Californian egg welfare ruling comes into effect As of January 1st 2015, egg producers in the US state of California need to comply with the requirements of...
US bakery eliminates antibiotic use in poultry supply chain US bakery and café outlet, Panera Bread has announced its successes regarding responsibly raised livestock and...
Broilers do better on coarse corn and time-related... A floor pen experiment was conducted in Israel to evaluate the effect of corn particle size in the presence of...
Australian egg producer announces major expansion South Australia's largest egg producer, Days Eggs, is about to begin a multi-million-dollar expansion to...
US-EU trade agreements: A farmer's perspective The free trade negotiations between Europe and the US is food for debate. But what are the implications for...
UK animal welfare organisation targets poultry sector Indoor broilers and caged laying hens are being highlighted by UK animal welfare organisation, RSPCA, as part of...
Greece found guilty of breaching cage ban Greece has been found guilty of breaching EU welfare laws, having failed to ban barren battery cages once the...
Nestlé bans layer cage use in its supply chain Nestlé has announced a major pledge to improve the welfare of the farm animals in its supply chain, following...
Ultra-modern stalls for Experimental Poultry Centre The Experimental Poultry Centre (EPC) in Geel, Belgium, has opened two new stalls: a laying hen house and a...
Online tool to benchmark feather loss in laying hens A collaborative project in the UK has produced a new online tool to help monitor and benchmark feather loss in...
Study: Layers utilise fibre better than broilers Researchers conducted a study to evaluate the effects of feeding various fibre contents on the performance of...
NFU dismayed at European animal welfare ruling failures Lamentable efforts at enforcing recent animal welfare legislation means that Europe is ill-serving its consumers...
Cage-free eggs grow in popularity in Costa Rica There is a growing popularity of cage-free eggs in Costa Rica, according to a report by the Humane Society...
High fibre effects on broiler, layer chick performance ABSTRACT: Researchers at Iowa State University, USA, conducted an experiment to evaluate the effects of feeding...
EU: Greece, Italy summoned to court over cage ban The European Commission have recently decided to take Greece and Italy to the Court of Justice of the European...
NFUS blasts policing of pig and poultry rules NFU Scotland has blasted as "lamentable" the lack of inspection and enforcement procedures for the ban on...
Cost differential between cage-free laying systems Moving hens into cage-free environments involves additional costs and new challenges, but egg producers can...
Expensive vote It was not just Clinton and Trump ruling the November 8th vote, at least not in the US state of Massachusetts....
Reviewing 50 years in the egg industry The International Egg Commission (IEC) is a unique organisation that is keeping track of worldwide egg...
"Comfort plus" for chickens In the past week, I visited the VIV China animal tradeshow in the Chinese capital Beijing. As usual, shows like...
EU style layer farm in Abu Dhabi, UAE Keeping layers in a harsh environment like in the Middle east, is not an easy task. Yet the Al Ain Poultry...
India: Court issues notice on hens in battery cages A court in Chandigarh, the capital city of the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana, has issued notice to the...
Layer breeding for the future Egg production and consumption around the globe has grown tremendously in recent decades and will remain on the...
Production costs of eggs at record high level A combination of high feed prices, legislation and especially the cage ban has put the production costs of eggs...
Analysis: Profitability of poultry feed market in Nigeria ABSTRACT: This study analysed the profitability of poultry feed marketing in Imo State, Nigeria, with a view...
Poultry welfare will further improve Keeping layers in cages and broilers in densely populated houses has become a common practice. Meanwhile,...
Specht Germanwings During many years the company Specht Germanwings together with experts and heads of poultry farms in Russia...
Traditional vs enriched cages for laying hens Although not yet a major issue for the Brazilian poultry sector, Dr Victor Fernando Buttow Roll from the...
Wide range of housing options for layers Since the introduction of cages, egg producers have a wide range of options to choose from when deciding how to...
UK family backs cages with millions Like most of their European counterparts, egg producers in the UK must struggle with the future ban on cages....
Claw lengths of layers in alternative systems - To... The EU directive on the welfare of laying hens does not only included minimum cage size or space per bird, it...
From cages to alternative systems requires different skills As a result of the EU-directive for housing laying hens many poultry farmers are looking for alternatives. Most...