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Poultry Industry Calendar of Events
2021
NOV 21-23 – AVAMS21, Gold Coast www.avams2020.com.au
NOV 22-24 – VIV MEA 2021, Abu Dhabi UAE, vivmea.nl
NOV 24-25 – Advancing Poultry Science in a Virtual World, www. wpsa.com
2022
JAN 25-27 – International Production & Processing Expo, Atlanta US, www. ippexpo.org
MAR 30 - APR 1 – 7th International Conference on Poultry Intestinal Health, Columbia, www.ihsig.com
MAY 10-11 – British Pig & Poultry Fair, Stoneleigh UK, pigandpoultry.org.uk
MAY 15-17 – Poultry Information Exchange and Australasian Milling Conference (PIX/AMC), www.pixamc. com.au
MAY 31 - JUN 2 – VIV Europe 2022, Netherlands, viveurope.nl
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The finalists of the 2021 Young Achieve Award are Jess Spencer from South Australia, Rachel Wilson from Western Australia, Jodi Courtice from Queensland, and Danyel Cucinotta and Josh Murray both from Victoria.
EFA announce awards at AGM
TEN Australians who make an important con- tribution to egg produc- tion have been listed as finalists in the inaugural Egg Farmers of Austral- ia industry recognition awards.
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and clean supply of fresh eggs for Australians to eat every day.
The finalists of the 2021 Young Egg Industry Achiever of the Year are:
• Brett Langfield of LPC Trading in NSW.
The judges for the awards will be Peter Bedwell of Poultry Digest and Rowan McMonnies of Australian Eggs.
• Jess Spencer of Days Eggs in South Australia
Rainbow Eggs in Victoria
• Rachel Wilson of Free- mantle Egg Company in
LT’s Eggs in Victoria
• Jodi Courtice of McLean
Our egg commercial farmers – and those who work with them such as farm staff, hatchery staff and vets – work very hard
• Josh Murray of Josh’s
Western Australia
• Danyel Cucinotta of
Farms in Queensland.
The finalists of the 2021 Egg Industry Leader Excel-
by MELINDA HASHIMOTO CEO
lence Award are:
• Dr Rod Jenner of Ro-
maintain a consistent
setta Consulting in Queens- land
The awards were open to any worthy candidate involved in egg produc- tion – farmers, egg pro- duction teams, farm staff, researchers, poultry vets, hen nutritionists and hatchery employees.
The winners of the two awards will be announced at the organisation’s an- nual general meeting on November 9.
• Peter Bell of AAA Egg Company in Western Aus- tralia
• Tony Nesci of Diamond Valley Eggs in Victoria
• Franko Pirovic of Pirovic Family Farms in NSW
The finalists were nomi- nated by EFA members.
The finalists of the 2021 Egg Industry Leader Excellence Award are Franko Pirovic from NSW, Peter Bell from Western Australia, Rod Jenner from Queensland, Brett Langfield from NSW and Tony Nesci from Victoria.
PHA Ideas Exchange 2021
AI risk after rainfall
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break risks in real time.
should include weather and wild bird monitor- ing as part of their bi- osecurity strategies to identify weather cycles likely to contribute to an increased risk of avian influenza on their farms.
While further work is required to investigate these dynamics and de- velop tools to support industry, the findings are useful in informing biosecurity considera- tions on farms.
“During periods of elevated risk, produc- ers need to be particu- larly vigilant in terms of monitoring for wild bird activity in the vi- cinity of their farms and in adhering to ex- isting industry biosecu- rity standards targeted at minimising contact between wild birds and farmed poultry.”
Australian Chicken Meat Federation execu- tive director Dr Viv Kite said, “It is an interesting piece of research that confirms the industry’s understanding that avi- an influenza spill-over events from wild birds to commercial poultry have tended to be asso- ciated with weather, in particular rainfall events in current and preceding years.”
For more information, contact Prof Marcel Klaassen on 03 5227 2464 or marcel.klaa ssen@deakin.edu.au
“It highlights that poultry producers
AI outbreaks originate from wild waterfowl.
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the lighting intensity, tem- perature and crude protein level to achieve the best performance.
The Chicken Simula- tor app is supported by Australian Chicken Meat Federation and can be ac- cessed through our Poul- tryHub website under the ‘Education’ and ‘Resourc- es’ tabs.
opportunity to thank all the speakers for their par- ticipation and look forward to their involvement next year in Melbourne – hope- fully in person.
Based on their selection students are prompted to try again if they have not been able to select the cor- rect metrics and given the green light if they do get it right.
We have recently released a new web-based app that is aimed at secondary school students – meet the ‘Chicken Simulator’.
The app is populated with supporting informa- tion and graphs to aid the students in their learning journey.
I hope you are all safe and well and encourage you to reach out – we’re always looking for ways to support industry and farm- ers and welcome any sug- gestions on how we can be of assistance.
The app is designed to give students an insight into the important metrics of raising a broiler across its commercial lifecycle.
In addition, a teacher’s pack is being developed to support teachers to uti- lise this tool in their class- rooms.
Have an idea or would like to chat about all things poultry, contact our office at poultryhub@une.edu.au
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The app allows students to select a specific week of production and then set
Students using the app can select the age of broiler that they would like to optimise conditions including lighting, temperature and crude protein percentage.
The Chicken Simulator app developed by PHA for secondary students and supported by ACMF.
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