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Poultry Hub Australia invites Expressions of Interest from undergraduate and postgraduate (HDR) students seeking to gain practical, industry-based experience within the poultry sector. These placement opportunities are designed to support the development of technical skills, foster meaningful industry engagement, and strengthen career pathways in agriculture and related disciplines. Two types of placement will be supported

Poultry Hub Australia is inviting applications for its co-investment competitive grants scheme, supporting applied research in poultry nutrition and gut health. The scheme offers up to $60,000 per project, with applications reviewed by the PHA Industry Committee. Applicants are required to submit a draft PRP, reflecting PHA’s role as a potential co-funder and industry partner.

Dr Sosthene Musigwa, Post doctoral Research Fellow, University of New England Dr Kosar Gharib Naseri Lecturer in Poultry nutrition, University of New England The (AM1) (AM2) Australian poultry industry faces a persistent tension: how to produce chicken meat efficiently while reducing costs, environmental footprint, and reliance on imported protein sources like soybean meal. One promising strategy

Dr Shemil Macelline, University of Sydney Reducing the inclusion of soybean meal (SBM) in broiler diets could help lessen the Australian poultry industry’s reliance on imported feed ingredients. It may also contribute to lowering the industry’s carbon footprint, as the long-distance transport of SBM from countries such as Argentina to Australia requires substantial fossil fuel

Story provided by Dr Stanley Chen, Research Project Manager – Agrifutures Consortium Like previous years, the Consortium, together with Poultry Hub Australia and the APSS Committee, hosted another successful Monday Morning Meet & Greet ahead of the formal APSS program. The session aimed to foster connections between the next generation of the poultry workforce and

Poultry Hub Australia was very proud to accept a 20-Year Sponsorship Award from the Australasian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS), recognising two decades of continued support for this important industry event. The sponsorship originally began under the Poultry CRC, which supported APSS for many years. Around eight years ago, when the CRC concluded, the sponsorship transitioned

Winner: Ruby Putt. ruby.putt@sydney.edu.au I was honoured to receive the Mingan Choct Award for Best Student Presentation at the Australian Poultry Science Symposium (APSS) 2026. I am currently a PhD student at the University of Sydney, supervised by Associate Professor Wendy Muir and Associate Professor Peter Groves. As the Australian egg industry continues its transition

I started coming to UNE and the PHA in 2018 to help develop teaching materials from a book I helped wright and Mingan Choct edited.  Retirement from the University of Georgia gave me time to study aspects of teaching poultry nutrition I had never found time for.  I have stayed busy reading and writing papers

Dr. Nishchal K. Sharma Senior Research Fellow, Poultry Nutrition, University of New England Feed accounts for more than 70% of the cost of broiler production. Yet, despite advances in nutrition and genetics, a substantial proportion of nutrients in modern poultry diets still pass through the bird unused. Research has consistently shown that around 30% of

Gene Dr. Pesti earned his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree majoring in Agricultural Sciences from The Ohio State University. To complete his degree, interviews at a job fair were required, and he chose one based solely on a convenient time. From that interview he was offered a job at a farm conducting research on

The Poultry researchers at University of New England (UNE) were delighted to host Dr. Vivienne Inhuber, Head of Technical Sales and Research at AlzChem Trostberg GmbH, for a productive visit aimed at deepening collaboration in poultry nutrition research. The full day included discussions, facility tours, and idea-sharing that set a strong foundation for future joint

Earlier in May, I had the privilege of attending and chairing a session at the inaugural Advancing Milling & Nutrition (AMN) Conference held at Melbourne’s Crown Promenade. The event brought together a remarkable mix of people from the milling, feed manufacturing, animal nutrition, and livestock production sectors. It was the first time this group had

In May, I had the pleasure of attending Collaborate Innovate 2025, hosted by Cooperative Research Australia at the stunning Melbourne Connect precinct. As someone who works every day at the intersection of science and industry, it was genuinely inspiring to be in a space filled with people who believe, as I do, that collaboration is