Cage-Free Laying Systems

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.

Brand Insights

Egg handling innovations to better serve North American customers

GI-OVO

GI-OVO to open first US office in Springfield, Missouri. Brand Insights from GI-OVO.

Egg

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.

Cage-Free Laying Systems

Can genetic selection improve layer keel bone health?

Two research projects focused on how genetic selection can improve keel bone damage in layer hens are being funded by the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research’s new program.

Egg

US egg industry sued for exporting eggs, cage-free shift

Major food manufacturers in the U.S. claim that egg producers conspired to reduce the domestic supply in the U.S. to charge higher prices.

Cage-Free Laying Systems

GFP launches partnership, cage-free farmer sponsorships

The company announced an agreement with the largest cage-free producer in Indonesia that will support the region’s farmers.

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Cage-free layer, duck welfare improvements may be coming

Purdue University research focused on northern fowl mites in layers and lighting in commercial duck barns was recently awarded US$1.4 million in grant funding.

Egg

How Cooper Farms balances cage-free demand and investment

U.S. egg producers must weigh the investment of converting to cage-free production against consumer demand.

Cage-Free Laying Systems

Fly control is multifaceted, no matter the housing type

As the U.S. egg industry has multiple housing types for layers, producers need a variety of pest control practices to prevent fly activity in different environments.

Egg

Can smoke detector systems prevent poultry farm fires?

Canadian wildfires set off a smoke detector in an Iowa layer barn after a cold front pulled smoke into the area from over 1,000 miles away.

Egg Production

Could China’s egg industry go cage-free?

While the term free range may be familiar to Chinese consumers, cage-free is not. Significant change will be needed both up- and downstream for egg producers to benefit from abandoning traditional cages.

Cage-Free Laying Systems

SCOTUS Prop 12 decision opens door for animal activists

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold California's Proposition 12, which prohibits the use of cages for egg-laying hens and bans the sale of pork from hogs that don’t meet certain production standards, in an opinion issued May 11.

Egg Production

Rose Acre breaks ground on US$100 million farm in Arizona

Rose Acre Farms held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of its new Desert Valley Egg Farm located in Arizona on May 5, 2023.

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