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Investing in Hatcheries

Pilgrim’s Moy Park

In 2018, Moy Park opened the U.K.’s largest state-of-the-art hatchery at Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, creating 55 new jobs in the area. The new facility supplies 60 farms across Lincolnshire and hatches 2.5 million chicks per week. The hatchery employs industry leading technology to ensure the best possible production, animal welfare, hygienic and biosecurity standards and…

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Implementing New Ideas

Pilgrim’s USA

The Pilgrim’s USA team eliminated the use of chemical disinfectants in their hatcheries and replaced them by using technology that makes soap and disinfectant out of salt, water and electricity. In addition, the team has nearly eliminated the use of chemical insecticides in breeder houses through the use of small wasp larva that kill flies.…

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