By Dr. Hongwei Xin
Special to Poultry Times
AMES, Iowa — The number of food service retailers, grocers, chain restaurants and tourism companies that have pledged to source only cage-free eggs by year 2025 translates to more than 160 million laying hens needed to meet the demand. This quantity exceeds half of the current U.S. laying-hen inventory.
While such a movement represents an opportunity to fundamentally transform the U.S. egg industry, considerations should be given to the following aspects.
Inherent trade-offs of all egg production systems. Egg industry consumers should not and will not. . .
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