A carton of organic eggs can cost more than double the price of regular eggs — so, what are you paying for? When it comes to the treatment of livestock and poultry, there are some murky areas. Many in ...

WASHINGTON, Mar. 1, 2017 - The popularity of eggs from cage-free and organic hens is rising, and America’s laying hens are hard at work meeting the demand. Industry experts at USDA’s annual Outlook ...

Every day, nearly a million dozen organic eggs are sold across the nation. The expansion of organic egg production is a resounding success story for American agriculture — providing families with more ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. government is set to shake up the $500 million organic egg industry with rules that for the first time will mandate specific space requirements for hens and spell out what ...

It took years of heated debate, but the federal government has finally decided just how much living space an organic chicken should have. It's part of a new set of rules that cover many aspects of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture scrapped proposed rules on Monday that for the first time would have mandated specific space requirements for hens laying organic eggs and ...

Today the public comment period will close on a USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) rulemaking that, if all goes as planned, should increase the price of organic eggs. With food prices up 8.2 ...

Beverly Hills-based Butterfly Equity is looking to crack the egg market. The private equity firm, which wants to consolidate the fragmented organic egg production industry, has made its first ...

Oscar Martinez, fourth year animal science major feeds hens that are part of UC Davis pastured poultry project. (Trina Wood/ UC Davis) If you’ve ever raised chickens, you know they like to eat bugs.