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Boosting profits andefficiency
through uniform broiler flocks
By KirkAdams, Vice PresidentatTARGAN
Poultryisforecasttobe2024'sfastest-growing protein in the globalanimalprotein market,
expected to surpassUS$ 375billion by 2030 with aCAGRof3.5%from2023. In such abooming
market,optimizing everystage of production is essential to make everysecond count -and today,
each second is likeahot stock onthe rise, itsvalueclimbing ever higher.
Consequently, stakeholdersthroughout
the broiler productionvaluechain
have adopted amindset of continuous
improvement, focusing on refining both
the equipment and the overall process.
In this context, technologyservesasa
catalyst foroptimizing processes, with
automation and artificialintelligence (AI)
increasinglyabundant across thevarious
stages of production.
ATTHEPLANT
Althoughthe coronaviruspandemic is
thankfullybehind us, itsafter-effects
still linger withinthe poultry processing
industry. Plantswereone of the
workplaces hit by theearliest COVID-19
outbreaks, leading toa greatnumberof
skilled workers leaving the workforce.
Today'sfiercelycompetitive landscape,
coupled withaworker shortage, poses a
significant challenge to business growth,
which is essential to meet therising
demandfor broiler meat.
Formaximum efficiencyand top carcass
quality,businesses must consider
flock uniformity.Consistent birdsizes
enteringthe plant cansubstantially lower
productioncosts and increase yield.
Automationpresents an opportunity
forplants to address labor challenges,
including scarcity and retention, by
optimizing complextasks such as
evisceration, giblet harvesting,portioning,
deboning, and packaging. These
technologies perform best when paired
with improved flockuniformity, leading to
enhanced overallproduct quality.
EFFICIENTPOULTRYSEXING
Hatcheries have acrucial part to playin
poultry processing efficiencies,serving
as avital link in the valuechain. Refining
operations at this stage, particularly
through optimizing thesexingofday-old
chicks, has far-reaching benefits.
UNIFORMITY
Automated sexidentificationsystems like
WingScan™byTARGAN demonstrate
moderntechnology's transformative
potential forhatcheriesand plants. By
accuratelyidentifyingbirdsex early in
the productioncycle, producerscan
implement separate male and female
feeding strategies that optimize the
growth and uniformity of birds. This
approachenables poultryproducers
to achievetighter weight and size
distribution curvesfor bothmales and
female birds arrivingatthe plant.
YIELDIMPROVEMENT WILLINCREASE
PLANTPROFITABILITY
Uniform bird sizes arecritical to
maximizing yield and optimizing
processing efficiency. Consistencyallows
forprecise calibration of automated
systems,enhancing meat recovery and
minimizing waste.
* Increased uniformity allows formore
precise adjustments in featherpicking
equipment,reducing errors and
minimizing damage to high-value cuts.
* During evisceration,consistent sizes
lowercontamination risksbyreducing
the need forfrequent adjustments.
Uniformity also ensures consistent
cooling times in thechiller,contributing
to food safety protocols and enhancing
product quality.
* Insecondaryprocessing, which
includes cut-up, deboning, and
portioning,uniformity optimizes
performance and reduces waste in
both manual and automated operations
past thechiller.Amore consistent
carcass size increases theaccuracyand
precision of cuts in manual secondary
processing. This advantage is even
greater in automated operations, where
current equipment performs better
with reduced size variability on the line,
resulting in improved yield perbird.
* Product planning can be simplified, and
order fulfillment boosted, as aresult of
morepredictable bird sizes entering
theplant, coupled with moreconsistent
primary and secondary processing
performance. This is particularly
attractive forplants serving customers
with tight product specifications.
These improvements lead to higher yield
percentages and greater profitability per
birdprocessed, makinguniformity,driven
by effective sexing at thehatchery,a key
factorinachieving increased financial
performance in processing plants.
WingScanTM
BYTARGAN
Launched in 2023, TARGAN'sWingScan™
system revolutionizes sexidentification at
hatcheries using advanced vision systems
and artificialintelligence(AI)algorithms
to sexand sortday-oldchicks with up to
98% accuracy, processing up to 100,000
chicks per hour.
By automating sexing,WingScan™is
unlocking downstream valuefor poultry
producers at thefarmsand plants.
Thesystem enables targeted feeding
strategies to enhance birduniformity,
therebyoptimizing production planning,
increasing yield, and ensuring consistent
product quality at processing plants.The
downstream impact of implementing
WingScan™inhatcheries significantly
boosts profitability at the processing
plant by reducing variation and
maximizing efficiency.
Scan to learn more
about WingScanTM
targan.com / sales@targan.com

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