Eggs - Layers
In 2011, Maurice Richard became the first egg producer in Quebec to use enriched cages on his poultry farm. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A researcher has released a report stating that if more consumers knew about hen housing, more would buy cage-free eggs. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Several studies at the Experimental Biology 2013 conference have looked at whole egg consumption, and its benefits to adolescents and even high-risk groups. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Pullet Growers of Canada recently reinstated their leadership, as well as updated industry and producers in their pursuit of agency status. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Egg Farmers of Ontario is once again giving individuals an opportunity to become Ontario's newest egg farmer by applying to the 2013 New Entrant Quota Loan Pool. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Eggs from corn-fed chickens could offer a solution to vision problems that many people face as they age, according to a new study from the University of Guelph. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Nova Scotia Egg Producers will receive $265,000 from the Canadian Government to help reduce feed costs and increase total egg yields. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Much progress has been made over the last two years in the quest to enact historic U.S. legislation for enriched cages for layer hens. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The BC Egg Marketing Board believes that the industry has lost over $3M in retail egg sales due to cross-border shopping in the first 10 months of 2012. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
When the Big Bend Colony decided to build a new layer barn with enriched housing in 2009, it was done with the future in mind. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) today announced the launch of its new "Choose Cage-Free" campaign in the U.S. and Canada Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Egg Farmers of Ontario congratulate the recipients of the 2012 New Entrant Quota Loan Pool program, Jim & Joannette Van Hemert of Ingersoll, Ontario. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Vitala Foods celebrated Vitamin D Day today with the launch of the new Vita D Sunshine Eggs, the world's first eggs to provide 100 per cent daily value of vitamin D in a single egg. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Burnbrae Farms Ltd. has announced a $250,000 donation to the Farm & Food Care Foundation, the largest commitment made yet to the charity. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
In celebration of World Egg Month, the Egg Farmers of Ontario have donated $30,000 to Breakfast for Learning at westwiid Elementary School in Hamilton. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A new egg-grading facility has opened in Hay River, which will allow residents of the Northwest Territories to buy local eggs. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Midwest Poultry Federation Convention takes places March 12-14 2013 and continues to grow Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The argument that supply management costs Canadians more at the grocery store once again has become news fodder. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The Future of the U.S. Egg Industry Conference will be held at the 2013 IPPE and will focus on economic, environmental and global challenges. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Three animal activist groups in Canada have joined together and created a quarterly newsletter calling for cage-free chicken and pig production. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!