Layers

HRH The Princess Royal visited UK egg producer, St Ewe Free Range Eggs. Photo: Bfrepa

16-10-2023 | News

Royalty marks further expansion for UK egg company

Half the hens are usually outside but only a few brave and curious hens go to the farthest point. They mostly stay in the shade of the willow trees.

25-09-2023 | Article

Swiss layer farm: higher expenses for a higher income

Professor Dunn: “For many decades, poultry breeders have chosen which birds to breed according to a mix of many factors, but it has not been possible to account for bone quality in live hens. Photo: Mark Pasveer

22-09-2023 | News

Improving layer hen welfare with better keel bone health

Last year saw over 100 countries across the globe celebrate World Egg Day. Photo: Canva

01-09-2023 | News

Celebrating ‘Eggs for a healthy future’ this October

24-08-2023 | News

Asia’s first carbon-neutral cage-free egg

There is no other country in the European Union where so many egg products entered at dumping prices, according to Jānis Gaigals, chairman of the board of the Latvian Poultry Industry Association. Photo: Canva

23-08-2023 | News

Imports from Ukraine strangle Latvian egg sector

Companies continue to make the transition to cage-free. Photo: Alexas Fotos

08-08-2023 | News

Pressure growing on Jollibee to move to cage-free eggs

Producers have been exposed to major challenges on the supply side, with high and volatile input cost increases following two years of low margins.

03-08-2023 | Article

6 factors driving global egg price volatility

Australian egg farmers agree that traceability is mission-critical for the egg industry, according to Australian Eggs. Photo: Jasmin Egger

24-07-2023 | News

Australian egg industry adopts new traceability tools

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