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Apathy, partisanship keep Congress from fighting Prop 12

A member of the U.S. House of Representatives who once co-sponsored legislation that opposed California's Proposition 12 says there presently isn't much interest in farm animal confinement laws among his peers in Congress.

Brand Insights

Producing healthy poultry meat in a cost-effective way

Baader

Learn how poultry processing solutions can optimize equipment uptime and increase yield.

Cage-Free Laying Systems

Arizona egg producers win time to convert to cage free

All laying hens in the U.S. state of Arizona will now have to be cage free, and all eggs sold in the state must come from cage-free layers, by January 1, 2025.

Cage-Free Laying Systems

Virtual cage-free management classes overcome travel bans

Travel restrictions have prevented cage-free egg producers from accessing coaching. However, a solution to this was presented by Erika Prewitt, Big Dutchman aviary system specialist at the Midwest Poultry Federation (MPF) Convention.

Cage-Free Laying Systems

Egg prices trending normally after Prop 12 implementation

While egg prices are fluctuating as anticipated, prices started morphing into Urner Barry’s cage-free quotation in the middle of December 2021, said Randy Pesciotta, Vice President of the company, in an interview with Egg Industry Insight.

Hen Housing Systems

Colored lighting could positively impact cage-free layers

Changing the color of lighting used during laying hens’ pullet and production phases could have a major effect on cage-free layer production metrics.

Egg Production

California’s egg producers to take profit hit from Prop 12

The economic impact of cage-free egg state mandates, company commitments, supply chain challenges, COVID-19 and workforce issues have been, to date, not been fully explored. However, a study conducted by the NC State economists, Dr. Tom Vukina and Eve Oh, gives some answers.

Egg Production

US egg producers predict eggs not 100% cage free in 2040

Find out how U.S. egg producers feel about the state of the industry.

Hen Housing Systems

Pest control: a new focus for cage-free system manufacturers

Egg Industry Insight surveyed five equipment manufacturers to find out how their updated products help to ensure that pest control incidents are reduced or eliminated.

Hen Housing Systems

Cage-free system manufacturers are mindful of food safety

Egg Industry Insight surveyed five equipment manufacturers to find out how their updated products help to ensure that eggs are safe to eat.

Hen Housing Systems

Cage-free layer system manufacturers have had to adapt

Egg Industry Insight completed another survey with five equipment manufacturers to find out how they have adapted to keep up with the cage-free demand.

Egg Production

Adoption of cage-free egg production continues worldwide

The number of companies rejecting eggs produced in cages continues to rise.

Egg Production

Massachusetts law changes to avert egg shortage in 2022

Without these amendments, cage-free facilities that only allow 1 square foot of space would not have been able to supply to Massachusetts, meaning that egg shortages were expected.

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