Livestock

The year 2012 has registered a 1.9 per cent increase in world pork production which touched 110.8mn tonnes, according to a report by the Union of Producers and Employers of Meat Industry

Meat consumption is forecast to grow but at a lower rate than in recent years. (Image source: Kate McCarthy/Flickr)

Modest overall demand growth in global meat markets for next year was the forecast revealed by GIRA, the specialist research consultancy, recently

Birds do not possess sweat glands but instead lose water by evaporation from facial appendages and through panting. (Image source: Stephen Luke/Flickr)

Whether layers or broilers, chickens perform best within a temperature range of 11 to 26°C, and the behavioural and physiological changes which occur when house temperature progressively exceeds the top end of this range are well known and documented

Irelands Carton Brothers has announced that it will make a €3mn (US$4.7 million) investment in an equipment that will remove more offal from its chickens for export to foreign markets, especially China