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In April 2021, speaker Maro Ibarburu presented on several issues and economic challenges in the egg industry, such as the cage-free transition, egg price volatility, and feed cost outlook.

The UK's RSPCA is urging Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stop a trade deal with Australia that could see the UK importing food raised at lower animal welfare standards.

Supermarkets across the United Kingdom are lagging behind other food industry sectors on chicken welfare by failing to adopt meaningful improvements on housing standards and sticking with fast-growing breeds.

Faculty of Animal Science at Indonesia's Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Global Food Partners and AERES University of Applied Sciences are cooperating to build a cage-free layer hen model farm and training center in Yogyakarta, Indonesia – the first of its kind in Asia.…

The European Parliament has called for the European Union to end caged farming of animal and ban force-feeding of ducks and geese to produce foie gras.

Fusion Hotel Group is the first Vietnam-based hospitality brand to agree to a 100% cage-free egg supply chain by 2025.

More than 2,000 farmers across the United Kingdom have responded to Defra’s call for applicants for the pilot of the Sustainable Farming Incentive, due to start in October 2021.

The Pig & Poultry Forums are exploring how farmers can balance consumer demands for higher animal welfare and lower carbon emissions with their own needs to improve productivity and reduce inputs.

BFREPA is calling for innovative solutions across the whole industry to help free range egg producers take further steps towards a more carbon-efficient future.

The National Farmers Union has welcomed the recent raft of animal welfare measures proposed by the government, but says that the improved standards should apply to both imported and domestic goods.

The Poultry Extension Collaborative, a partnership of leading universities that provides science-based resources to poultry enthusiasts, will be hosting a webinar on poultry welfare on 25 May.

Backyard poultry and small-scale livestock agriculture are a growing trend in the US, even in large cities

For decades, formaldehyde has been the UK industry standard to fumigate barns, now there's a new environmentally friendly option that's just as effective

Egg producers and grocery retailers are keen to supply cage-free eggs to consumers in Asian markets, with analysts predicting that cage-free eggs could become an industry standard in the region 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.

A new collaboration between poultry welfare advocates and egg producers is urging UK shoppers to eat a range of egg sizes to do what's right for the hens that lay them.

Pig and poultry producers across the UK can get all of the latest information and advice about developments in their sector at the Pig & Poultry online forums on 12 May.

Indigenous groups in British Columbia, Canada are raising poultry in the woods to improve food security and provide alternatives to traditional foods like salmon and moose.

MEPs debated a citizens’ initiative to ban the use of cages for farm animals on 15 April, together with organizers of the End the Cage Age initiative, Commissioners and representatives of other EU bodies.

No industry was prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic and no industry has been without drastic changes as 2021 begins. The poultry industry is no exception, and backyard keepers played a central role in its latest innovatio…