COLLEGE STATION, Texas — A new study shows chicken fertility rates in U.S. broiler eggs could decline to approximately 60 percent by 2050. That decline could lead to chicken production issues and higher costs for consumers.
The study, “How concerned should we be about broiler breeder fertility declines?,” by Cara Cash, a graduate student in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Poultry Science, was recently published in Poultry Science, the Poultry Science Association’s scientific journal. Graduate student Kolton Witherspoon also contributed to the research.
To assess fertility trends, researchers analyzed. . .
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