VIV Europe 2026 Preview · Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is not a separate hall: it cuts across every link in the poultry chain.
In the hatchery
The most mature application is in-ovo sexing. Vencomatic classifies embryos by MRI imaging and AI analysis on day 12 (Genus Focus); Agri Advanced Technologies is working the same frontier in laying hens.
On the farm
Vencomatic also brings its Meggsius real-time monitoring solutions, which transform house data into operational decisions; HATO connects its lighting management with smart technologies such as CORAX CoreCall.
“AI has stopped being a buzzword: in Utrecht it classifies embryos, monitors the house and inspects the carcass, machine by machine.”
In egg grading
SANOVO weighs eggs by vision with its VisionAI Detector. An interesting and candid detail: the company opts for a defined mathematical calculation rather than a neural network, so that grading remains explainable. Not every “vision” system is a black box.
In the slaughterhouse
This is where AI is most visible. JBT Marel launches the VC-i, presented as the world’s most intelligent vent cutter, featuring an AI-based visual sensor that verifies correct vent removal, and OQULA, which inspects and grades breast meat using AI vision sensors. Ishida exhibits Sentinel 5.0, its AI-powered production monitoring software, and the IX-PD-Poultry X-ray inspection system.
The hard part
The picture is real but uneven: maturity varies by sector link and adoption depends on the data available and user confidence. The question is no longer whether AI is coming to poultry, but how much we will delegate to it.
When the machine sees, measures and decides better than the expert eye, the poultry professional must pivot their role to that of supervisor / optimiser and squeeze out tenths of a percentage point in production efficiency at every link in the poultry chain.
Note: this article is only a small sample of everything that will be exhibited with an impact on poultry at the show. With 400 exhibitors at VIV EUROPE 2026 and a further 200 at the co-located feed manufacturing equipment show, VICTAM, thousands of products and solutions will be on display from 2 to 4 June. For more information we recommend consulting the official exhibitor catalogue, which lists all companies and their stand numbers.
For more information about the full event programme, the exhibitor list, and to pre-register and obtain free accreditation for VIV Europe 2026, visit the official show website at: europe.viv.net
For more information:
-. Show VIV EUROPE 2026
-. International events calendar: https://NeXusAvicultura.com/Calendario/
