based manufacturer of industrial and agricultural fabric products to have a fresh look at how to seal up any areas of air movement that needed attention. This included areas such as ventilation fans, cool cell areas and all main shed doors, back and front.

Polytex designed an easy to attach cover for the Hired Hand cone fans and the Eurome singles. For the Eurome quads they designed a cover with zippers so that 1, 2 or 4 fans could be opened, thus eliminating unwanted air currents.

The cool cell areas presented a difficult problem to overcome and a solution was found in leaving the original curtains in place and adding a zippered roll up curtain the full length of the cool cell area that could be unzipped and rolled up and held

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NEwS v CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29 controls relating to Salmonella presence.

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Poultry Mills Take-up FeedSafe Accreditation There are now a number of feed mills that manufacture layer and broiler feeds for their internal company use that have become FeedSafe accredited. These mills do not sell feed and have decided to become FeedSafe accredited as it provides a practical means of demonstrating their quality assurance compliance to their egg and poultry meat customers. Because FeedSafe is an independent audit and the mill is demonstrating it meets a national feed milling standard, compliance is being seen as a marketing benefit by these companies.

Accredited Feed Manufacturers FeedSafe certification allows manufacturers to promote their quality-assured status and to use the FeedSafe name and logo on their products, advertising, delivery vehicles and promotional materials.

Only FeedSafe accredited stock feed manufacturers are eligible for membership of the SFMCA and all accredited manufacturers are listed on the SFMCA website www.sfmca.com.au.

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A growing middle class and rising incomes will lead to 34.4 million metric tons of poultry being consumed by 2015, according to the report. Connected to this growth, corn consumption is also expected to increase by 30% by 2014-2015, driven by the increase in animal feed demand.

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NEwS Santrev and Foreal Constructions join forces Santrev, one of Australia’s largest poultry shed builders, will unite with Queenslandbased poultry specialists, Foreal Constructions to create a dynamic team ready to expand across Australia and the international market.

The company announced that as of July 2011, Foreal Constructions will cease trading and many of Foreal’s experienced employees are being hired by Santrev.

“This amalgamation will see Santrev Pty Ltd, already Australia’s number one poultry house builder, increase its capacity to service customers across Australia,” said Luke Trevanion, CEO of Santrev.

“Securing Deran Weale, Patrick Forde and their construction teams, is a good opportunity for us. They are well respected in the market and will help us continue our growth.

“Our customers are very loyal and have been prepared to fit in with our production schedule. The additional crews will help us bring forward jobs.”

Coming together in order to expand nationally and increase international opportunities is a natural progression for the two entities who maintain a mutual esteem for each other.

“We are very pleased that our customers will be well supported by this joining of forces and feel that we are going to contribute our experience in expanding a great Australian company,” Deran Weale of Foreal Constructions said.

“Santrev is very strong in the market and the company builds great sheds. The work they are doing overseas, exporting Australian expertise, is inspirational.”

“We have great respect for Deran

Deran Weale and Luke Trevanion joining forces.

Weale and Patrick Forde. I think that we will work well together. Santrev has well developed systems and processes that will ensure we maintain fast build times and excellent quality,” said Mr Trevanion.

“The integration of these two prominent businesses will bring a powerhouse of experience to the table.

“This is significant becasue our recent marketing research indicates that experience is extremely important to our clients.

With this amalgamation, the new Santrev can clearly provide our customers with more knowledge and industry experience than any other Australian company.”

Both Santrev and Foreal have solid history in the business. Santrev was formed in 2000 by brothers Richard and Garry Sanday and Richards’ son-in-law Luke Trevanion.

Richard and Garry, both formerly of Sanday Bros, have been committed to quality building and innovation for more

than 39 years.

Luke, after building sheds with Richard and Garry and managing a 200,000 bird poultry farm, became a founding member of Santrev in 2000. Since 2006, Luke has worked full time in project management and client relations at Santrev.

Deran and Patrick formed a solid friendship at University of Queensland where Paddy was studying Animal Health.

After completing a building apprenticeship, Paddy worked in the industry, building and installing equipment in poultry, dairy and piggery sheds throughout Queensland and into New South Wales.

Paddy’s solid work ethic and attention to detail has made him a well recognised builder and project manager within the industry.

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NEwS After managing and working within the poultry industry, Deran then pursued the opportunity to expand his passion with animal health and husbandry with leading agricultural companies in NSW which enhanced his extensive experience in the sales and management.

Deran and Paddy formed Foreal Constructions in 2006 and their combined experiences quickly cemented Foreal as an innovative market leader in a very competitive industry where experience is paramount.

Considering the wealth of industry knowledge that the joining of Foreal and Santrev garners, it seems international expansion is imminent. When asked about the international prospects, Luke said “Yes, it is very exciting. We have been promoting Santrev to the international market for some time now. We always knew it would take a fair amount of time to get established but we have been really pleased with how quickly opportunities are progressing.

We are finding our Australian-designed sheds are right at the front internationally in terms of quality, climate controllability, build times and price.

“Initially we began travelling overseas in order to be sure we stayed at the leading edge of developments but we came to realise that what we have developed over three generations of building poultry sheds is at the cutting edge. We are being pulled by customers over there who want the Santrev Shed.”

“In this era of ever increasing imports, it’s pleasing to see our Australian company looking to reverse the trend. Santrev has been a solid backbone to the Australian poultry industry for a very long time. The addition of the Foreal Constructions team will help keep this iconic Australian poultry builder going from strength to strength,” Mr Trevanion concluded.

Danish ventilation conquers Namibian market SKOV has entered into an agreement to supply complete Combi-Tunnel ventilation systems to a farm with 53 poultry houses in southern Namibia.

In addition to ventilation systems, SKOV is also to supply production control and farm management systems. The order was landed in collaboration with Peninsula Poultry Appliances Ltd., SKOV’s dealer in South Africa.

“For many years, South Africa has been an important market to SKOV. After lengthy negotiations, we have succeeded in landing an order from the neighbouring country, Namibia,” said Arne Overgaard, SKOV A/S, in charge of sales in Africa.

The farm, which is owned by Namib Poultry Industries Ltd., is to have 53 houses, of which six will be for rearing stock, 12 for parent stock and 35 for broilers. When the farm is completed, it will have a capacity of 250,000 broilers a week.

“It was important to the customer to invest in the proper equipment as well as to secure optimum consultancy services.

Thus, the farm will feature every aspect of sophisticated technology in ventilation, production control and farm manage-

ment,” said Mr Overgaard.

The farm in Namibia will be one of the first in the world to be equipped with SKOV’s new DOL 539, a combined climate and production computer. This house computer features a touch screen for menu navigation as well as a LAN connection for PC communication.

“The customer has decided to establish a wireless network for all its house computers so that production can be controlled and monitored through the FarmOnline management program from a central location,” Mr Overgaard continued.

This means that the farm will also be one of the first to work with FarmOnline v.

2, which contains a new production module that makes it very easy to follow and optimise poultry production.

“South Africa is by far our most important market in Africa, and our success in this market now serves as a door opener for export to other countries in the region. We do not expect this order to be a one-off order,” Arne Overgaard concluded.

The first part of the supply will be delivered in August and the entire farm is expected to be in operation by the beginning of 2012.

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NEwS ACCC allows wA chicken growers to collectively bargain The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has decided to allow Western Australian broiler chicken growers to collectively bargain with their processors.

The ACCC has previously authorised similar collective bargaining arrangements for chicken growers in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.

The Western Australian Broiler Growers’ Association sought authorisation to collectively bargain following the decision by the Western Australian government to repeal the Western Australian Chicken Meat Industry Act 1977. The collective bargaining arrangements provide a framework through which the Western Australian broiler chicken industry can choose to negotiate grower contracts.

“The ACCC considers that collective bargaining can provide an effective mechanism for the WABGA’s members to improve their input into the terms and conditions of their contracts with processors,” ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said. “The collective bargaining arrangements are also likely to generate some transaction cost savings.”

The WABGA’s arrangements are voluntary for all parties.

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Feed additive marks poultry meat contamination Scientists at Aberystwyth University in Wales are developing a system to identify miniscule traces of faecal contamination on chicken carcases in abattoirs that can cause deadly food poisoning outbreaks.

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legal action under the competition provisions of the Act for collective bargaining arrangements that are in the public interest.

Alternatively, small businesses can obtain immunity from legal action under the Act for such arrangements by lodging a collective bargaining notification.

The final decision will be available on the public register on the ACCC website at www.accc.gov.au/AuthorisationsRegister

Standards Agency, would be fed to poultry during the last few days of finishing. When screened in abattoirs using fluorescence imaging, the markers would show up and identify any contamination.

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NEWS Professor Collett presents at Alltech Annual Symposium The poultry session on May 23, 2011 was conducted under the theme of ‘PoultryBeyond Efficiency: opportunity for the lowest cost white meat and improved nutritional profile’.

On of the speakers, well known to many in the Australian poultry and feed industries was Dr Stephen Collett, now Clincal Associate Professor at the Poultry Diagnostic & Research Center (PRDC) College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, USA. Prior to taking up his current post in 2004, Dr Collett was director of Alltech Inc, North American Poultry Division.

His topic was ‘Game Changers in intestinal health – Confronting the challenges of runting/stunting and antibiotic free programs’.

“In order to confront any challenge in food animal production, it is necessary to distill the issue down to what precisely is it that can be cost effectively addressed,” Dr Collett said.

“The common denominator in ‘Runting and Stunting Syndrome’ (RSS) and antibiotic free production is destabilisation of the gut microbiota.

“In the UK and European Union the term ‘disbacteriosis’ was adopted to describe the aberration in intestinal microbiota that coincided with the removal of in-feed anti-biotics and the subsequent emergenge of non specific enteritis and wet

litter problems.

“While the emergence of these enteric challenges has been attributed to the removal of in-feed antibiotics, surprisingly similar microbiota destabilization occurs in RSS challenged birds, although in this case the initiating cause is thought to be viral damage to the intestinal lining.

“How then can such different etiologies have the same outcome?” Dr Collett asked.

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exponential growth phase.

“Potential pathogens such as Clostridium perfringens gain competitive advantage under such circumstances and rapidly dominate the microbial community, thus compromising intestinal health,” Dr Collett said.

“Efforts to nurture and stabilise a favourable intestinal microbiota have shown promise in addressing the negative impact of both RSS challenge and in-feed antibiotic removal.

“While there are several opportunities and product options to achieve this, there are three simple intervebtions that have demonstrated particular promise.

“By seeding the hatchling gut with favourable orgamisms (All-LacXCL), feeding these organisms with an appropriate organic acid (Acid-Pak 4Way) and weeding out the unfavourable competitors with a type-1 fimbriae blocker (Actigen), it is possible to improve performance by accelerating the evolution of, and manitain the stability of a favourable intestinal microbiota,” Dr Collett concluded.

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Overall he was cautiously optimistic given the fact that eggs were such a versatile and convenient food product.

Michael Leahy, National Livestock Operations Manager, Baiada Poultry, outlined key challenges facing the chicken meat industry over the next five years. “Land, people, legislation and lifestyle changes were the key issues,” he said.

“There would be more free range, the product would have to stay or be more affordable and finally while there was consumer demand for organic production, this involved huge welfare issues,” he concluded.

Peter Brown, Farming Manager of Pepe’s Ducks in his address – ‘Research and Education needs of the duck industry’ predicted a continued rise in duck meat consumption, largely driven by demand from Asian communities, but cautioned that lack of training and trained staff could be a serious impediment to the growth of the industry in the future – more research in the sector was needed he said.

In the ‘Mind to Money segment’ Lloyd Thomson in his second address, “From Ideas to IP’ posed the question Ideas – what is their value?”

“Bare ideas have little value and the most valuable IP in the world is a trade mark – not just the patent,” he said.

Rima Youil R&D Manager at Bioproperties next gave an update on ‘Fowl Cholers vaccine – 8 years on’.

She described Vaxsafe PM trials in some detail and also some of the problems, and subsequent solutions, in using Vaxsafe in turkey flocks.

On the final day of the seminar in the ‘Education and training, case studies session’ Liz Roan, Education Officer at the Poultry CRC, spoke on the success of the teachers’ resource kit and the vital industry awareness that it creates for the Australian poultry industry in schools and TAFE colleges across the country.

Though the kit is designed for Australia only one has reached Khost Province in Afghanistan where it has become a prized item of immense

value to teachers and students alike.

Angus Crossan, Program Manager R&D at AECL next outlined the aims of AECL’s VET (Vocational Education Program) in providing a national program of quality training (Certificate 111) in poultry production.

Yelli Kruger, AECL’s Marketing Manager described the ‘All About Eggs program’ where a team visited schools with the aim of creating awareness of eggs as a valuable and healthy food source amongst primary school children.

In the final session, CRC Operation, Liz Roan described changes and updates to the CRC’s Poultry Hub website.

Michael Warner, the CRC’s new Communications Manager, introduced the ‘Smartsheet’ program introduced for the purposes of project management.

The final presentation was delivered by Tugrul Durali PhD research student and broiler manager at Red Lea. Fresh from his recent trip to broiler farms in Georgia USA, Tugrul outlined the prospects created by Alltech’s algae research and what makes the vast poultry industries of the US tick – more of this in the next issue of Poultry Digest.

CRC CEO Minghan Choct gave the summing up address. “The poultry industry was,” he stated “an exciting and dynamic contributor to the nation’s food security and health.” He also emphasised the value of face to face meeting and discussion in an increasingly faceless world of communication. n

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NEW PRODUCTS Imexco introduces the versatile Ercolino Imexco, the Tea Gardens NSW-based poultry equipment suppliers has recently taken delivery of demonstrator units of the Ercolino, a versatile materials handling vehicle designed specifically for use in modern poultry sheds.

“The Ercolino is manufactured by Ciemmecalabria, Italian specialist in the design and manufacturer of poultry loading machines. Up until now they were probably best known in Australia for their chicken catching machinery,” said Doug Peters, Managing Director of Imexco, the Australian agent for the Ciemmecalabria poultry handling product range.

According to company information, the Ercolino has been specifically developed for the tough environment typical of that found on poultry farms.

“Speed agility and strength were key criteria in the design of the vehicle,” Ciemmecalabria state.

“The rear mounted 3.3 litre Perkins diesel power unit delivers 64 HP, sufficient for 33 km/h operating speeds and the Ercolino is ideally suited to transporting all

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“Four wheel steering delivers high levels of maneuverability even in tight spaces and steer mode (all wheel, crab mode, rear wheel steer/front locked) can be easily selected from a dashboard mounted control.

“Even when fully loaded (max load 2000kg load height up to 3.7 metres forks, 4.1 metres bucket) the stability of the loader can always be considered to be optimum,” company information states.

“The hydraulic ‘Quick Hitch’ mechanism allows for easy attachment and change of loading tools such as forks (1.2 or 1.8 metres), loading bucket or sweeper units.

“The cab design with heavily protected glass doors and windows delivers ease of entry as well as excellent visibility.

“Operator comfort and a driving position that allows for maximum precision in loading and unloading tasks.

“The multi function joystick is used for gear selection and to control boom arms:

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“The Ercolino loader unit fills the gap on poultry farms between the larger, bulkier and more expensive telehandler loaders and smaller less capable or versatile skid steer units,” Mr Peters concluded.

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Picking up dead birds and logging the numbers is an unpleasant job in the poultry business but it’s a fact of life.

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