Civil society groups are urging key role players in the South African egg industry to reject what they say are ‘cruel and unsustainable systems, such as battery cages, and to make independent, ethical ...

Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the U.S. continue to be rampant, and have caused Iowa, who ...

Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for ...

An innovative and low-cost project aims to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the ...

CalMaine Foods, Inc. CALM shares are trading at a premium to the Zacks Agriculture Products industry. CALM is currently ...

Despite the name, some cage-free hens can be housed in confined conditions, such as a barn or poultry house ... Place eggs in a saucepan large enough to hold them in a single layer. Add cold water to ...

The nutrient content of eggs from free-range hens is the same as those from hens housed in production facilities with cages.” It’s amazing what a group can do with a $20 million annual budget.

Layer hens produce nearly an egg a day for about a year or two, before being slaughtered. These short life-cycles are rarely ...

But that idea might not be all it’s cracked up to be.I chatted with Beverly Veevaete, a long-time farmer whose family’s livestock count regularly includes about 60 chickens. According to her, keeping ...

It's a major threat to the poultry industry, animal health, trade and the economy worldwide," according to the USDA. How many US egg-layer flocks of birds lost to avian influenza (HPAI ...

Adams said that since the introduction of innovations like cage rearing system, automatic drinking system for laying birds and gas brooding system, poultry farmers have increased their yield and ...