There are people advocating and pushing us in animal agriculture to let agricultural animals have access to the outdoors converting from confinement to free-range operations.
The U.S. egg industry is at a fork in the road when it comes to layer housing, and the NC Layer Performance and Management Test may help producers to decide which direction and breed to choose.
Considerable discussion has taken place in the egg industry over the years as to the relevance of evaluating the performance of strains of laying hens under a single management system.