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Egg Industry Center at Iowa State University launched a challenge grant encouraging research on cage-free housing air quality.

It’s often said that UK farming has the highest animal welfare standards in the world, and yet animal welfare is the top concern amongst many UK shoppers. If British legislation on farm animal welfare is considered world…

There is a wholesale shift toward cage-free production underway worldwide, said IQC China in a recent report. A major driver of the transition is global food brands' “2025 cage free” commitments. Successful transition re…

Ten North American farmers and poultry experts were offered the opportunity to participate in a pilot programme designed to prepare them for the transition to cage-free egg production.

The organisers of the 2019 China Cage Free Egg Summit offer their top tips for going cage-free successfully.

The idea of free range chickens as a profitable diversification is appealing to an increasing number of arable farmers.

Ahead of the 2019 Cage Free Egg China Summit in Shanghai, we investigate China’s transition to cage-free egg production.

For free-range farmers, solar energy and ground-source heating could prove a powerful combination.

An event preview of the 2019 Cage Free Egg China Summit

NFU Scotland met with representatives from the Campbell family of Glenrath Farms and Tesco to discuss their conversion to a barn system.

Acromec, a specialist engingeering service provider has signed an agreement with a local poultry farm to convert poultry waste into energy.

The British Free Range Egg Producers Association (BFREPA) is calling for nominations for Britain’s most cracking companies and individuals in the free range egg sector.

The British egg industry is on the brink of major re-investment into cage-free systems.

Annie Rayner, programme manager and Øistein Thorsen, commercial director, FAI Farms discuss FAI's role in the Chinese egg market.

The Poultry Site interviews Katherine Ma who works with Lever Foods to advocate for better animal welfare and sustainability in China's food industry.

Hen egg production was 1.7 billion units Hen egg production increased by 5.2 percent in March compared with the previous month, and increased by 2.6 percent compared with the same month of the previous year. 100 millio…

Dr Chuanwu Xiong, CEO of Integrated Quality Consulting, speaks with The Poultry Site on what to expect in the Chinese egg industry in the next 5-10 years.

With chickens being the most farmed land animal on the planet, the world is waking up to their potential to address global food poverty.

Relating your birds’ daily habits and practices to their evolutionary past can reveal their natural patterns of behaviour – and provide important lessons for keeping them healthy and happy.

According to several media reports, Sainsbury’s has decided it will no longer sell barn eggs from 2020.