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3 tools to improve layer house environmental management

New research evaluates novel technology that could reduce dust, ammonia and pathogen spread.

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Research and new technologies to improve poultry health

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Research and new technologies to improve poultry health

Optimizing egg incubation conditions in setters

Setters need to be carefully monitored and controlled to ensure healthy embryo development.

Proper incubation requires a setter turning angle of 40-45 degrees. Courtesy Aviagen

Cage-Free Laying Systems

Stores hit harder by cage-free egg costs than restaurants

If supermarkets don’t sell the eggs at a premium price, the struggle to pay their suppliers is greater.

Egg Case In Grocery Store

Hen Housing Systems

Could EATS Act ‘wreck’ farm bill progress?

The Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression Act has shown to be divisive among egg and pork industries, as well as among federal lawmakers.

Rose Acres’ Rust sues to get on ballot as Senate candidate

A state law that pertains to party affiliation during prior primary elections is preventing John Rust’s name from appearing on ballots.

John Rust, chairman of Rose Acre Farms

When do layer hens use dietary energy for egg production?

One study found that dietary energy intake directly affected total carcass mass before increasing the number of eggs laid.

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Sauder: EATS Act creates significant market turmoil

When it comes to cage-free versus caged hens in egg production, ‘the battle has already been fought.’

Brown And White Eggs In Basket

I tried Oscar Mayer’s new on-the-go breakfast scramblers

The new product is the company’s first in the on-the-go refrigerated breakfast category.

SPACE: Energy focus as poultry outlook brightens

Resolving energy issues across agricultural production was highlighted at trade show SPACE, but for poultry producers there were more issues on their minds.

China’s largest cage-free farm is under construction

While the majority of the country’s production is conventional, China shows signs that its cage-free demand may be gradually increasing.

Construction on China's largest cage-free egg farm has begun.

Would US consumers purchase in-ovo sexed eggs?

Many U.S. egg producers question if the industry is ready to adopt the practice and if there is a market for it.

Chinese Consumer Examining Eggs

Egg price gouging is issue in Senate race. Should it be?

Rep. Jim Banks, vying for a Senate job, accuses Rose Acre Farms chairman of funding his own political campaign with money obtained by price gouging.

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