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Saving male chicks from slaughter

Previous newsletters (see here) reported on Israel’s EggDetect and TeraEgg which developed technology to prevent the hatching of 8 billion unwanted male chicks. Now there’s another – eggXYt which uses ultrasound to detect a potential chick male immediately after the … Continue reading

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Saving male chicks from unnecessary slaughter

I reported previously (Dec 2013) on Israel’s EggDetect that prevents hatching of male chicks – unwanted by the egg industry.  Now there is an alternative – TeraEgg from Israel’s Novatrans. It uses terahertz spectroscopy on gasses that leak from the … Continue reading

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Top Israeli companies at AgriVest

Too new stars at Israel’s AgriVest agricultural conference included Rootility, which has a root-growing platform that substantially increases crop yields. Also EggDetect, which ensures incubation of only fertile eggs and prevents male chicks from being slaughtered. http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/12/rootility-wins-agrivest-agtech-event-in-israel/

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