US farm pushing forward free-range egg sales

The American egg market is undergoing a structural change with businesses rapidly rejecting caged hens in favour of barn, free-range and organic alternatives. One company at the forefront of the free-range movement tells Poultry World how it does business. In 2016, 2 of the US’s largest buyers of eggs from American farms said they would phase out the sale of eggs from caged hens: the world’s biggest retailer Walmart and the fast-food giant McDonald’s. Their announcement marked the beginni