Items Tagged with 'layers'

Egg prices are continuing to climb as highly pathogenic avian influenza continues spreading across U.S. layer flocks, though broiler operations have also seen a recent upswing in cases.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has proposed long-awaited regulations covering animal welfare for organic producers that largely track changes made in a rule issued just before President Barack Obama left office, ruling out the use of screened-in porches as outdoor access for poultry.