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With small poultry farms, everyone wins
In countries like France and the Netherlands, poultry farms are small, but it does not mean that they do not have relations with each other
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Battery Cages
The latest poultry housing research, articles and commentary covering conventional or battery cages, a housing system for egg-laying hens. Battery cages are typically rows and columns of the same-sized cages connected together with a shared divider wall creating the cells of a battery. Register for free to access premium content.
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Cooling-pad maintenance tips to relieve bird heat stress
Regular maintenance of your poultry house’s evaporative cooling system is the best way to maximize the temperature drop across the pads and maintain bird performance in hot weather.
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Happier hens could mean you pay more for eggs
New AAEA member research looks at impact of developing animal welfare laws
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Will Europe’s egg producers go cage free?
Enriched, or colony, cages, may go the same way as conventional cages as retailer pressure grows on Europe’s egg producers to go cage free.
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Dramatic egg price shifts cloud cage-free choices
In the past year, egg prices have shifted from record highs to the lowest level in a decade, making it hard to determine the real demand for cage-free eggs.
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Avian flu not behind the cage-free egg purchase pledges
Article about Kroger’s decision to launch a co-packed Kroger brand of cage-free eggs misstates who is really behind the cage-free egg purchase pledges.
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McDonald’s CEO discusses cage-free egg pledge
Decision to switch to cage-free egg purchases is considered to be a key piece of the fast food chain’s turnaround plan.
Brazil’s Plasson to acquire layer cage company ATI
Plans to acquire company demonstrates Plasson’s intent to grow and diversify
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