Aviagen
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Company size:
1001-5000
About
Aviagen is a global poultry-breeding company supplying genetic stock and technical expertise to the chicken and turkey production industry. Founded in 1923, the business has developed from its origins in Scotland into an international breeding group headquartered in the United States. It operates as part of EW Group and maintains breeding, hatchery, production and customer-support activities across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. Rather than trading finished food products, Aviagen serves the upstream poultry value chain by providing breeding stock that supports the production of broiler chicken and turkey meat in local markets.
Products
Its portfolio includes broiler breeding brands such as Ross, Arbor Acres, Indian River and Rowan Range. These programmes are designed for different production systems and market requirements, with selection focused on traits including growth efficiency, feed conversion, flock health, welfare, robustness and meat yield. Through Aviagen Turkeys, the company also supplies turkey breeding lines, including the B.U.T. and Nicholas brands. Customers may receive grandparent and parent-stock birds, hatching eggs and related breeding support, alongside guidance on flock management, hatchery practice, biosecurity, veterinary care, nutrition and environmental management.
Export markets
Aviagen’s export and customer base spans established and developing poultry-producing markets worldwide. Its genetics are used by integrated poultry companies, hatcheries and breeder operations throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. The company combines direct operations with regional teams, distributors and long-term production partners, enabling it to adapt technical recommendations and stock programmes to local climates, production models, welfare expectations and consumer demand.
