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Get the Edge! | Management Tools for Poultry Farmers
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Get the Edge! | Management Tools for Poultry Farmers

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Justine de Winnaar
•April 23, 2020•

COVID-19 causes a shortage of eggs in the market

While we’ve heard it said many times of the COVID-19 pandemic, that ‘we’re all in the same boat’, we think that this statement couldn’t be further from the truth.  It has completely shut some businesses down, while others are experiencing a higher demand and overnight ‘success’ so to speak.  Some households are bored to tears,...
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•April 22, 2020•

Leading Edge leads by eggsample

We used our #EggChallenge to instead do a #SPARdonate and donated a dozen eggs (instead of a six-pack, one can never have enough eggs!), 1 kilogram of maize and 1 litre of milk, designated for destitute South Africans.  We encourage you to consider doing the same, if not eggs alone, you can’t find a better...
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•November 4, 2019•

Colombia’s World Egg Day 2019

While most member countries of the International Egg Commission (IEC) took part in celebrating World Egg Day on October 11, Colombia took their celebration to the next level by breaking a world record for the world’s largest scrambled eggs.  The National Federation of Poultry Farmers in Colombia (FENAVI) undertook this challenge using 59 758 eggs...
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#WorldEggDay

Check out how Leading Edge Poultry Software staff kicked off World Egg Day 2019 by clicking here!
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•October 10, 2019•

World Egg Day 2018

We hope that egg producers in SA are gearing up to celebrate World Egg Day with the rest of the world on Friday, 11 October!  Here is a basic summary of how producers across the world celebrated World Egg Day in 2018: Celebrations for the 23rd World Egg Day were held on 12 October 2018. ...
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•October 8, 2019•

World Egg Day 2019

Friday, 11 October, is World Egg Day 2019!  We encourage all egg producers to take advantage of this day by celebrating the humble egg!  The growing acceptance of a low carb healthy fat (LCHF) lifestyle, which advocates eggs as an integral source of nutrition, makes it far easier for producers to market this versatile product...
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•April 29, 2019•

Imports of shell chicken table eggs

Imports of shell chicken table eggs from January 2014 to February 2019.  The last of the imports was seen in October 2018 and hopefully that is the last of it given the turmoil that cheap imports have caused in the broiler industry.
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•April 11, 2019•

Trends in PPI and CPI

The above graph shows the trends in the official PPI and CPI since 2014. The impact of the HPAI outbreak can be seen by the irregular movement in the PPI for eggs. It is customary for producer prices to adjust routinely over time, as input costs rise; as can be seen by changes in the...
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•February 12, 2019•

Imports of shell chicken table eggs

Imports of shell chicken table eggs from Jan 2014 to Dec 2018.  It appears that SAPA’s efforts on behalf of the egg industry have been successful in curbing the influx of imports from Brazil.  Let’s hope that the egg industry remains import free in 2019!
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•December 5, 2018•

OIE Excludes Conventional Cages from Draft Global Standard

The World Animal Health Organisation (OIE) is proposing global standards for housing laying hens, which will now exclude conventional cages from their standard.  Have your say by contacting your Chief Veterinary Officer or OIE Country Delegate.  To find out how to do so and for more details released by the IEC click here.
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