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Egg producers skittish about cage-free investments

Jul 7, 2016
As cage-free egg sales slow, producers hesitate to invest in cage-free systems.
Various companies are going cage-free, but premium eggs aren't selling well.
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A plan to make egg production more humane

Jun 16, 2016
Hundreds of millions of male chicks are destroyed each year.
Egg producers say they will end the practice of culling male chicks. 
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To free your hens or not? That's a big question

Jun 2, 2016
As food companies pledge to use cage-free eggs, who will provide them?
Cage-free hens at an organic egg operation in Viroqua, WI.
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