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Vol 2. No. 9 September 2019 National Poultry Newspaper PO Box 387 Cleveland 4163 Phone (07) 3286 1833 Fax (07) 3821 2637 Email ben@poultrynews.com.au
Poultry Hub Australia out and about in August
THIS past month I had the pleasure of meet- ing and chatting all things poultry with the new federal agri- culture minister, the honourable Bridget McKenzie.
It was a great oppor- tunity to chat about the challenges we face and how PHA is bridging the gap between indus- try and research.
Poultry Hub Australia is pleased to announce that we have awarded a total of $181,487 to four projects, following our open call for research proposals.
We would like to thank all those who submitted a project and congratulate those who have been successful and encourage others to keep up the great ideas.
The four successful projects span a num- ber of important areas including the impor- tance of sampling and sampling methodol- ogy in poultry produc- tion, precision feed- ing, novel feed addi- tives and detection of Spotty Liver Disease in chickens.
We look forward to bringing you more in- formation over the coming months on these projects.
During the project review process, it was clear to all members of our industry com- mittee that researchers in our industry are full of great ideas and have some novel strategies to solve some of the big is- sues that the Australian Poultry Industry cur- rently faces.
In many cases re- searchers proposed a great solution but failed to demonstrate a direct industry link or indus- try partner and hence were not eligible for funding from PHA.
PHA can facilitate the
types of interactions that lead to research collaboration.
We would encourage all researchers to make use of our Researcher- In-Industry program, designed to get re- searchers and industry talking.
This program funds researchers to spend time on farm or in in- dustry to help start a dialogue with the likely outcome being a project that is perfectly suited to be funded through PHA’s open funding call.
If you are interested in this program, please contact us at poultry hub@une.edu.au
The benefits of spend- ing time in industry can be witnessed through University of New Eng- land’s PhD candidate Matt Hilliar who took three months off to complete an industry- based internship with Ridley AgriProducts.
The internship in- volved Matt developing his skills as an ani- mal nutritionist whilst working on a project within Ridley.
Matt’s expertise in amino acid nutrition was drawn upon to de- velop a database for Ridley to use in feed formulations across multiple species.
Matt’s project was a joint effort with Dr. Emma Bradbury of Ridley and Dr. Natalie
☛ continued P6
A/Prof Tamsyn Crowley (director PHA), Hon Bridget McKenzie and Hon Barnaby Joyce.
by TAMSYN CROWLEY Director
Do you want egg production in Australia to cease?
ALL production sys- tems, conventional cage, aviary, pre-enriched, barn and free range are at risk.
Animal activists and ve- gans are working hard to take out one egg produc- tion system at a time and who is working for your business to help stop this?
Egg Farmers of Aus- tralia are your advocacy organisation for the egg industry.
Egg Farmers of Aus- tralia is a small group of dedicated people who are working hard to ensure egg production contin- ues and consumers have choice.
What do Egg Farmers of Australia do?
• Speak with members about issues impacting their business;
• Engage with advisers and ministers in relation to processes such as the standards and guidelines;
• Prepare information from research for submis- sions and attendance at government hearings;
• Submissions to gov- ernment hearings cover a wide range of issues including conventional cages, animal welfare and biosecurity issues;
• Involvement in food authority meetings pro- viding the latest bio-
security issues;
• Assisting with Sal-
monella Enteritidis work across states;
• Provide members a monthly newsletter; and
• The Egg Farmers of Australia board has four face-to-face meetings a year and meet monthly by teleconference all other months.
Please make contact to become a member to en- sure the integrity of egg production remains.
If you have not already joined Egg Farmers of Australia, please con- tact Melinda Hashimoto on 0434 999 600 for a membership form to be emailed to you.
The cost of membership is $55 inclusive of GST and a voluntary levy of 4.5 cents per laying hen based on your flock.
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