Layers

Regulations to ensure a fairer egg supply chain are due to be finalised and laid before Parliament in the UK this year. Photo: Supplied

29-05 | News

Fairness in the UK’s egg supply chain

The department calculates the self-sufficiency rate for eggs at 95%. Photo: Koos Groenewold

22-05 | News

Austrian poultry farmers push for local eggs on supermarket shelves

Several European countries have also seen a clear movement towards white-egg laying breeds. Image created with the help of AI

05-05 | News

White-egg layers gain ground as UK experience grows

Columnist Jimmy Smith is a former banker, now a poultry and arable farmer. Photo: Henk Riswick

04-05 | Article

From a good start to a strong finish: A standout cycle for a free-range flock

The move positions Agrova Baltics to become the first producer in the Baltic states to complete a full transition away from enriched cage systems. Photo: Michel Zoeter

10-04 | News

Baltic producer Agrova Baltics commits to 100% cage-free eggs

The milestone was marked at a Cage-Free Meet co-hosted by Global Food Partners and the Nguyen Gia Livestock Production Cooperative in Hung Yen Province, Hanoi, where local producers discussed the business case for cage-free production and the first steps in the transition. Photo: Global Food Partners

08-04 | News

Vietnam egg industry reaches cage-free milestone

For an egg producer in Suffolk, the only sign of a problem, initially, was a rise in seconds recorded at grading. Image created with the help of AI (Reve)

31-03 | News

Dust on eggs: Concerns raised as cases increase across the UK

The Ukrainian egg production sector is gradually recovering after a significant decline in livestock numbers and the loss of production capacity in eastern and southern Ukraine at the beginning of the war. Image created with the help of AI (Reve)

12-03 | News

Ukraine boosts egg exports by over 60%

Avian influenza

Gordon Hickman, head of the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs’ (Defra) exotic disease control division, said that while the 2025/6 season had seen substantial losses, the decision to put in housing measures much earlier than in previous years seems to have successful. Photo: Supplied

28-05 | News

Meeting the ongoing challenge of avian influenza in the UK

The government is working together with the poultry sector on a plan to make vaccination against avian influenza mandatory for laying hen farms. Image created with the help of AI.

27-05 | News

Dutch government moves towards mandatory avian influenza vaccination