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Friday, April 04, 2025
The Agriculture Department is de-emphasizing vaccines as a tool to control bird flu in poultry operations, leaving advocates for the shots seeking clarification on where the department stands on them.
Consumers can expect higher egg prices, egg producers will see lower profits, and retailers won't meet their promised timelines for transitioning to 100% cage-free, according to new research funded by the FMI Foundation, United Egg Producers and United Egg Association.
The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research is offering up to $6 million in prizes for developing technologies that can quickly determine the sex of layer chick eggs before they hatch, saving the egg industry billions of dollar annually.
