If you haven’t already registered you may be interested in this year’s NFU Poultry Research Seminars. This year the NFU is running its annual Poultry Research Seminar as a series of shorter virtual meetings.

The seminars will be taking place on 15, 17 and 19 March 2021 between 3pm and 4.30pm. Across three sessions, the NFU's poultry team will bring you a selection of research and innovations covering the poultry meat and egg sectors.

The sessions are designed to help bridge the gap between academic research and on-farm practices and follow successful seminars in 2019 and 2020, which were both held in person at NFU HQ, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.

Please click on the links below to find out more details about each session and register for your place:

Monday 15 March: Where next for poultry diets?

• Brian Kenyon, ABN: The practical application of lupins in poultry feed

• Miha Pipan, Better Origins and Charles and Jo Mears, Wood Farm: The use of Insect based proteins in poultry feed

• Professor Jos Houdijk, SRUC: Evaluation of the nutritive value of legumes alternatives to soybean meal for broiler chickens

Wednesday 17 March: The future for bird welfare

• Rebecca Swinn and Glen Haggart, Innovative Farmers: Music in laying sheds to improve bird welfare

• Dr Lucy Asher, Newcastle University: Vocalisation sound pattern identification in young chickens

• Hannah Eastaugh, Nuffield Scholar: Adapting UK egg production for an increasingly welfare conscious market

Friday 19 March: Exploring innovations on farm and beyond

• David Speller, Applied Group: Disease detection in poultry units through the use of robotic sensors

• David Brass, The Lakes Free Range Egg Company: Data collection within the egg industry and ammonia monitoring

• Professor Emily Burton, Nottingham Trent University: The protein sources of tomorrow

Feel free to share the details for these events but please note that you will require your NFU membership to register online. If you have any issues or don’t have a membership number to hand please email NFUPoultry@nfu.org.uk

If you would like to find out more about how Humphrey Feeds and Pullets can help you optimise the laying performance of your flock please contact us on 01962 764 555 or email enquiries@hfandp.co.uk.