October 28, 2022

 

ISE Foods Holdings to open Singapore's fourth egg farm in 2024

 

ISE Foods Holdings (IFH) will begin operations of Singapore's fourth egg farm in 2024 on about 10ha of land in the Lim Chu Kang area as an integrated egg production facility, Channel News Asia reported.

 

The local operator announced this following an approval from the Singapore Food Agency (SFA).

 

The company is supported by ISE Japan, the largest egg producer in Japan with operations also in China, Vietnam, and Thailand.

 

The integrated egg production facility also has a hatchery for day-old chicks in addition to the egg farm.

 

According to ISE Food Holdings, when fully operational, it will be able to produce 360 million eggs and up to 5 million day-old chicks annually.

 

The company said this can increase the capacity of Singapore's egg industry to collectively meet about 50% of Singapore's egg demand, up from about 30% today.

 

The integrated facility's construction will start in stages in the first quarter of 2023.

 

From the initial importation of day-old chicks that will eventually become the parents of other day-old chicks that lay eggs for consumption, the farm will be the first in Singapore to have the full ecosystem of egg production.

 

At the moment, Singapore's egg farms only bring in day-old chicks that lay eggs for human consumption.

 

ISE Food Holdings said cutting-edge technology is being developed in collaboration with the National University of Singapore to create a live 24-hour remote monitoring system.

The company said the environment inside the farmhouse and any unusual clinical symptoms in the hens will be detected in real-time using AI image recognition technology, adding that the farm will be able to prioritise the deployment of its human resources for higher value operations because it will also enable many agricultural tasks to be automated.

 

The new building will also improve waste management practises and energy efficiency as part of its efforts to promote sustainability.

 

ISE Food Holdings said these include the use of renewable energy sources, water recycling systems, sensor-equipped energy-efficient lighting fixtures, and natural ventilation to lessen the need for air conditioning.

 

-      Channel News Asia