Rodent control is an essential part of an egg farm’s Salmonella prevention program, but keeping rodent numbers down in high-rise houses is challenging.
Introduction of alternative housing systems has increased production costs, but new non-fasting molting methods show promise.
United Egg Producers lobbyists predict that passage of H.R. 3798 is inevitable based on strong support among consumers and the media.
Per capita egg consumption is the view from 30,000 feet, but the American Egg Board is using alternative metrics to get details on trends of where eggs are being eaten and by whom.
Speakers will address the implications on the future of egg production and present options for alternative systems
A workshop’s straightforward approach helps producers understand how to maintain quality.
Official forecasts suggest demand will at least double as prosperity rises.
The ban on conventional cages for housing layers in the EU that went into affect in January of this year will provide an interesting test case to see just how inelastic demand for eggs really is.
The management provided to a flock before the start of lay can mean the difference of 10 or more eggs per hen through 80 weeks.
High feed ingredient prices have egg producers looking for ways to improve utilization of nutrients in layer rations to improve profitability.
Government support should help the neglected industry survive.
At the 2012 Midwest Poultry Federation Convention, Dr. Mitch Kanter discussed how recent studies suggest eggs are a nutrient dense, high-quality, low-cost protein.
With hen welfare legislation pending in Congress, individual egg producers may want to evaluate the suitability of existing housing for use with enriched colony systems.
Activists, retailers, producers and researchers are engaged in an interactive process to design housing systems for layers that will meet the needs of all parties.
Representatives from poultry and egg producers say that sustainability and corporate social responsibility programs have delivered tangible business benefits.
A study is underway to establish baseline microbial loads in liquid eggs prior to pasteurization at US egg products plants.
Enacted three years prior to the rest of the EU, Germany’s ban on cages for housing laying hens has wrecked havoc on the country’s egg producers.
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