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The World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) Queensland sub-branch forum is being held on Wednesday 4 March at Plainland. Details are: Wednesday 4 March 2020 10am – 3pm Porters Plainland Hotel Function Rooms 66 Laidley-Plainland Road, Plainland, Lockyer Valley Please register through the Eventbrite link http://eventbrite.com.au/e/89145341115 Morning tea and lunch will be provided. Program Time Topic Speaker

This month the Poultry Hub team attended IPPE in Atlanta, USA. It was amazing to see the endless displays of poultry related tech and gadgets. The meeting is huge with over 30,000 attendees. It takes the better part of three days just to get around all the displays! We found the robotics and processing equipment

PHA is offering two $5,000 travel scholarships in 2020! To be eligible to receive a scholarship you must: • Be currently receiving funding through either the Poultry Hub Australia, Agrifutures or Australian Eggs research programs. • Submit details of how attendance at the conference will provide benefit to you in either your current role or for

Powered by Poultry Hub Australia Poultry Hub Australia is excited to announce the PIX Young Industry Delegates Program! As a Young Industry Delegate, you will be able to immerse yourself in all that PIX has to offer. The program includes all conference and workshop registrations, travel, accommodation, and social function expenses. As well as coordinated networking opportunities

A Cracking New Team Member Just Joined the PHA Team! We would like to welcome Mr Bruce Dennison, the newest member to join the PHA team. Bruce has taken on the full-time education officer role and will be leading both our education program and our poultry job ready training. He has brought a wealth of

Following Ideas Exchange, The Chook Chat Shack (Australian Eggs, Agrifutures and PHA joint initiative) sponsored over 40 scientists to attend a science communication workshop. The workshop was facilitated by Dr Will Grant from ANU and was a combination of discussion and hands on activities. The two main objectives of this workshop were to; Enable researchers

A virtual egg farm tour is now live on Australian Eggs’ website. The experience uses a combination of 360 degree videos and photos, clickable locations around the farm, 2D video and on-screen text to show people what modern egg production in Australia looks like. The experience was created to provide a higher level of transparency

It has been one year now since Angela Scott started her poultry internship program in South Australia (SA) in 2018 and Angela says it has been a tremendous learning experience for her. Angela’s poultry internship program is jointly funded by the PoultryHub and Food Safety Program of Biosecurity SA. Originally planned to be only a

Over 20 poultry science students attended PoultryGrad 2019 for two days this month in Toowoomba, QLD. PoultryGrad provides students with the opportunity to meet people from industry and students from other universities. The event enables them to think and discuss their future careers, build peer networks and discuss how their research can benefit the poultry

My gratitude is expressed towards Poultry Hub Australia for supporting my visit to the Luv-a-Duck farm in June 2019. I found the experience highly informative and I am looking forward to exploring the options for conducting duck research within Australia. My main contact at Luv-a-Duck farms was Andrew McBride who was most welcoming and very

Last month Poultry Hub Australia had an opportunity to team up with the University of New England in an interactive display called ‘Farm of the Future’ at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. The Farm of the Future exhibition featured advanced agricultural technologies alongside exhibitions showcasing the resilience of rural communities, and ecological and agricultural systems. Our

Poultry Hub Australia’s 2018 Successful Funding Announcement Poultry Hub Australia has recently signed off the final round of grants that we have awarded this year. We had over 30 research groups who submitted preliminary proposals to be considered by our Industry Committee. Of these 10 were invited to submit full proposals. This year for a

  PoultryHub Australia’s (PHA) Ideas Exchange conference was held at the end of September in Brisbane. The conference was well attended with close to 90 participants from across the industry and research sectors. The main themes of the conference were building capacity, brains trust and research highlights. The building capacity session included presentations from up