Layers

Photo: Erika Varga

12-08-2022 | News

Ovostar Union curbs production as Ukraine’s egg demand plummets

Photo: zuzyusa

09-08-2022 | News

Research shows benefits of adding eggs to plant-based diets

Respectful eggs come from white hens which are not fed soya, with the replacement field beans milled on-site to reduce food miles required to feed the birds. Photo: Sainsbury's

03-08-2022 | News

Carbon-neutral eggs going down a storm

The HenTrack project will monitor the behaviour, health and welfare of individual laying hens during the laying period. Photo: Hendrix Genetics

26-07-2022 | News

Moves to enhance laying hen breeding wins philanthropic financial backing

The decline from enriched cage housing to non-cage housing in the EU is continuing and amounted to approximately 3.1% in 2021. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman

22-07-2022 | Article

Shift to cage-free for hens in the EU continues

In the UK and EU, the cage free movement is driven by activists, exploiting the lack of consumer understanding of barn production. Photo: ANP

27-06-2022 | News

From cages to cage free – an industry perspective

Tesco has pledged to continue to source all its shell eggs from the UK. Photo: Tesco

10-06-2022 | News

Egg sector gets market support from UK’s leading retailer

Eggs at a minimarket Sever in Orenburg, Russia. Photo: Supplied

27-05-2022 | News

Russian egg farms suffer over a conflict with retailers

Promoting product innovation to boost egg consumption

25-05-2022 | Article

Promoting product innovation to boost egg consumption

Protest action in Taipei, Taiwan. Photo: Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan (EAST)

23-05-2022 | News

Asia-wide protests against McDonald’s use of cage eggs

Avian influenza

A study has uncovered specific regions across 9 different areas of the chicken genome where genetic variations appeared to play a role in helping protect chickens from bird flu outbreaks. Photo: Canva

22-11 | News

Genetic clues could help breed chickens resilient to bird flu