As Poultry News writes last week ( March 2026 ) , the uncertainty around energy costs has become its own challenge for UK poultry farmers. Ofgem has recently approved a 63% rise in transmission network charges for large energy users in the UK from April 2026 (NESO). For poultry producers, the impact is significant. Poultry News says that the average broiler farmer can expect to pay £9,300 more per year – a 55.2% increase – while egg producers may pay as much as £32,000 more –

If your farm has low-yield areas where conditions mean that wheat, barley and other crops find it difficult to grow, have you considered planting miscanthus as a biomass crop? According to TerraVesta, miscanthus is a long-term profitable option. Although its establishment costs are relatively high, miscanthus is a low-maintenance, long-lasting crop that doesn’t need fertilisers and pesticides (which are steeply increasing in price). It also can thrive in low-quality soil and

Merry Christmas and thank you for your continued support over 2025! It’s been a busy year for CFE, with multiple turnkey heating projects underway. Thank you to our manufacturing partners Justsen, Heizomat, MultiHeat, Hoval and PYREG for their continued technical support, and we look forward to working with them on many more interesting projects next year. A big thank you to everyone who has supported our content on LinkedIn and who reads our email newsletters. We enjoy putti

Autumn 2025 proved to be a busy time for CFE, with several projects under way. The running theme with the projects was low carbon technologies, energy and cost savings.   CFE is working on a heat recovery project involving two newly commissioned poultry houses in the Notts area. This project will see large-capacity Dry Heat Recovery Units from Multiheat in action , controlled by the Fortica climate control computers.   Each poultry house has a 50,000 bird capacity. The Multih

As harvest season gets into full swing, it’s an ideal time for farmers and agri-businesses to consider how straw can be used to create...

☀️ Did you know that there are still loads of benefits of using a Heat Recovery System in your poultry house, even during the summer...