Layers

A national egg promotion campaign in Ghana, named ‘Eggstra-O’, is promoting the nutritional value of eggs. Photo: Joy Online

23-03-2022 | News

Ghana: new egg campaign shares egg health benefits

Kazakh poultry farms in the egg sector are braced for agricultural reform. Photo: Koos Groenewold

01-03-2022 | News

Kazakhstan poultry farms cull massive number of hens

Canada’s egg sector has “made tremendous gains to its environmental sustainability over time”. Photo: Morgana Perraud

25-02-2022 | News

Egg Farmers of Canada launches enviro sustainability tool

Vision 365 aims to promote the consumption of at least 1 egg per person per day. Photo: jcomp

14-02-2022 | News

Accelerating global average egg consumption to 365 eggs

The world’s top 50 global restaurant chains are being called upon to improve their hen welfare standards. Photo: Daniel Hooper

04-02-2022 | News

Pressure on restaurants falling behind cage-free egg trend

Photo: Paco Aniras

03-02-2022 | News

Russia again hit by hatching eggs shortage

While there are multiple factors behind the shortage, some say that the Covid-19 pandemic is to blame as breeders were discouraged from replenishing their stocks of chicks. Photo: Lisanto NgUYo

31-01-2022 | News

4 million eggs shortfall in Taiwan

With billions of layer chicks worldwide hatched under industrial circumstances, it is of value to understand how a stressful environemt affects performace. Photo: Henk Riswick

28-01-2022 | News

Stressful hatchery experiences negatively impact birds

A fungus-produced albumin could be a realistic alternative to egg white powder. Photo: Balash Mirzabey

26-01-2022 | News

Plant-based alternatives to egg whites explored

A new filling gel using eggshaells may be on the market as soon as 2024. Photo: Azerbaijan Stockers

25-01-2022 | News

Brazilian start-up suggests eggshells extract to plastic surgeries

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