Terrence O'KeefeTerrence O'Keefe is content director at WATT Global Media. www.wattglobalmedia.com/contact-usFrom the Author - Page 10Broilers & TurkeysFoolish poultry products price-fixing lawsuits continueThe lawsuits against broiler producers use the decisions made, based on excessive losses at past production levels, to produce more or less chicken meat since the Great Recession to spin a tale of collusion and price fixing.Cage-Free Laying SystemsGood messaging can shift consumer purchase intentionsCan poultry producers sway consumers' willingness to pay a premium for either cage-free eggs or slow-growing broilers?Cage-Free Laying SystemsCage-free egg production requires 3 to 5 times more laborTraining, for both the birds and employees, is one of the keys for successful cage-free egg production.Egg ProductionUS cage-free transition means more price volatilityIf the cage-free transition takes place in the U.S. but not in the rest of the world, then the U.S. egg market would become more isolated and supply fluctuations would have a greater impact on egg price because of lost export markets.Poultry Tech Summit NewsInnovators: The poultry industry needs your ideasThe Poultry Tech Summit is being launched this year to make sure that more of innovative ideas get an opportunity to be seen by the people who can use them and make sure they get to market.Broilers & Turkeys10 takeaways from the 2018 Power of Meat surveyThe 2018 Power of Meat survey of retail food shopper provides actionable insights into consumer desires and behavior for retailers, poultry producers and meat processors.Antibiotic-Free MeatNo antibiotics ever not good for poultry welfare standardsThe Global Animal Partnership standard that requires no antibiotics ever rearing for poultry creates a potential conflict between bird welfare and treated birds and removing their meat or eggs from the program.Egg ProductionTop US egg producer rankings for 2018: Cage-free surplusThe number of hens housed cage-free in the U.S., excluding organic, has increased from 8.5 million in 2014 to 29.0 million in 2017, a 241 percent increase, according to USDA estimates.Cage-Free Laying SystemsEgg producers predict that cages won’t go away by 2025As part of Egg Industry magazine’s annual Top Egg Company Survey, egg producers were asked their opinion of how U.S. laying hens will be housed in 2025. Twenty five egg producers, who currently house 144 million hens, answered this question. The average of the 25 predictions was that 52.6 percent of hens would be housed in conventional cages, 2 percent would be in enriched cages and 45.4 percent would be housed cage-free. The predictions for the percentage of hens in conventional cage housing in 2025 range from 15 to 85 percent. The predictions for the percentage of U.S. hens that will be housed cage-free in 2025 range from 14 to 80 percent, and the predictions for enriched cage housing ranged from 0 to 10 percent.IPPE NewsVIDEO: Will restricting feed for broilers prevent woody breast?USDA researcher hypothesizes that woody breast in broilers may be triggered by gut dysbiosis that could be prevented by restricted feeding.Egg Production3 questions facing US egg producers in 2018Wholesale egg prices in the U.S. returned to profitable levels for egg producers in the fall of 2017.BroilersComparing the welfare of different broiler breedsGlobal Animal Partnership funded research at Guelph to validate welfare measurements for broilers and compare modern strains with slower-growing breeds.Previous PagePage 10 of 59Next Page