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Contents 8 COVER STORy Top New Zealand grower now industry consultant Lindsay and Marie-Louise Winchester acquired their broiler sheds near Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island eleven years ago after Lindsay wanted a change from being a policeman. The five shed farm had a 58,000-bird capacity and after a period establishing themselves as competent growers for their integrator Tegel, Lindsay was given the opportunity to increase his capacity to 90,000 birds.
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SKOV held its User Training Seminars at the Clan Hotel, Terrigal on the Central Coast NSW May 18-19 and at The Vibe Hotel, Mermaid Beach, Queensland over May 25-26. Both seminars were well attended with more than 40 growers and industry identities registering for each session. 16 The chicken – a popular protein for hard times According to Simon Bartter, CEO of Steggles, the country might not technically be in a recession, but customers are demanding more of or the country’s most affordable protein. Consumers are returning to their home kitchens to make healthy, low cost, chicken meals. 18 Pratu Speak: Interesting times for poultry research at UNE Associate Professor Paul Iji says that everyone involved in developing the National Research, Development & Extension (RD&E) framework for the chicken meat and egg industries would have had the opportunity to read about the opportunities that are available for poultry research at the UNE. 22 Baiada finally acquires Bartters A statement issued to suppliers on July 20, 2009 by Baiada Managing Director John Camilleri, confirmed that he expected his company to finalise the acquisition of Bartter Holdings Pty Ltd and its subsidiary operations on July 27. 26 Alltech Asia Pacific Lecture Tour, Melbourne At the recent Alltech Asia Pacific Lecture Tour, Australia held in Melbourne, Alltech President Dr Pearse Lyons neatly encapsulated the general mess the world was in financially and related the GFC to intensive livestock industries. He spoke about the opportunities crisis brought and how the food and feed industry could react to secure its future. 28 Biomin Alternative Poultry Production Seminar in Kingscliff On June 12-13, Biomin held its Roundtable Alternative Poultry Production Seminar at Mantra on Salt Beach, Kingscliff in NSW. Damian Moore, Chief Operating Officer for Biomin (Australia) Pty Ltd, welcomed guests and delivered the introductory speech. 32 Getting started together with Lindsay Winchester SKOV A/S has made an agreement with one of New Zealand’s leading broiler producers, Lindsay Winchester, on consultative services performed by him in connection with start-up and optimisation of livestock houses with SKOV ventilation systems so the grower gets the most out of his production facilities.
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NEWS SKOV User Training Seminars held at Central Coast and Gold Coast SKOV held its User Training Seminars at the Clan Hotel, Terrigal on the Central Coast NSW May 18-19 and at The Vibe Hotel, Mermaid Beach, Queensland over May 25-26. Both seminars were well attended with more than 40 growers and industry identities registering for each session. The Terrigal event was hosted by NSW SKOV dealer AgriTech and the Gold Coast seminar by Queensland SKOV dealer FarmMark. SKOV Export Manager Arne Overgaard and Agritech’s Frankie Horwood welcomed guests and opened the proceedings at Terrigal and Arne and FarmMark’s Luigi Di Clemente kicked off the Mermaid Beach event. Arne gave the attendees a brief history of the SKOV operation that is located in Denmark and started back in the 1970s to supply the local intensive livestock with shed control technology. “Today SKOV products are sold in more than 65% of the Danish market and more than 75% of total production is exported,” he said. Next SKOV’s poultry specialist, Asia, Tommy Krogh spoke on the topic of ‘First week broiler management seen from the ventilation point of view’. “A good start lays the ground for a good finish,” Tommy said and he pointed out that a day old chick has no way of regulating its own temperature. “The environment for growing is a combination of air/floor temperature, relative humidity, air quality (CO2 levels), litter material and finally the design of the shed and equipment placement – we want the chickens to get a good start and be uniform,” he said. “It is essential to get the floor temperature up so don’t try and save on heat as that can result in a bad FCR: low temperatures lead to less activity and lower feed intake. “Temperature can control the growth rate,” he said. “Check temperatures with a mechanical wet/dry thermometer – a dry temperature of 31.5 degrees C equals a wet temperature of only 25 degrees,” he pointed out. Other tips were to avoid deep litter as condensation could occur, particularly on concrete resulting in bad litter condition and to get heat into the ground itself. “It was important to check bird quality on delivery paying particular attention to
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small birds which lead to lack of uniformity in the flock. “Water to feed ratios were also important to monitor and anything over 1.8 litres of water to 1 kg of feed indicated problems in the drinker set up like nipple and drinker height or water pressure set too high. “Wasted water could lead to litter damage,” Tommy said. “Loose fan belts could lead to a loss of efficiency of up to 15% of possible performance and that cooling pads should be cleaned carefully between each batch,” he concluded. SKOV Technical Poultry Specialist Soren Mikkelson conducted the next session on the DOL 339 climate control system user guide. He opened the address with some information on an advanced climate control program that SKOV had been developing over the last year and that he hoped would soon be bringing benefits to growers. In dealing with the topic of specific climate computer functions Soren stated that the shed temperature needed to be adapted to the bird’s requirements depending on their breed, age and weight. On the topic of division of the shed into front and rear zones Soren pointed out that the temperature can be set separately in each individual zone: however the two zones use the same temperature curve. In a shed divided into male/female birds the males should over time have a lower temperature than females because of their greater body mass. Comfort temperature was then discussed, “when the outside temperature is low, completely open wall inlets may cause draught. “The comfort temperature function lets the inside temperature increase by the set comfort temperature before 100% ventilation is carried out,” he said. “In areas where the outside temperature drops quickly and significantly, SKOV recommend using the comfort setting for the part of the year where the outside temperatures vary a lot. “The birds should have complete feathering before 100% ventilation is carried out at an outside temperature below 30 degrees C,” Soren explained. “Air speed is of great importance to the birds and the higher the air velocity, the w more it cools.
Top: Arne Overgaard from SKOV with Frankie Horwood, Agritech at NSW seminar. Centre: Luigi Di Clemente, Queensland seminar. Above: Tommy Krogh, SKOV’s poultry specialist, Asia.
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“When the weather is hot, high air speed feels like a pleasant breeze, but when the weather is cold even low air speed feels like an unpleasant draught,” he said. On the subject of temperature alarm, Soren emphasised the importance of outdoor sensors being correctly located. “Temperature settings for alarms outdoor in summer in Australia can easily vary by up to 8 degrees C. Sensor errors can result in the system defaulting to a 50% ventilation setting, Soren pointed out and suggested locating sensors in a location where the sun doesn’t hit directly like on a feed silo. Another piece of advice to growers was to avoid going into the ‘technical’ area of the controllers settings – “leave that to SKOV service staff,” he advised. Top performing NZ grower Lindsay Winchester, who was the first Tegel contract grower to use SKOV systems in that country, addressed the next topic for the seminar, ‘How to reach a PEF of 400 and above’. In a detailed response to the question, “What can I do to improve my broiler performance?” Lindsay took delegates through his step-by-step approach to achievement of optimal results. Much of what he had to say is revealed in our grower story in this issue of Poultry Digest. But some details of his shed setup are interesting. “The DOL 95 breeder production computer should still be in ‘End of Batch’ and if you have a feed weigher, note the
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amount of feed left in the silo and reset to 0.000. “Stat a new batch in the DOL 95 and enter the starter feed amount as a delivery. “The batch day will show as Day 1, then start a new batch in your DOL 36 or DOL 339 climate computer. “All feed on the paper needs to come into the shed via the feed weigher – if you have one, then this feed is recorded on the DOL 95,” Lindsay explained. “On the brooding side, I use four lines of 20GSM tissue paper, one metre wide running the full length of the shed starting the process at the wall working towards the centre of the shed. “As I complete a line, I then lower the next feeder or drinker line, working towards the centre. Doing it this way means that you are not walking over drinker and feeder lines. “Under the drinker lines, the tissue paper is offset towards the centre of the shed and the other two lines are placed next to the feeder lines also towards the centre of the shed and the centre feeder line is next to the fence (brooding in 50% of the shed). “The birds are tipped directly onto the feed covered tissue paper,” Lindsay said. “I manually place my tissue paper and while doing this drag my boot through the bedding to create a channel and after the paper is laid. I place a row of feed in the channel, enough for two days only which is approximately 30 grams a bird. CONTINUED ON PAGE 38 w
Top: Tommy leads lively discussion session. Centre: Arne presents Lindsay Winchester with DOL 3 bottles for reviving tired broiler farmers. Above: Soren Mikkelson, SKOV tech specialist during DOL 339 user presentation.
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indsay and Marie-Louise Winchester acquired their broiler sheds near Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island eleven years ago after Lindsay wanted a change from being a policeman. The five shed farm had a 58,000-bird capacity and after a period establishing themselves as competent growers for their integrator Tegel, Lindsay was given the opportunity to increase his capacity to 90,000 birds. This expansion meant that Lindsay’s operation is a large farm by South Island standard’s where bird capacity is typically
around 77,000 birds, according to Lindsay. A sixth shed was planned and Lindsay was keen to build a state of the art fully automated climate controlled unit. He came to Australia to look at options and decided that SKOV systems best suited his needs and he became the first Tegel contract grower to use SKOV in NZ. It’s probably a fair bet that Lindsay’s time and experience gained in the New Zealand police force has given him a forensic evidence based approach to his broiler growing. While he looked carefully into his shed climate control options, he had already realised that attention to detail in broiler sheds of all levels of technical sophistication were key factors in achieving the best possible results. With the new 32,500 bird capacity 106 x 14.3 metre shed completed in 2001, Lindsay concentrated on maximising his performance levels and taking advantage of his choice of equipment and shed design. “We are consistently in the top percentage of growers in a country that is a world leader in poultry meat growing performance,’ Lindsay said. w
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Their Christchurch farm was the first in NZ to top 400 PIF, a remarkable achievement and a justification of the commitment of the Winchesters to developing and continually working to perfect their operations – they grow chickens with excellent live weight and optimal FCR. Since 2007, Lindsay splits his time between operating his farm and working as a consultant to SKOV, not only in New Zealand and Australia but also in South Korea and South Africa. In South Korea he has trained farm managers for a large integrator in that country – “many of these managers had never been involved in the industry previously,” Lindsay said. “I work alongside SKOV on an independent basis assisting other growers who use, or a looking at the prospects of using their equipment to gain better knowledge and performance from SKOV equipment. “Being an end user I have accumulated wide experience of the company’s growing product range and enjoy being able to help other growers improve their performance by using this ventilation equipment,” he said. In May this year Lindsay attended SKOV user training seminars at Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast and, a week later, on Queensland’s Gold Coast. His detailed and often revealing address ‘What can I do to improve my broiler performance’, went a lot further than just telling growers and farm mangers how to get the best out of SKOV’s products. Some of Linday’s specific methodology in managing his sheds is influenced by the climatic conditions in Christchurch and the particular arrangements he has with his integrator – that said, his experience as a top contract broiler farm had plenty of relevance for Australian growers. Heating costs are typically about 40% higher in New Zealand – gas costs a lot more and the climate in general is much cooler. Still Lindsay’s tips on saving on these costs could still save Australia growers plenty. As soon as Lindsay’s sheds have been cleaned out (after every batch) he shuts up the sheds to keep the heat in and vermin out. He also shuts all mini vents and turns fans off. Speaking of vermin, Lindsay always ensures bait stations are filled – mice are a key source of salmonella, he points out. The sheds have 100 mm thick concrete floors and even between batches, he reckons he can retain plenty of heat thus reducing fuel costs and time taken to bring sheds to optimal temperature prior to chick placement. Lindsay broods 50% of the shed but w
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v heats the whole shed using two large US made Lenox 87 kW heaters, which though they cost more than using smaller capacity units, are ultimately more efficient, he reckons. “The chimney ventilated heaters work on the principal of a heat exchanger and the flame burns in a tube with a fan blowing out heat as the tube heats up so there is no CO2 emission,” he said. “There are two stirrer fans installed in the middle of the shed with the heaters at each end facing to the centre. The back to back fans and heaters combine to move the air in a circular motion and this helps to create a good even temperature throughout the shed. “Once I start ventilating – usually day two, the stirrer fans are switched off. “For the first 14 days after placement I have the climate controller set temperature the same as the heater set point. I believe that a stable temperature is vital to achieving a good FCR,” Lindsay said. Key pre-placement tips from Lindsay are in most cases obvious, but often ignored. “Check fan belts on main fans – loose belts can loose up to 15% efficiency,” he said. “Calibrate shed inlets and outlets and remember that with SKOV systems, a minimum of 25 degrees is required. “Make sure that bedding material is spread evenly and is level throughout the shed and at no more than 40 mm deep and always test alarms, emergency opening operation and the standby generator. “I also cover main fans to prevent draughts and heat loss,” he said. “Flush all drinker lines, and prior to this I remove my water metre so that the quality of water flushed out is not recorded in the batch information,” he suggested. “We chlorinate at 3ppm of free chlorine, so this flushing will ensure that there is fresh chlorinated water in the drinker lines. “I then run the feeder lines and flood the pans, checking the end control pan to ensure the feed level is where it should be, then I re-attach the water metre.” Lindsay’s attention to detail extends beyond the sheds themselves – external factors can greatly affect the overall performance of the batch, he states, so he has taken steps to monitor and record these critical influences where he can “When the chick truck arrives, check the temperature in the truck – there should be a read-out in the cab of the truck saying what the temperature is in the truck and some integrators have a printout which is Top: Nice uniformity in flock – Skov bird weigher is important for monitoring bird given to the grower. progress. Above: Nice car! Marie-Louise with Lindsay who reckons a good slice of “The temperature in the truck should the cost of the car was paid for by savings on heating costs in the poultry sheds. be between 23-26 degrees, this is most w
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v important to check, and I always write the temperature down on the delivery docket so the hatchery can see I am checking these things,” he said. “By day 14 my second silo of feed is filled. With the feed weigher I monitor the silo and double check the deliveries are as they indicate on the docket. “With only one supply auger, I do have to swap between silos sometimes to get me through the night. When I do this, I note how much is left in the silo, reset the silo to 0000, then enter a new delivery for the next silo then close the previous silo and open the new silo. “I run this through the night, then the next day note the balance left, re-enter the figure from the previous silo, close the slide on the current silo and open the other silo slide so I can run that silo empty. “I know this is a bit of mucking around, but it double checks your deliveries and ensures that when your integrator is accessing performance you have done best you can to ensure data is accurate,” Lindsay explained. Recent initiatives by Lindsay include the installation of SKOV’s new DOL 2000 CO2 metre, which he mentions in connection with day 21 in his routines. “By day 21 the set temperature has dropped to 23 degrees and the shed is now ventilating itself; well over the minimum ventilation level. “I have just installed a CO2 metre, so will be monitoring the level to check my ventilation levels are sufficient (no more than 3500 ppm), not too much ventilation (low CO2 will verify this) or not too little ventilation (high CO2 levels will confirm this) “The CO2 metre will be a useful tool,” Lindsay said. “My experience from working with an integrator overseas was that they were over-ventilating and their CO2 metres confirmed this. The result was a significant saving in gas and electricity costs.” Lindsay has some interesting ideas on managing pick-ups, which in his case takes place from day 28 when the first of the male population is thinned. “The sheds are split sheds where the cross auger comes in the centre and the feeders are controlled as two separate zones. “I can switch one zone off while the other zone continues to feed. This is a great way to allow the birds in the other end of the shed to continue
eating without checking them by cutting their feed off while birds are taken out the other end of the shed,” Lindsay explained. “About day 32-33 all the females are taken from the sheds so this just leaves a reduced amount of males in the shed, so you end up with about a third of the sheds capacity left to grow on to usually day 42. “Growing these males on to day 42 and achieving 110120 gms per day is the trick to giving the shed an excellent FCR. “I allow a total of 5 hours for feed withdrawal and this is from the pickup time when I go back two hours later, and then back a further three hours later and it is this time that I stop the feeders in that zone on a time clock. “I know it takes three hours for those birds to eat the pans out, then they have a further two hours before pickup. “Our integrator is very strict on cases of full crops and financial penalties can result for growers who don’t manage feed regimes prior to pick up,” he said. Many of Lindsay’s tips to growers involve that little bit of extra effort but he is also aware of saving time and effort and one of his initiatives has been to acquire and modify a skid steer vehicle typical of many that are used to move and pick up shed floor. Lindsay’s vehicle has a purpose built bucket to move and evenly distribute wood shavings flooring material quickly and effectively. Having proved the effectiveness of this neat unit he hires it out to other growers in his area of New Zealand. Lindsay points out that most of his initiatives are common sense and that most growers will already have thought of them but he does make the valid point that growing chickens well is “all about attention to detail” “Every little thing you do adds up to one big thing – a good result for your integrator and hopefully better financial rewards and a more secure future as a contract grower,” Lindsay concluded.
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PRATU SPEAK Interesting times for poultry research at UNE
By A/Professor Paul A. Iji Everyone involved in developing the National Research, Development & Extension (RD&E) framework for the chicken meat and egg industries would have had the opportunity to read about the opportunities that are available for poultry research at the University of New England. We are proud of our poultry research history dating back to the late 1950s. Our graduates continue to serve the poultry industry in many roles, both here in Australia and overseas. With four very active sub-groups it can be difficult for us to fit our research into the existing facilities. The UNE also remains a University of choice for many
overseas postgraduate students. We particularly welcome this cohort of students, many of whom have been supported by international companies to work on specific projects that such companies develop in liaison with supervisors at UNE. In the last few years, we have had overseas students work on problems ranging from evaluation of alternatives to in-feed antibiotics, to Marek’s disease, infectious bronchitis virus, food safety and egg quality. The University has come to recognise the importance of this and other research work by PRATU, and the need for expansion. In the last three years, the Animal House Users group, led by Professor Steve Walkden-Brown, has developed a major plan for the expansion of the Animal House, which holds many of the facilities for poultry research. The University has allocated $6m of its Commonwealth grant for infrastructural renewal towards the re-development of the Animal House, in particular. Additional money will also be going into the demolition of old poultry houses at the Laureldale poultry facilities, about three km to the north of the main campus. Following the demolitions money will be spent on tidying up the place and upgrading the office at the site, to enable the location of a technician on the site.
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NEWS Baiada finally acquires Bartters A statement issued to suppliers on July 20, 2009 by Baiada Managing Director John Camilleri, confirmed that he expected his company to finalise the acquisition of Bartter Holdings Pty Ltd and its subsidiary operations on July 27, 2009. The takeover excluded the Victorian operations of Bartters, which will be sold to La Ionica. This was a key condition that the ACCC imposed for sanctioning the Baiada/Bartters takeover after previously ruling against it. “Both Baiada and Bartter are fully integrated poultry operations encompassing livestock farming, feed milling, protein recovery, primary and further processing of
chickens and turkey products. “The Barter group also incorporates the original Steggles business, which the Bartter family acquired in 1999. “The Steggles brand continues to enjoy strong consumer recognition in the Australian market, a remarkable fact given that has its beginnings dating back to 1918. “We are pleased to acquire such a brand,” Mr Camilleri said in the statement. “The integration of the two organisations will deliver desired synergies to our business that will be beneficial to our customers and consumers. “Ultimately, this planned growth and consolidation of resources will enable us to
ACCC allows chicken processing merger The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Bartter by Baiada Poultry after competition concerns were resolved by Baiada’s undertaking to sell certain Victorian assets to competitor La Ionica Poultry. “On February 11 2009, the ACCC announced its opposition to the proposed acquisition of Bartter by Baiada because it would have the effect of substantially lessening competition in the market for the wholesale supply of processed chicken, in breach of the Trade Practices Act 1974,” ACCC Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, said recently. “The ACCC decided that the three national chicken processors – Baiada,
Bartter and Ingham – supply the vast majority of customers who buy very large volumes of processed chicken (such as supermarkets and fast food restaurants) and are each other’s closest competitors. “The ACCC also concluded that smaller chicken processors faced high barriers to expansion and as such were unlikely to be able to impose effective competitive constraints on the merged entity.” To address the ACCC’s competition concerns, Baiada offered a court enforceable undertaking under section 87B of the Act. Under this, Baiada, upon acquiring Bartter, will simultaneously divest all assets currently owned by Bartter in Victoria to La Ionica Poultry.
conduct our business operations on a similar scale as other successful global poultry producers. “In perspective, this acquisition is consistent with the Baiada family’s ongoing commitment to the poultry industry, which has not wavered since it commenced operations 60 years ago. “We are proud of our company which has seen consistently solid growth from its humble beginnings. “This has been made possible by the extremely strong relationships with and the support of our customers, suppliers, growers and highly dedicated employees. “We will do our utmost to make this transition as seamless as possible and we respectfully request your continued support, cooperation and patience,” Mr Camilleri’s statement concluded. “These assets include Bartter’s Geelong processing plant, associated breeding farms and hatcheries and Bartter’s North Melbourne feed mill,” Mr Samuel said. La Ionica currently operates a chicken processing facility in Thomastown and is a major supplier of whole dressed birds to customers, predominantly in Victoria and to a lesser extent in New South Wales. The ACCC has accepted the undertaking on the basis that the divestiture of Bartter’s Victorian assets to La Ionica Poultry will result in a significant expansion of La Ionica Poultry’s current chicken processing capabilities. After conducting market inquiries, the ACCC decided that La Ionica Poultry’s expansion will provide large volume buyers of processed chicken with an alternative supplier and will therefore offer increased competitive constraints to the merged entity.
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Turi Foods (currently trading as La ionica) announced onJuly 20, 2009 the acquisition of the Victorian assets from Bartter Steggles. “With operations based in the Geelong area, this acquisition will continue to provide excellent service and high quality chicken products to its customers. “The new entity will be known as ‘Golden Farms’,” the company statement revealed. “Turi Foods is particularly proud of this acquisition – it compliments our existing operations at La Ionica and represents a significant step in growing our Victorian business. “We are also pleased that this acquisition brings a level of stability over the future jobs and operations of the chicken industry in the Geelong region.” Turi Foods, a family owned operation, has a long history in the food industry dating back to the 1970s when it started the La Ionica poultry business. Later the company established the Montefiore Cheese brand IghamAdYrbkand now 1/17/08 5:10 PM Page 1 it has added ‘Golden Farms’ to its growing food brands list. Chief Executive Officer of the new Golden Foods chicken meat enterprise of Turi Foods is Chris Turner who was until the end of 2008 Southern Region Manager for Inghams. Mr Turner has a long career in the poultry industry dating back to the time when La Ionica emerged, in fact. He is very enthusiastic about the new enterprise which in
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Feedworks holds Poultry Seminar and celebrates 10 years in the business Feedworks celebrated 10 years of successful operation and held a poultry industry seminar at the Novotel, Brighton le Sands, NSW on July 10, 2009. Key new products from Danisco were introduced by its Australian distributor, Feedwork’s co-founder, Malcolm Mottram (pictured). Key additions to Danico’s product range introduced to delegates were new generation phytase enzymes with high thermostability. “Phytase enzymes have become an important tool for poultry and pig producers to improve the utilisation of phosphorous, amino acids and energy from feeds “and this reduces feed costs as well as having a positive effect on the environment,” Mr Mottram said. “New generation phytase enzymes like Phyzyme from Dansico Animal Nutrition have further enhanced the ability of producers to save feed costs: adding phytase to animal feed, however, can be a very complex issue. “Phytases are typically heat stable up to around 70oC, becoming inactivated above this temperature. “For pelleted feeds this is an issue where adding steam and temperature that frequently reach above 90oC and one way to solve this problem is use effective liquid enzyme application systems like Finndose from Danisco,” he said. “However liquid systems need to be installed and involves capital investment and commitment from the feed manufacturer. “After a number of years of development Dansico has developed technology that increases the heat stability of phytase from 70oC to 95oC. This so-called Thermo Protection Technology (TPT) delivers a free-flowing, dust-free phytase granulate that is ideal for the majority of feed manufacturing processes. “Phyzyme TPT has been shown to be as effective on animal performance as the previous new generation phytase from Dansico (Phyzyme XP). “For Feedworks customers in Australia this provides an important additional enzyme in their product range that now ‘covers the bases’ with liquid, powder and heat stable phytases,” Mr Mottram concluded. Poultry Digest will cover the full seminar program in its next issue.
The takeover of Bartter/Steggles by Baiada has significantly changed the poultry industry landscape in Australia. Everyone working in the industry can remember when Inghams was the dominant entity which trail blazed (through its alliance with Woolies) large scale volume production and established a business model replicated throughout the industry. As of the end of July, this organisation with an estimated turnover of $1.5 billion and over 8000 employees in its Australian and NZ based operations, has been eclipsed by the new Baiada business expanded by the absorbtion of Bartters’ interests. All the major poultry producing enterprises in Australia are family owned and the only other potential serious bidders for Bartters when it is was put up for sale were private equity enterprises. This means that unlike publically listed companies, there is no regulatory requirement to declare information such as turnover, profit, market share etc. However, the final conclusion to the long running sale of Bartter/Steggles operation has launched a fair degree of speculation in the financial press of what’s next for the Australian broiler sector. As of July 27, 2009 if all has gone to plan, Baiada will control around 43% of the broiler industry while Inghams is at about 35%. It is more than a fair bet that its turnover exceeds that of Inghams by at least a similar margin to its market share. On July 14, 2009 in the Australian Financial Reviews ‘Street Talk’ page in an article entitled ‘Game of Chicken:poultry players join forces’ there was speculation that now that the Baiada/Bartters sale was about to finalise (at the speculated price of $230 million) there would be interest in the Inghams business. “The deal will put the spotlight on Pacific Equity Partners, amid speculation that the private equity player may look to build on its NZ chicken business (Tegels) by launching a bid for Inghams” it said. Poultry Digest contacted relevant parties but had little success in gaining any further information. A spokesperson from Bartters who declined to be named offered the opinion that “the days of supplying chicken meat at low margins are probably over”.
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NEWS Alltech Asia Pacific Lecture Tour, Melbourne The Alltech Asia Pacific Lecture Tour, Australia was held in Melbourne on June 23, 2009. Alltech President Dr Pearse Lyons, the first speaker, neatly encapsulated the general mess the world was in financially and related the GFC to intensive livestock industries. Large scale agri giants like Smithfield were teetering on the edge of bankruptcy with debts of close to $1 billion. On a wider front great and venerable companies like Waterford Crystal and the even older Wedgewood concern were gone – also bankrupt. Dr Lyons then spoke about the opportunities crisis brought and how the food and feed industry could react to secure its future. “We live in a world of crisis – from financial market instability to feed and food safety scares. Recent volatility and inconsistency in the agri-feed industry has
lead to global unease. During the course of this, our 22nd Asia-Pacific Lecture Tour, I look forward to sharing and discussing ways in which our industry can emerge stronger from these turbulent times and turn current crises into opportunities,” said Dr Lyons. The first speaker Dr Alison Leary, key account Technical Services Manager at Alltech, based in Bangkok, Thailand introduced her paper ‘Complete Solution – unmasking the myth behind the magic’ and examined how diet flexibility can help save money, improve performance and increase profitability. Poultry industry specialist Dr Leary graduated from the University of New England, Australia and her work on alternative broiler and layer diets in Asia in the last five years have bought about significant savings to farmers hard pressed in recent times by high feed costs. Working with Alltech’s specialist in Top: Alltech President, Dr Pearse Lyons. Above: Dr Alison Leary from Alltech, Thailand.
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solid state fermentation Dr Keith Filer in Bangkok, Dr Leary has introduced diets containing cassava, palm kernels, rice bran and DDGS into diets in quite large proportions as maize and conventional grain crops spiralled in cost in recent times. “Though corn and grain feed costs have come back from recent highs, 10% ethanol mandated in US and Canadian biofuel programs could consume up to 60% of the US grain harvest,” she said. “We may have to consider using ingredients other than traditional grains and find ways to deal with problems presented by integrating materials like cassava and DDGS into diets. “Typically these alternative base feed materials presented problems ranging from indigestibility to dusty feed mycotoxins and in the case of DDGS, variable quality and nutrient availability. “Allzyme SSF had the potential to allow greater utilisation of alternatives and maintain nutrition and good production while saving costs in an increasingly difficult economic climate,” she said. Dr Karl Dawson, Director of Worldwide Research, Alltech, presented a paper entitled ‘The Nutrigenomics basis of
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NEWS antioxidants – improving animal performance.’ Dr Dawson provided new insights into how feed formulators can best assess the effects of a nutrient on an organism and what it means for animal performance and ultimately profitability for the producer. “By feeding the gene rather than rely on conventional animal trials in large commercial situations we can, by using the nutrigenomics approach, achieve our goals using very few animals “Just recently Alltech released a new product Economase developed by Alltech’s Nutrigenomics Center directed by Dr Ronan Power. “Using his knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of oxidative stress and intracellular signaling cascades, combined with the science of Nutrigenomics and the DNA microarray, or gene chip, Dr Power was able to identify beneficial gene expression events in pathways associated with oxidative damage, metabolic stress and macromolecular repair mechanisms. “Using these genes as a framework, Dr Power was able to create EconomasE, which will enable animal nutritionists to significantly reduce the level of increasingly expensive ingredients, such as antioxidant vitamins, added to animal diets without compromising performance, Dr Dawson explained to APLT delegates. “Utilising Economase we have been able to conduct studies in both pigs and poultry with whole evaluations completed in two months only, whereas using traditional techniques studies achieving the same outcome would take years,” Dr Dawson said. Dr Lyons revealed that Economase allows us to reduce the amount of often expensive materials used in feed like Vitamin E – not only expensive but often hard to source,” he said. “Historically we may have added this component at up to 10 times in excess of NRC requirements but now by feeding the gene we can reduce this to the specific accurate levels that deliver the precise nutritional outcome desired by feed formulators. “We can do this with all other feed constituents, and there are other products emerging from our nutrigenomics research like Actigen, a new product to replace antibiotics. “These products and our continuing greater understanding of feeding the gene will redefine animal nutrition,”
Dr Lyons predicted. Apart from the need to be more efficient in a hostile economic climate, Dr Lyons emphasised that emissions and the overall global warming debate would soon be a matter of urgency for intensive livestock industries. “Already countries like Estonia and
Denmark have placed an emissions tax on dairy herds – so we need to address this as part of overall feeding solutions,” he said. Finally Dr Lyons asked the question “if millions of people all over the globe adopt a new iPhone instantly why then do we stick with old nutrition methodology and technology?
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NEWS Biomin Alternative Poultry Production Seminar in Kingscliff On 12-13 June Biomin held its Roundtable Alternative Poultry Production Seminar at Mantra on Salt Beach, Kingscliff in NSW. Damian Moore Chief Operating Officer for Biomin (Australia) Pty Ltd welcomed guests and delivered the introductory speech. After defining the different forms of mycotoxins and their occurrence in various parts of the globe, Mr Moore described the effects of individual types on bird health and productive capacity. Difficulties in sampling grain for mycotoxin because of high toxicity at even low ppb levels and uneven distribution in typical feed crop samples were raised. Then Mr Moore revealed findings from Australian mycotoxin survey results from 2005-2009 conducted by Romer labs and Ace laboratories, for Aflatoxin, zeralenone (ZON), deoxynivenol, ochratoxins (OTA) and fumonisms. Next Rob Nicol, Technical Director Biomin, Singapore, addressed the topic of ‘Mycotoxin risk management’. The only effective management strategies were prevention during crop production and decontamination during feed processing. Discussing deactivation strategies, Mr Nicol spoke about the three key elements of Mycofix being adsorption, deactivation and then bioprotection. He spoke about new generation deactivation agent Mycofix plus MTV containing a non-pathogenic yeast developed and patented by Biomin. “During its metabolic activity, MTV produces specific enzymes which detoxify specifically ZON and OTA in the digestive tract of animals,” he said. Part of the bioprotection strategy included the use of plant and algae extracts, such as extract of milk thistle, a traditional remedy in human medicine for liver problems. “A mycotoxin risk management plan would be to utilise Mycofic Plus for breeding stock, Mycofix Select in broilers and layer feed and Mycofix Secure for broilers where only aflatoxin, fumonism and ergot are present,” he said. Mr Nicol also presented a paper on the new Biomin product PoultryStar, a combination of probiotics and prebiotics that
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combined result in a synergistic combination for a healthy intestinal microflore in poultry. In opening the proposal for PoultryStar Mr Nicol looked at the possible reasons why eubiosis turns into dysbiosis. “When you feed the bird you also feed the microflora and substantial dietary change, low quality feed components or inadequate feed hygiene all have their effects. “Similarly stress through transportation, overcrowding, climate, disease and vaccination influence digestive secretions and peristalsis,” he said. “The PoultryStar project to develop a probiotic feed additive for poultry meeting the regulatory requirements in the EU was supported by the European Commission with development being carried out in The Netherlands, Italy, Hungary, Romania and Austria where Biomin, as one of three contributors in that country, as feed additive experts, undertook product design. “The end product had to cover multistrain or multispecies, be well defined and above all, safe,” Mr Nicol said. “The main objectives of the PoultryStar project were the isolation and characterisation of bacteria out of the GItract and to provide a selection of effective strains against pathogenic infection. “Then there was the requirement to carry out risk assessment and investigations for registration of suitable probiotic strains according to European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) guidelines. “Key components of PoultryStar are the probiotic strains Enterococcus faecium, Pediococcus acidilactici, Bifidobacterium animalis, Lactobacillus reuteri, and Lactobacillus salivarus while Fructooligosaccarides contribute the prebiotic component,” Mr Nicol explained. “The mode of action of the probiotic strains is to establish and maintain a healthy gut microbial population under challenging environmental conditions, while the prebiotic FOS promote growth and serve as a food nutrient source for beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacteria and Lactobacilli in the intestine. “The new Poultry Star product line consists of a soluble product for drinking w water and spray application and a
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NEWS Keeping poultry in the classroom Poultry Hub continues to develop in new directions, adding value to a wide cross-section of people connected in some way with poultry. Lately, the development team has been working closely with school teachers and students in an effort to keep poultry in the classroom. Resources like the Anatomy of the Chicken Learning Resource will soon be supported by a series of practical how-to guides designed to help schools build their own coops or chook runs and other husbandry related activities. New England Girls School in Armidale includes poultry in its curriculum and its teachers are working with Poultry Hub to develop content useful for poultrybased projects and activities. Tintinara Area School in South Australia, as part of the WPSA Schools Competition, published their own Show Poultry Handbook, now available on Poultry Hub so other schools can emulate the concept and introduce seventh and eighth graders to the delights of poultry keeping. This education-focussed initiative will culminate in the launch of the Teachers Resource Kit at the National Association of Agricultural Educators conference next January. The WPSA Australian Subbranch is saving on website related costs by using Poultry Hub to develop its own customised content, enabling it to process membership applications and disseminate information about its activities and members. Species other than the chicken are also benefitting from a push to provide more content on ducks, turkeys, ratites and game birds on Poultry Hub. David Farrell, who developed the Family Poultry Training Course, also available on Poultry Hub, has been exploiting his knowledge and contacts to assist the team with this initiative.
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performance,” Dr Steiner said. He then went on to describe a number of scientific and field trials that demonstrated the effectiveness of PEP across the range of commercial poultry activity. The commercially available products are Biomin PEP 125 poultry, a powdered product designed to be mixed into compound feed for broilers, layers, pullets and turkeys with a dosage rate of 125 g/t. and Biomin PEP soluble (sol) for layers and breeders. “Administering PEP sol from 1 to 3 weeks at 30 to 60 ml/1000 litres of drinking water, depending on farm conditions would maintain gut health in times of stress, typically transfer to laying, feed change after vaccination, peak of laying, or when wet droppings occur,” Dr Steiner said. “Biomin PEP sol delivered for a week at 30ml/1000l could stimulate feed intake if levels had fallen below optimal levels. “In the case of enteritis or other intestinal challenge a seven day regime starting at 120 ml/l reducing to 90 at day 2, 60 on 3 and 4 then 30 for days 5-6-7 should remedy the situation,” he said. In summarising, Dr Steiner stated that plant derived components do have an impact on gut health and performance and that Biomin PEP, a phytogenic additive based on essential oils and prebiotics, had established a scientifically proven mode of action. Another guest speaker who had travelled from Europe to attend the seminar was Dr Jean-Jacques Trevidy a poultry industry consultant who works in alternative production systems in France and the UK where there is considerable consumer demand for poultry products from alternative farming methods. Two papers were presented by Dr Trevidy,in the first, ‘Alternative Poultry Production in Europe’, Dr Trevidy revealed complex EU recommendations and commercial designations in the UK, EU and France and how they translated into production methodology. In his second address of the seminar Dr Trevidy went into more detail of on-farm systems and the commercial factors that lead to the existence. He also revealed details of the different breeds and emerging ‘slow growing’ market which is well established in France and has more recently grown rapidly in the UK and Ireland. As with Dr Scott’s paper, we intend in future editions of Poultry Digest to look at Dr Trevidy’s material in more detail. If our major retailers follow UK trends
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NEWS there could be opportunities for Australian growers if consumers here want more product from alternative genetics and rearing systems. The final address of a very informative seminar was delivered by Marnie van Barneveld of Biomin Australia, who revealed the depth and scope of Biomin’s R&D capacity and its training initiatives. “Biomin holds more than 70 patent applications in the critical fields of mycotoxin management and natural growth promotion,” she said. “The group invests over 5% of sales volume to dedicated R&D allowing Biomin to stay ahead in a competitive marketplace,” she said. She went on to describe Biomins’ BRAIN Program (www.brain.biomin.net) to support young and highly skilled scientists by funding interesting and relevant research projects. “The research fields encompassed by this initiative include, animal nutrition/animal health, feed hygiene and preservation, feed microbiology and biotechnology and dealing with undesirable substances,” she said.
Top left: Jean Jacques Trevidy, Consultant, France. Top right: Marnie van Barneveld, Biomin Australia. Above Dr Peter Scott, Scolexia Avian Health Consultant.
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NEWS Getting started together with Lindsay Winchester SKOV A/S has made an agreement with one of New Zealand’s leading broiler producers, Lindsay Winchester, on consultative services performed by him in connection with start-up and optimization of livestock houses with SKOV ventilation systems so the grower gets the most out of his production facilities. Through the sales office in Sydney, SKOV’s agreement with Lindsay will enable him to help SKOV customers to get an optimum yield from their production facilities. “It is our experience that the grower, more easily gets the full benefit of the extra functionality provided by a SKOV climate computer, if he gets some help with the first batch of broilers,� said Export Manager for Australia, Arne Overgaard, SKOV A/S. “Therefore, we have made an agreement with Lindsay Winchester on consultative services. He travels around the region
to help SKOV customers with general optimisation of the production and startup of new houses,� continued Arne Overgaard. Together with his wife Marie-Louise Winchester, Lindsay has a broiler farm in New Zealand which is known for its production efficiency. (See story page 4). Lindsay started as a broiler producer around 11 years ago and today a batch includes approximately 90,000 broilers. He was the first producer to introduce SKOV ventilation for his integrator. For many years, Lindsay and MarieLouise have worked goal-oriented to improve and optimise their broiler production and they were the first in New Zealand to pass 400 PIF (Performance Indicator Factor). “We have already had some good experiences with Lindsay assisting customers during the first production cycle. So he has already provided consultative
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NEWS Linco Food Systems at the Auspack exhibition in Sydney Linco Food Systems is dedicated to the sales and service of high quality processing and packaging equipment to the food industry in Australia. The company employs twenty staff of which half are dedicated to the service, support, and installation of the packaging and processing equipment. Linco Food Systems now has service personnel located in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Adelaide. Linco has a fully functional display showroom at its Seven Hills premises in Sydney, dedicated to the display, operation, and testing of a complete range of Packaging Machinery from its European suppliers. The Linco showroom is there to enable customers to test equipment on a ‘try before you buy basis’. Customers are able to come ! and view the machines, watch them in operation, and inspect all aspects of the! equipment relating to their packaging requirements. Linco rotates the stock of machines in the showroom in an effort to keep customers fully informed on the latest trends in packaging. Linco represents a number of carefully selected and well known European packaging equipment manufacturers including Ilapak, Espera and Meca. At the recent Auspack Exhibition in Sydney, Linco displayed some of the very latest MECA Packaging Machines. MECA manufactures a range of Tray Sealing and Thermoforming machines, all of which are capable of packaging products in either fresh or Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) formats. Typical applications in both formats include poultry pieces in trays or pouches, value added poultry, and other specialised lines such as cooked and smoked products, whole birds, game poultry, and vacuum skin packaging.
Products can be packaged for both retail and wholesale distribution, with systems configured to suit your production volumes and floor space considerations. Linco can provide complete solutions for the Packaging Machinery requirements of your company, and they have in house layout design and drawing facilities to assist you with the integration of new equipment in your plant. For further information companies can contact Linco at phone: 1300 4 LINCO or 02 9624 2055, email: sales@linco.com.au or visit the website www.linco.com.au
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NEWS Rabobank named best agribank in Australia for fifth year Specialist agricultural lender Rabobank has again been named the best agribusiness bank in Australia by the independent Merrill Lynch Business Banking Review. It is the fifth consecutive year Rabobank has achieved this rating. The Merrill Lynch review – which looks at the performance of the leading banks/financial institutions providing banking services to the Australian rural sector – again found “looking across a range of franchise measures incorporating service, advice, product, response and growth momentum, we rate Rabo the strongest franchise on all dimensions by a considerable margin”. The Merrill Lynch review judged Rabobank to be “still a clear leader” which “dominates most elements of the customer value proposition”. Rabobank General Manager Rural Australia, Peter Knoblanche said Rabobank’s consistent ranking as best agribusiness bank over the past five years
reflected the bank’s specialist focus on, and commitment to, the Australian agribusiness sector. “Food and agribusiness is at Rabobank’s heart. It is our speciality and expertise and this is reflected in the service and support we provide to our clients,” he said. “The world’s leading food and agribusiness bank, Rabobank is one of Australia’s largest rural lenders and a major provider of corporate financial services to the food and agribusiness sectors, Mr Knoblanche said. “Internationally, the bank has more than 110 years’ experience providing banking services to businesses involved in food and agribusiness. “The review showed Rabobank clients had the highest level of satisfaction with their banking relationship.” In the area of service, the review found Rabobank rated best in class across all measures.
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NEWS “The ability to repair and recondition electric motors as well as supply new ones delivers an advantage to customers as we can often save on cost and down time. “There can be instances where replacement of electric motors on broiler farms involves other modifications which end up by being both costly and time consuming. “In these cases repair of the existing motor can be a better solution than supply and fit of a new one – the point is that DJ’s is set up to respond quickly to the needs of poultry farmers by being able to complete almost all service and repair operations in our own facilities,” Gary said.
DJ’s Electric Motor & Pump Centre growing business in the poultry sector DJ’s Electric Motor & Pump Centre, located at Bundamba on Brisbane’s rural outskirts, has been established for over 30 years and is a family owned and operated. Darryl and Janet Trapp are the owners and Darryl’s son-in-law Michael, manages the busy workshop. Gary Tynan is the sales representative at DJ’s and recently he has seen a gratifying increase in business from the agricultural sector and broiler farms. The services DJ’s offer are electric motor rewind, repair and supply of new units and pump supply. Maintenance and repair is a focal part of the business as is the design, supply and installation of irrigation systems. “Our company has assisted various agricultural and industrial clients with projects with DJ’s being responsible for the research, design and installation,” Gary said. “To back up our services, we are a supplier of fans, gearboxes and run an electrical wholesale branch. “We also have a pump and motor shop joined to our workshops, which is a retail operation selling pumps, motors and ancillary equipment like fittings, pipes and pulleys etc. “The workshop has the capacity to conduct light machining and engineering tasks so we can save down time by being able to conduct most repairs on site. “A number of DJ’s manufactured, repaired or modified products have been exported to various Asian and Pacific region countries,” Gary added. One client in the poultry industry that is certainly impressed with DJ’s operation is Santrev Poultry Developments based at Purga not far from DJ’s workshops. DJ’s was involved with the design, supply and fitting of a number of items on the new breeder farm built to replace Bartters old breeder sheds. This farm was completed and stocked in late 2007 and Poultry Digest ran a report in its August/September edition. One of the key items supplied by DJ’s for those sheds was the bore water pump and piping system. Poultry Digest took the opportunity to catch up with Gary Tynan of DJ’s and
Luke Trevanion of Santrev at the Purga breeder sheds. On this occasion Gary and Luke were looking at modifications to improve the efficiency of the piping from the pumps to the water holding tanks. Since supplying the Santrev built Purga sheds, DJ’s has become involved with other Santrev projects both locally and nationally.
Gary Tynan from DJ’s Electric Motor & Pump Centre (right) with Luke Trevanion from Santrev Poultry Developments at the Barrters breeding sheds at Purga.
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India according to Jagbir S. Dhull, Skylark’s Managing Director. “Skylark places very high demands on the quality and health of the animals it supplies to the production companies, and has chosen the MTT ventilation system with air inlets and controllable fans for minimum ventilation and tunnel inlets with cool pads and tunnel fans in the end gable for maximum ventilation,” Mr Dhull said. “This controlled method of ventilation creates a uniform climate and identical growth conditions for all the animals in the house, irrespective of the extreme climatic conditions found in India. “The result is stable growth, healthier
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animals and improved feed conversion,” he said. “Indian consumption of poultry is rapidly increasing, which demands efficient production processes. There is also increasing attention for food safety. By using Fancom equipment, Skylark can maintain its leading position in this trend,” Mr Dhull concluded.
Response Electrical has globes and clips in stock George Pietris, is the Director and owner of a small electrical contracting company based in Virginia, South Australia. For the last two years the company has been contracted to design, supply and install the electrical installation for 2 x eight shed broiler farms and a 1 x ten shed fully automated breeding complex. “It has kept us quite busy and hopefully with new projects for 2010 it will continue to do so for a few years yet,” George said. “We also do a reasonable amount of upgrade and maintenance work at existing farms around the state. “Earlier this year the standard incandescent globes that we were purchasing for our customers started to become harder to find. This was due to the government’s phase out of incandescent globes. “Due to the fact that we required more globes to complete our projects along with many farmers asking me to source some for them to stock, we decided to stock some for ourselves. “We now have available for sale 25W, 40W, 60W and 70W bayonet cap incandescent globes. Stocks are limited and I am unable to source anymore anywhere. “As well as globes, we also have a cable support clips for sale. “We were having a problem, that I’m sure many farmers would know about, that whenever the sheds were cleaned we would get called out to repair cables that had ripped off of feed motors, limit switches, temperature sensors etc, etc. I designed a small stainless steel clip and had it manufactured locally. We have not had to repair a ripped off cable since installing these clips.” For details call (08) 8380 9550.
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NEWS ProTen sells Taradale Farm On July 2, 2009, ProTen announced that it had sold its five shed Taradale property in Tamworth NSW. “ProTen is commited to the managed growth of its business to provide positive earnings per share growth for its shareholders,” said Daniel Bryant CEO of the now Gosford based Proten Ltd. “Funding options for growth opportunities is a fundamental consideration when analysing the capital structure of a new project. “Selling fully capitalised farm assets is one option to be considered alongside
traditional equity and debt sources to provide capital growth and increased profitability.” Taradale was the smallest property in ProTen’s contract broiler growing business and was purchased by local grower Owen Macaway. “The sale will assist us with the completion of the planned 24 shed farm we are building near Bendigo scheduled for completion later this year,” Mr Bryant said. The farm will supply the expanding Bendigo based Hazledene Chicken company with birds.
Call for papers for APSS 2010 Jo-Ann Geist from the Poultry Research Foundation has sent out a reminder that Paper Titles are due in on the July 31, 2009 for the Australian Poultry Science Symposium, either by fax 02 4655 0693 or email: jogeist@camden.usyd.edu.au
“There has been a little confusion in regards to what I require as an abstract, I just need a short explanation as to what the paper is about so that it can be scheduled into the correct section of the program,” she said. Hope that clears things up.
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