IONIA COUNTY, Mich. — Grocery stores and egg producers are gearing up for some big changes in 2025. Taking effect Jan. 1, all eggs sold in the state must come from cage-free chickens. The transition ...

Researchers are trying to answer that question through several studies that intend to take emotions out of an angry debate between animal welfare groups and producers. At issue are small cages, ...

Food giants Nestlé, Mondelez International and Unilever are among a group of food manufacturers calling on authorities in the European Union to adopt cage-free systems for rearing animals. They have ...

Edwin Ogola, the director at Maningi poultry farm, attends to his chicken at his farm in Rarieda, Siaya county. [Collins Oduor, Standard] Years ago, poultry farmers in developed nations reared chicken ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- The animal welfare advocates who gave egg-laying hens more room to roam on California farms are trying to expand chicken coops across the nation with an unlikely ally -- a group that ...

For decades, egg production in Batangas — long known as the “Egg Capital of thePhilippines” has largely relied on conventional battery cage systems. Today, that narrativebegins to change.

As of Jan. 1, every egg sold in Colorado must now come from “cage-free” hens. While the state’s agricultural department insists producers can meet demand, consumers are already feeling the pinch — and ...