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Cal-Maine net income, net sales drop in third quarter

Net sales drop by 10% while net income is nearly one-third of what it was one year ago

March 30, 2020

Cal-Maine Foods reported a decline in net earnings and net sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2020.

Iowa State opens new poultry teaching and research farm

The new Robert T. Hamilton Poultry Teaching and Research Farm cost nearly $7 million and was made possible solely through private funding.

March 18, 2020

Deven King

The new Robert T. Hamilton Poultry Teaching and Research Farm includes dedicated spaces for teaching and research and a welcome area where visitors can see firsthand examples of Iowa egg production systems and learn about Iowa egg production.

15 states file legal brief challenging Proposition 12

California does not have the right to regulate how farmers in other states raise animals for food production, attorneys general contend

March 12, 2020

Roy Graber

Fifteen state attorneys general filed a legal brief in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, supporting a lawsuit by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) that challenges California’s Proposition 12, enacted by that state’s voters in 2018.

Arizona cage-free egg bill advances

House gives preliminary approval to bill that would eventually mandate the production and sale of cage-free eggs in the state

March 11, 2020

A bill in Arizona that would mandate that only cage-free eggs produced and sold in the state has advanced in the state’s legislature.

Maine Heritage Policy Center: Egg legislation ridiculous

Trying to mandate cage-free eggs is one thing, but to present it as an ‘emergency’ is another, government watchdog says

March 9, 2020

Roy Graber

A proposed bill that would mandate that all eggs raised and sold in Maine is under consideration, and one government watchdog didn’t pull any punches when describing his opinions about it.

Hillandale: Maine cage-free bill’s timeline unrealistic

Proposed legislation would require that all eggs sold and produced in Maine after December 31, 2024, come from cage-free operations

February 16, 2020

Roy Graber

Hillandale Farms has concerns that it a bill that would outlaw the production and sale of cage-raised eggs in Maine does not have realistic timelines.

Additional cage-free hens increase total US hen flock

Even with passage of legislation calling for cage-free hen housing passing in 6 states, US egg producers still predict that more than half of the US hens will be in cages in 2025.

February 6, 2020

Terrence O'Keefe

Exclusive survey of U.S. egg producers reveals plans for future hen housing and estimates for cage-free housing conversions.

Top 20 US egg producers in 2020

Learn more about the companies WATT Global Media ranked as the top egg producers in 2020.

February 6, 2020

Deven King

The top 20 U.S. egg producers, according to data from Egg Industry’s Top Egg Company Survey.

US is adding table egg laying hens faster than people

As the rate of growth of the human population of the US has slowed, growth of the table egg laying flock hasn’t.

January 21, 2020

Terrence O'Keefe

U.S. egg producers haven’t slowed the rate of expansion of the table egg layer flock, which increased at an average annual rate of 3.0% over the past three years.

Jury rejects suit claiming conspiracy to hike egg prices

After a day and a half of deliberations, federal jury rules against supermarkets’ claims

December 13, 2019

Roy Graber

A class-action lawsuit that claimed a conspiracy to limit the United States egg supply and drive up prices was rejected on December 12 by a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.