Cage - free housing continues to gain momentum in 2016

摘要

Foodservice and food processing companies making cage-free egg purchase pledges are fueling a cage-free hen housing expansion in the U.S.Just 12 months ago, the biggest challenge facing the U.S. egg industry appeared to be the possible market disruption resulting from Proposition 2 implementation in California. As it turned out, Proposition 2 became a mere footnote to the big story in 2015, the impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza on the U.S. poultry industry as a whole and the layer industry in particular.