Column: Social and economic goals compete

As our industries become increasingly sophisticated, they are faced with more and more decisions that involve social goals as well as economic ones. By Dr. Peter Hunton, Past President WPSA Take, for example, the advocacy in a recent WP column, that broilers be grown in cages. This has been a possibility almost as long as the broiler industry has existed. Hygiene and disease control, space requirement, heating and ventilation cost, and feed conversion are among the many economic benefits. But s