Cal-Maine's $60M investment will boost cage-free egg capacity in 2025, with more to follow as demand and regulations reshape ...

According to the USDA, cage-free eggs are eggs from chickens that have access to fresh food and water and have "freedom to roam" during the laying cycle. But that doesn't mean conditions are ideal.

A common sight in American grocery stores today, eggs priced at more than $15 per dozen. AFP via Getty Images. And a third of the top 10 worst-hit states mandate cage-free facilities.

Research has shown that Hy-Line brown hens may be better suited for cage-free production based on overall greater egg ...

Without cage-free regulations, egg-laying hens are “the most mistreated animals on the planet,” according to Matthew Dominguez, U.S. director of nonprofit organization Compassion in World Farming.

About a third of U.S. egg layers are cage-free hens, but they’ve contributed nearly 60% of all bird flu cases so far this year. Not only is the supply of cage-free eggs down, ...

'Conventional' eggs, from Grade A to cage-free. The cheapest eggs at the grocery store, ... With a well-rounded diet, the hens lay eggs with more vitamins and omega-3s. Big budget eggs.

Kafer: Torture-free eggs are worth the extra dollar or two per dozen, right?! Colorado’s law banning tiny cages for laying hens is not responsible for higher egg prices across the nation ...

Cage-free does not mean the chickens are free to roam around, but that they have more designated floor space — a square foot-and-a-half — than traditional egg-laying operations of stacked cages.

The egg industry has been rapidly transitioning over the past few years as more states have enacted cage-free laws, and about 40% of eggs sold in the U.S. are now cage-free, according to the U.S ...

Michigan lawmakers modified the Animal Industry Act in 2019, requiring shell eggs from chickens, ducks and other fowl, sold in the state to be from cage-free housing systems, starting Dec. 31, 2024.

Egg-Land’s Best, which touts that its hens are “vegetarian fed” costs $5.69 per dozen at Morton Williams. Lisa Fickenscher “The disparity of the cost of organic brown and cage free eggs ...