While holiday demand is certainly a key driver of egg prices, other factors include bird flu cases, the cost of labor, and the high price of chicken feed.
May is National Egg Month, and it is an “egg-cellent” time to discuss how chicken eggs get their coloring.
With various kinds of animals living on a farm, including cattle, pigs, goats, and sheep, there are so many livestock facts out there that it’s a lot to sort through.
Nine years after California changed their animal confinement standards, eggs are still pricey while the state’s production numbers keeps falling, according to a recent Purdue University study. The analysis of the laws’ effects on egg production and prices in California could inform other states considering similar legislation. The 2008 Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, […]