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Why McDonald’s cage-free egg purchase update matters
The only way to avoid total chaos in egg markets is for egg purchasers to share information on cage-free egg purchases.
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Poultry industry: New technologies and innovations needed
Innovation has been the key to the success of the poultry industry; the Poultry Tech Summit is seeking innovators.
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Asia, where the action is for the egg industry
The rapid growth in egg production and consumption in Asia are forecast to continue.
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Do voters know the increased cost of cage-free eggs?
Ballot initiatives mandating changes to animal husbandry practices, like cage free for hens, have been approved by the same voters who routinely purchase eggs from cage-housed hens.
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Will California Proposition 12 passage help US egg producers?
The answer to this question depends on whether you think US retailers will stick to their future cage-free egg purchase pledges.
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Collaboration is essential for advances in poultry technology
Poultry Tech Summit brought together innovators/entrepreneurs, venture capital investors, poultry industry technical experts and established technology companies.
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Free-range hens: The future egg safety conundrum?
Egg farm Salmonella enteritidis control plans place heavy emphasis on keeping rodents and flies out of the layer house, but what happens when the hens goes out?
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Can egg producers win the food safety race?
Walmart executive says chicken producers are in a race between their companies’ ability to prevent foodborne illnesses and society’s ability to detect them.
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US retail annual shell egg sales surge to $5.2 billion
Increased price accounts for most of the increased value of retail eggs sales, but unit sales of eggs also increased by 1.3 percent.
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Foolish poultry products price-fixing lawsuits continue
These lawsuits, and some of the popular press coverage about them, point out the lack of economics education in the US.
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Good messaging can shift consumer purchase intentions
One of the positive take-homes from recent consumer surveys is that purchase intentions can be swayed on cage-free eggs and slow-growing broilers.
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Cage-free egg production requires 3 to 5 times more labor
A panel with representatives from four major egg producers say that all cage-free housing systems require at least three times more labor to manage than cage housing.
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