Record high egg prices prompted Nevada lawmakers to unanimously back suspending their cage-free egg law, but the six other ...
The reason egg prices are so high is because of the bird flu, not because of Michigan's new cage-free law ... than 20 years on the Isabella County Farm Bureau and the United Dairy Industry ...
An effort to repeal Colorado's cage-free egg requirement ... Gonzalez's district and is the top egg producer in Colorado. "Right now, how things are, we're prioritizing chicken welfare over ...
The nationwide egg shortage that has resulted in sticker shock for millions of shoppers at grocery stores is even more bizarre in New York City, where organic, cage-free cartons, typically more ...
The largest losses in chickens have occurred in conventional chicken caging systems, which account for 71 percent of affected flocks. Cage-free ... egg-laying operations, but backyard and organic ...
Cage-free does not mean the chickens are free to roam around, but that they have more designated floor space — a square foot-and-a-half — than traditional egg-laying operations of stacked cages.
and $8.49 for Eco Meal Cage-Free Large Brown eggs. A key reason for the topsy-turvy pricing is that organic, free-range egg farms — despite being hit just as hard by the avian flu as the rest ...
Cage-free egg laws in 10 states may also be responsible ... The virus can be spread through droppings or any interaction between farm-raised poultry and wild birds. It's also easily tracked ...