Monthly Archives: April, 2026

Some trade fairs exist to sell; others exist to think. VIV Europe belongs to the second category — and has also achieved the first, in abundance. But its origins, nearly a century ago, in a modest pavilion in Utrecht, tell the story of an industry that learned to see itself with global ambition from a corner of the Netherlands. We reconstruct the story nobody has told you, and one that explains why all the decision-makers in poultry will be making their pilgrimage to Utrecht this June.

Vaccinate more, vaccinate better, vaccinate differently… or accept that no vaccination programme alone will stop genotype VII.1.1. Our contributor F.J. González sets out in this opinion piece the technical dilemma that the sector is beginning to discuss in private but not yet openly: are we asking of the vaccine what only biosecurity can deliver? Essential reading for veterinarians and technical managers.

MAPA confirmed on 28 April a new Newcastle Disease outbreak in Ràfol de Salem (Valencia), this time in broilers that had received three vaccine doses. \n\nThree doses. Eight outbreaks already in the Vall d'Albaida. \n\nThe question that nobody wants to voice aloud is becoming unavoidable: if genotype VII.1.1 is penetrating farms that have done everything asked of them, what still needs to be reviewed in management, biosecurity, or the vaccination strategy itself?

Huevos Guillén has just received a favourable Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to build its second-largest free-range farm in Ribera del Fresno (Badajoz): 320,000 hens and 97 million eggs per year. Investment: €14.5 million, as part of a €210M plan through 2028 with the goal of reaching 10 million birds by 2030.

Seven outbreaks in the Vall d'Albaida (Valencia), ten in Germany — which loses its disease-free status after 18 years — and 80 in Poland with 7 million birds culled. Genotype VII.1.1 of the Newcastle virus is penetrating vaccinated flocks and breaking down immunological barriers previously considered robust. Brussels, Berlin, Warsaw and Valencia are committed to compulsory vaccination, yet outbreaks continue to emerge. Are we witnessing the beginning of a health crisis that has gone largely unnoticed in the shadow of HPAI?

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The Junta de Castilla-La Mancha has given the green light to Rujamar to build one of the largest laying farms in Spain at San Clemente (Cuenca): 810,000 laying hens and 187,500 pullets in rearing, all in a cage-free system. Is a new map of cage-free industrial egg production in Spain beginning to take shape?

The RASFF has issued a "serious" alert after detecting Salmonella in batches of longaniza and chicken sausages produced in Spain. At a time when Spain is working to open new export markets such as China, every RASFF alert is a torpedo below the waterline of the country's food safety reputation. How many more alerts before isolated incidents begin to affect the image of the entire sector?

Sensors, computer vision, predictive models, and big data, combined with HPAI, antimicrobial resistance, and health traceability: these are the topics to be debated at the International Poultry Congress 2026 in Elâzığ (Turkey), organised by WPSA and Fırat University. If you work in poultry health or innovation, this congress brings together the researchers who are defining the future direction of precision poultry farming.

Interview with Gerard Llamas, the new President of the Associació de Criadors de la Raça Prat "It is raised in the region in a very...