AMES, Iowa – Iowa State University researchers played a key role in a recently completed comprehensive study of egg production systems that details the tradeoffs producers may face among ...

If you own backyard chickens, you might have already noticed a decrease in egg production as the fall season has begun, and the daylight hours have lessened. Hens require 12 to 14 hours of daylight to ...

Egg production for 2025 was bumped up in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. The September report indicates egg production on an annual basis at 8,661 million dozen eggs, ...

After benefiting from, at times, record-high egg prices during fiscal 2025, Cal-Maine Foods’ financial performance was ...

Egg production in the U.S. dropped 4% in November as the price of eggs and cases of bird flu continue to rise across the country, according to a report from the United States Department of Agriculture ...

As Colorado's egg farmers deal with an 85% loss of egg-laying hens as a result of bird flu, there's an upcoming change to state law that could further impact their bottom line. A law passed in 2020, ...

SILOAM SPRINGS -- A company looking to build an egg processing facility in Siloam Springs has decided city leaders took too long to approve a related rezoning request and will now build the plant in ...

I am honored to work with America’s egg farmers daily, and I can attest that those accusing egg-farmers and sellers of price-gouging are badly mischaracterizing the crisis egg farmers are facing. We ...

Eggs in the US need to be refrigerated to slow the growth of any potential salmonella bacteria. Eggs in some other countries are less likely to have salmonella and don't need refrigeration. You can ...