Terrence O'KeefeTerrence O'Keefe is content director at WATT Global Media. www.wattglobalmedia.com/contact-usFrom the Author - Page 23Egg ProductionNo pretense of objectivity in USA Today editorialUSA Today editorialslamming cage housing for egg laying hens and electrical stunning for broilers readslike it was dictated by Mercy for Animals.Egg ProductionEgg producers: Be innovative, flexible and transparentExperts tellU.S. egg producers to be flexible, innovative and transparent regarding layinghen housing alternatives.Broilers & TurkeysCoalition for a Sustainable Egg Supply study releasedTheCoalition for a Sustainable Egg Supply is a multi-stakeholder group whichcollaborated on the Laying Hen Housing Research Project.Cage-Free Laying SystemsIs a completely cage-free US egg market inevitable?The U.S. egg products market could go entirely cage-free and that there is a good chance that the shell egg market will follow as well.HomePig performance hurt by not optimizing trace mineralsTrace minerals control many metabolic pathways forenergy efficiency, health and immunity in pigs, but trace mineral requirementestimates have not changed very much in the last 50 years, according to Dr.Merlin Lindemann, professor, animal science, University of Kentucky. In thesame time frame, all measures of swine productivity have increased, e.g.,litter size, growth rate and feed efficiency, but feed intake has actuallydecreased.Egg ProductionWhat will the future bring for cage housing of layers in the US?Today’slayer houses are true technological marvels, but economies of scale and theefficiencies of inline operation coupled with all of the automation, climatecontrol and waste handling equipment have worked to drive the cost of a newcomplex higher and higher. When considering investments of tens of millions ofdollars, the question of what type of housing to build, cages (enriched orenrichable) or cage-free (aviary with or without access to outdoors) becomes evenmore significant. In spite of uncertainty regarding what U.S. consumers willdemand in the future, the U.S. egg industry is in the midst of a building boom.Egg ProductionInitial short supply causes price run-up for California eggsNew rules for producing shell eggs for use in the state of California took effect on January 1, 2015, and the price for cage-produced eggs in California went on a wild ride in the month of January.Egg ProductionMcDonald’s move on poultry antibiotic use a good oneMcDonald’s intentionto only purchase chicken products from birds that have never been treated withantibiotics important in human medicine is a good one.Egg ProductionWhen should a poultry company just walk away from a location?Poultrycompanies have to decide how much local opposition from NIMBY groups they arewilling to accept when selecting a site for a new complex.Egg ProductionHumane Farming Association right about Prop 2 for the wrong reasonI don’t agree with many positions taken by the Humane Farming Association, but I do agree with the group’s president that Proposition 2 was a waste of everyone’s time, money and energy.Egg ProductionWill Lego-like stackable plastic cartons help to sell more eggs?A European packaging firm, Eggs-Posure, has introduced eggplay, a branded polypropylene plastic retail egg carton, which is dishwasher safe and can be used as either a stackable children’s toy or be recycled.Egg ProductionVideo, 'Cracking the code on our Egg McMuffin,' requires a sequelMcDonald's new online video at Herbruck's Poultry Ranch shows real eggs used to make Egg McMuffins.Previous PagePage 23 of 59Next Page