Thursday, September 19, 2024

UGA app helps farmers ventilate poultry houses during cold weather

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By Merritt Melancon

Special to Poultry Times

ATHENS, Ga. — University of Georgia poultry housing experts have released the state’s first app to help poultry farmers determine how much they should ventilate their houses during cold weather.

With thousands of birds living in a single house, keeping the air warm and fresh without spending a fortune on fuel during the winter can be one of the toughest challenges for broiler producers. The new app, called “CHKMINVENT,” is meant to simplify this process, said Mike Czarick, a poultry housing engineer at UGA’s Department of Poultry Science. . .

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