The meeting was held on the Eurotier Exhibition in Hanover in November 2016. The 26th session of the International Club was opened by the President of the Club, general Director of Pishminskaya Poultry Farm, Sergey Vladimirovich Timofeev

Sales Growth despite of Avian Influenza

The managing director of LOHMANN TIERZUCHT Javier Ramírez was first to talk. How to maintain uninterrupted supply during outbreaks of avian influenza? How does the company deal with this and how can it maintain its sales growth? All this is because LOHMANN has spread its flocks/hatcheries round the world (Spain, Great Britain, Denmark, Canada, Brazil, soon Russia). The example of one of the Toronto – Siberia Russian deliveries, clearly showed what a huge work the logistics department had accomplished in this case by monitoring the condition of the chickens, as well as the microclimate in the vehicles along the entire route. It was a long trip, with two intermediate stops (Amsterdam, Ekaterinburg).

New Hatchery in Tula

In his speech, Norbert Mischke, regional area manager CIS, elucidated the situation in the Russian commercial egg market and the position of the LOHMANN TIERZUCHT’s partners in the ranking of the leading companies in the field. But the main theme of his report was the new LTZ hatchery in Tula, what stage construction had reached, how the cost of transporting chicks is calculated according to volume and distance, how the price per chick is formulated (membership in the LOHMANN Club, yearly volume, vaccinations, etc.)

Genetics

The reports of LOHMANN’s chief geneticist Dr. Matthias Schmutz “What influence does the discussion about animal protection in Europe have on Genetics?” and of the geneticist Dr David Cavero “Genomic Selection” were of interest for all the participants. The slides showed the latest developments in the breeding programme and the assessment of breeding properties on the genomic level. In additional to the “traditional” stock characteristics, geneticists now have to work on the characteristics that are important for free range content (stability of feathers, beak shape assessment, etc.) Great importance is attached to the stability of various indicators at the final cut off of the productive period.

LOHMANN Klub New Members

After the concluding discussion on the reports, new members were admitted to the International LOHMANN Russia Klub in the name of Professor Winfried Bonitz: Bolzhanin, Bashkirskaya Poultry Farm, Gadzhigabylskaya Poultry Farm (Azerbaijan) and Koger (Kazakhstan)

Viva España – a busy and cultural program in Spain

A short flight to Madrid and “Spain welcomes you!” The mild November temperature, lively faces, here there is everything to suit all tastes and characters! Spanish colleagues (LOHMANN Breeders Spain – a subsidiary of LOHMANN TIERZUCHT and IBERTEC – LOHMANN TIERZUCHT’s sister company) organized a rich and very interesting programme. In order to get acquainted with the poultry industry of Spain, various companies were visited and the participants had an opportunity to get a practical knowledge of the poultry keeping systems, visit the IBERTEC hatchery, LOHMANN Breeders Spain Poultry Farm, the egg sorting and packaging department of Kamar. In addition, a seminar was held in Labdial laboratory with reports on LOHMANN‘s position in the country‘s market, as well as in which countries the export of day old chicks from Spain was conducted, the ongoing sanitary control programs at the hatcheries of the breeding and laying farms were reviewed. Invited speakers from the Egg Institute talked about the situation on the egg market in Spain and Europe.

The cultural programme was not neglected either. Trips were not limited to Madrid, there were also trips to Toledo and Segovia. Participants enjoyed Spanish food and came away with a lot of unforgettable impressions!

Galina Scholz