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Grocer Super Indo to support Indonesia’s cage-free center
Indonesia’s Cage-free Innovation and Welfare Hub will benefit from a partnership with Super Indo.
Courtesy of Global Food Partners
Brand Insights
Tools for efficient crop and seed applications
New Leader Manufacturing
Learn how New Leader Manufacturing is providing solutions for cover crop and seed applications, and reducing waste for farms.
Tools for efficient crop and seed applications
Egg Production
Are older poultry houses more likely to catch fire?
The risk of a fire occurring due to the age or type of layer housing was discussed by Ross Milne, Cottingham & Butler Risk Management Consultant.
Courtesy Big Dutchman
Cage-Free Laying Systems
Walmart, Kroger will not meet 2025 cage-free commitments
Grocery store chains Walmart and Kroger announced they will not be able to supply 100% cage-free eggs by 2025.
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Egg Production
Obtaining insurance coverage for a layer house is tricky
Insurance is one of the most important factors for having a successful poultry farm. However, it can be difficult to obtain due to certain risk factors.
Andrea Gantz | Flickr.com
Egg
Could smoke detectors help reduce poultry house fires?
The U.S. egg industry has experienced numerous large fires that have caused severe damage and loss of birds.  producers and insurance companies have explored fire detection solutions to help mitigate the problem.
Courtesy Big Dutchman
Hen Housing Systems
Perdue’s Niman Ranch: Demand heading toward Prop 12
Niman Ranch, a pork production unit of Perdue Farms, is voicing its support of California Proposition 12, stating that the use of gestation stalls is not necessary in pork production.
Pigs raised for Niman Ranch are raised on farms that do not use gestation stalls, which complies with California's Proposition 12 law. (Courtesy Niman Ranch)
Cage-Free Laying Systems
Vital Farms compares cage-free houses to office cubicles
Egg producer Vital Farms recently compared cage-free housing to sharing a cramped office cubicle in a new advertisement.
Courtesy Andrea Gantz
Egg Production
The new organic rule could be expensive for egg producers
If the new rules are established, this will be yet another financial hoop for smaller U.S. egg producers to jump through if they produce for an organic market.
Slobo Mitic | iStockPhoto.com
Egg Production
How laying hens are kept around the world
How laying hens are kept continues to evolve. Legislation and welfare group pressures are not, however, always the defining the factors in how eggs are produced.
Indoor cage-free systems are preferred by many producers in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia. Vincent Guyonnet
Egg Production
What does the upcoming Prop 12 hearing mean for US eggs?
If the Supreme Court rules that one state can’t dictate how animals are raised in another state, Proposition 12’s implementation in the layer industry could be seriously questioned.
Courtesy Big Dutchman
Egg Production
US Supreme Court Proposition 12 filings are in motion
The National Pork Producer’s Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation filed a preliminary brief in June 2022 with the U.S. Supreme Court detailing allegations describing Proposition 12’s negative impact on the country’s interstate pork market.
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US Poultry Industry Insights
Proposition 12 decision will make waves for welfare
A national, legal review of whether California’s animal welfare laws apply to animals raised outside the state will bring serious repercussions for all animal agriculture.
(perhapzz | Bigstock)
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