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As sustainable agriculture and livestock waste recycling continue to gain global attention, more investors, farms, and agricultural companies are building their own organic fertilizer processing plants.

Thailand's poultry export sector is currently facing increasing pressure from multiple directions, including stricter import requirements, rising logistics costs, and geopolitical disruptions affecting global trade routes.

Chicken manure, when properly fermented, stands out as a high-quality organic fertilizer. Boasting rich nutrient content—25.5% organic matter, 1.63% nitrogen, 1.54% phosphorus, and 0.85% potassium—its key nutrient levels are 4.5 to 7.7 times higher than those of cow manure. Even small quantities thus serve as a valuable organic input for crops. However, its effectiveness hinges on proper treatment; unprocessed or inadequately decomposed chicken manure poses significant risks, while well-fermented manure delivers multiple agricultural benefits.​

From farmyards to global consumer markets, from daily table ingredients to high-end biological raw materials, China's egg industry is undergoing a profound full-chain transformation covering production, consumption, processing, resource utilization, and international expansion—driven by technology and empowered by innovation. This revolution breaks traditional industrial boundaries, achieving a dual leap from "quantitative accumulation" to "qualitative improvement" and from "industrial upgrading" to "value restructuring," serving as a vivid model for the high-quality development of China's agricultural modernization.

On November 14, 2025 (local time in Switzerland), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) officially released the international standard ISO 19599:2025 Operating Procedures of Chicken Slaughtering.

Europe is grappling with its worst avian flu outbreak in nearly a decade, with 15 EU countries reporting 688 farm cases as of early November 2025— a 264% surge from 189 cases in the same period last year. The crisis has forced emergency measures, including nationwide poultry confinement orders and mass culling, while virus mutations and migratory bird transmission have amplified risks to both the industry and public health.

Recently, Professor Wang Peng, from Nanjing Agricultural University and the scientist in charge of the meat processing position under China's National Broiler Industry Technology System, summarized six key technological innovation trends in the current chicken processing industry in response to its development pain points and demands. These trends—welfare-oriented breeding, digital intelligence, green low-carbon practices, sensory preference optimization, clean labeling, and functional packaging - aim to comprehensively improve product quality and industrial efficiency through technological breakthroughs. He also emphasized the importance of "three-chain synergy" (industrial chain, value chain, and innovation chain), pointing out a clear direction for industry development.

Facing multiple challenges in the global poultry processing industry - including labor shortages, compressed profit margins, and growing consumer demand for transparency and sustainability - next generation intelligent technologies are emerging as critical solutions. A feature report in the September-October 2025 issue of International Poultry points out that four technological directions - employee safety protection, deboning line optimization, chemical cleaning alternatives, and Industry 4.0 integration - will reshape the industry's future development.