Production types

The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) to launch Costings Portal that allows farmers to price compare eggs with other farmers.

The poultry industry’s gradual switch to cage-free egg production has underscored the need to rethink disease-control programs and address health and welfare challenges unique to layers in these production systems, accor…

More than 200 US retailers have agreed to switch to free-range egg production by 2025.

Training chicks and pullets so they are prepared for life in cage-free egg systems is critical to ensuring they meet their full productive potential, according to a leading veterinarian.

Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) voices its support for Thailand's Department of Livestock Development’s planned new standard on cage-free farming practices.

Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development (DLD) is working on a new standard for cage-free farming practices to ensure humane husbandry for laying hens.

“My only son was able to study because of these duck eggs,” shares Balut peddler Ronald Isidro, opening a sky-blue styropor box to reveal a steaming cluster of eggs.

Producers making the switch to cage-free egg production need to ensure they and their staff are properly prepared for managing potential increases in Salmonella and other health challenges associated with those systems.

Though battery cages are becoming more popular among Kenya’s poultry producers, animal welfare groups caution that cages are harmful to birds.

India’s poultry industry needs a bailout after prices plummeted earlier this year due to incorrect social media speculation that chickens could spread the coronavirus.

Sustainable poultry operations that have made a name for themselves for high welfare standards and environmental stewardship may sometimes find it difficult to maintain the very ideals that made them successful.

According to a new research study, the risk of the introduction of bird flu virus on poultry farms is four times higher in the months of November to February than in the summer months. Now is the time to start planning i…

An Auckland mad has been sentenced to 12 months of home detention for selling eggs labelled as free range even though they came from caged hens.

Free-range egg farmers in Ireland have created their own group to address the ongoing challenges of the country’s avian influenza outbreak and navigate official supports.

Global Food Partners and VIV Qingdao launch a partnership to support China's egg industry transition towards cage-free egg production.

New law stipulates that all Colorado eggs must be cage-free by 2025 as legislators move to head off more sweeping ballot measures.

The partnership will enhance animal welfare and sustainability commitments and help implement cage-free egg production in Asian markets.

Animal welfare is in the eye of the beholder. Some consumers are willing to pay more for products from companies that have reputations that align with their beliefs.

Vaccinations and other preventative health measures are more critical than ever as the US egg industry shifts toward cage-free and no-antibiotics-ever production, according to an industry expert.

Egg industry leaders have called for the British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) to play a leading role in the recently announced Trade and Agriculture Commission.