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How chaotic will the California egg market be in 2022?

Learn how many more cage-free hens will be needed to meet Proposition 12 mandates in California in 2022.

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Innovations and Strategies in Poultry Health and Production

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2021 survey: Cage-free conversions slowing down

Will the U.S. egg industry go 100% cage free? Find out how egg producers responded to this exclusive survey.

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More companies sourcing cage-free eggs

Corporate demand for cage free eggs continues to grow around the world, however sourcing policies reveal significant variations in approach.

Monitoring of large corporations’ commitments to source cage free eggs has shown that change is continuing even if the pace of change is uneven. | (Photo by Andrea Gantz)

Introducing Egg Industry Insight Weekly Briefing

Egg Industry Insight, a new weekly briefing for the global egg industry launched by WATT Global Media.

Cal-Maine expanding cage-free egg production in Kentucky

The Cal-Maine Foods Board of Directors approved a $40.1 million capital project to expand the company’s cage-free egg production at its Guthrie, Kentucky, production facility.

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Cage-Free Laying Systems

Meat Institute challenges California’s Prop 12

NAMI lawsuit challenging California’s Prop 12 receives key support from the federal government.

Rose Acre’s different way of rearing cage-free pullets

At Rose Acre's Arizona site, the company is raising day-old baby chicks in the layer house and they stay there for the entire production cycle.

Rose Acre Farms has designed its own cage-free layer housing system, which includes young pullets growing in the aviary system before being let out. (Courtesy Rose Acre Farms)

Old US caged laying systems may find new home in Rwanda

Donnie Smith, former CEO of Tyson Foods and founder of the African Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP), would love to see Rwandan agriculture become more self-sufficient and the country to be more food secure.

Old caged laying systems are being removed from egg farms in the United States, but there is still a need for these systems in Rwanda and other parts of Africa where egg production is limited. (Andrea Gantz)

Why cage-free production ceased 50 years ago

Cage-free egg production turned into cage confinement for several reasons, including humane ones.

Hens with outdoor access show feathering problems. (Benjamin Ruiz)

Is everything really going smoothly with cage-free production?

Egg production with cage-free hens continues to gain supporters who are not thinking about the most needy and the ecology.

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NestFresh emphasizes sustainability with non-GMO eggs

NestFresh works with more than 60 family farms in about 12 states to produce eggs in a flexible, sustainable system that also helps the livelihood of small farmers and those farmers' abilities to support their local economy and community.

NestFresh takes pride in producing eggs that are certified cage free, free range, humanely treated and GMO free. (Courtesy NestFresh)

How will California’s Proposition 12 affect Hormel Foods?

Most of our coverage of California’s Proposition 12 law has centered around how it will impact egg producers in the United States, but we shouldn't forget about its impact on pork producers and their growers.

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