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Massive increases in demand for shell eggs from retailers coupled with a huge drop in eggs sales in the foodservice sector, have been 2 of the major challenges facing egg companies during Covid-19.

Iran could be a poultry production power house, with Iranian poultry farmers having the potential to boost exports to 500,000 tons of meat per year, but sanctions and national politics remain an invincible obstacle on this path. Recently this culminated in birds being killed due to lack of feedstuffs entering the country.

We’re keeping our finger on the pulse and bring you a comprehensive summary of the latest business updates from the poultry industry worldwide.

Aeres University of Applied Sciences (Aeres) in the Netherlands has partnered with consultancy firm Global Food Partners (GFP) to establish a training centre to offer farmers the necessary training and tools to ensure long-term sustainability and competitiveness in cage-free egg production in Southeast Asia.

Processing facilities in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná are being hit hard by a spike in the cases of coronavirus. Together these states account for almost 70% of poultry and 65% of pork production in the country.

The International Egg Commission (IEC) is bringing together experts with an interest in sustainable agricultural food production, to form a new Environmental Sustainability Expert Group. Supporting the Global Initiative for Sustainable Eggs (GISE), the group will champion continuous development and improvement of sustainable practices throughout the egg value chain.

Moves to design and supply enhanced poultry genetics across sub-Saharan Africa are in full swing as part of developments to enhance sustainable production on the Continent.

Ghana’s Agricultural Development Bank has announced a GHC500 million (US$?87 million) loan facility in support of the government’s Broiler Revitalisation Programme aimed at increasing the domestic production of chicken.

Fears are growing that the UK poultry industry could be decimated after it emerged that the Home Office’s Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination Bill has labelled key food workers as “low skilled”.

Gallusman, part of Ukraine’s Ovostar Union Group has announced plans to invest € 100 million to build a huge egg production facility in Latvia. The project is planned as a joint venture with Nordic energy company ADVEN with nearly 90% of eggs from the new facility destined for exports.