The egg industry is one of the most dynamic sectors of agriculture and has thrived on change in the past as the agricultural industry as a whole faces considerable change presenting both opportunity and risk. It is therefore vital to continue to change the management and employment of the industry further to continue to reap the rewards as in the past.

This report considers the main challenges facing the egg industry including animal welfare issues and the increasing burden that legislation is having. This is considered alongside ways in which these issues are being managed through developing official standards of care and through value adding activities to improve the value of eggs in new markets. Furthermore change management strategies are included on how successful companies have changed in the past and how others must to remain competitive into the future through effective leadership and training of employees to benefit from team working.

The author visited Chile, New Mexico, USA and Australia to assist in the production of the report.

 

ISBN:	1904570593
Pages:	22pp
Format:	Paperback
Publisher:
Published:	July 2005
Availability:	In Print

Price:   £8.50/~$16.58 

Organic egg production is becoming increasingly important, and although growth is quite recent, it should as a sector exist on its own terms soon.

This report outlines how the future for organic eggs is potentially bleak as supermarkets are the dominant outlets for organic eggs and there is pressure from them to reduce production costs both in the UK and abroad. The author effectively reviews the UK market before comparing and contrasting the organic egg market throughout the EU and to that of New Zealand. Differences in certification standards are identified and key technical barriers are analysed with solutions of how they are being overcome. Furthermore research that is being carried out is presented and an examination of whether we could adopt it here in the UK is included. The author concludes the report with the view that organic eggs are likely to remain a niche market and that supermarkets and government will determine much of the future success of the industry.

The author visited Germany, Austria, Denmark and New Zealand to enable this report to be produced.

 

ISBN:	1904570437
Pages:	79pp
Format:	Paperback
Publisher:
Published:	December 2004
Availability:	In Print

Price:   £8.50/~$16.58 

The UK broiler industry is currently finding it extremely difficult to compete with cheap foreign imports, hit further by high production costs, complex legislation and tough retail standards.

This report therefore considers quality assurance standards in major poultry markets compared to those in the UK, providing some evidence to suggest that there is a niche opportunity for quality chicken meat demanded by UK consumers despite the trend away from quality and more convenience food. Bio-security, animal welfare, medication and food safety and quality are considered in each country researched. This is coherently led towards conclusions under each heading and recommendations for the UK broiler industry to maintain high production standards but improve marketing and focus on satisfying the higher end of the fresh market to compete on quality, as the price of imports will never be matched.

The author visited China, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil and Poland to produce the rep

 

ISBN:	1904570410
Pages:	33pp
Format:	Paperback
Publisher:
Published:	November 2004
Availability:	In Print

Price:   £8.50/~$16.58