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Trees boost biodiversity on poultry farms, new research shows
Trees planted on poultry farms in Cumbria are providing benefits for biodiversity, new research for the Woodland Trust has shown. The trees had originally been…
Egg production
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Compulsory Lion Code training to be introduced next year
Lion Code producers will be required to complete a training course as part of their membership of the Lion Code…
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Further free range egg expansion “unnecessary and unsustainable”
If the free range egg sector continues to expand at the current rate it will create a significant oversupply situation,…
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Fridays plans new £8m farm in Kent
To help meet the growing demand for UK-produced free range eggs, egg packer Fridays is proposing to create a new farm south…
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Technical advice: Keeping feed consistent
Quality and consistency of feed ingredients is key to maintaining efficiency Feed containing quality raw materials and formulated to a…
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Egg value improved as sensor technology identifies causes of shell fractures
Small adjustments to the egg collection and sorting equipment at a Welsh free range unit has resulted in fewer eggs…
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How transparency can win over welfare-conscious consumers
In a newly published Nuffield report, Hannah Eastaugh, Loughborough-based agriculture manager at Noble Foods, argues the egg sector must open…
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Analysis: Cracking down on the carbon footprint of eggs to reach net zero
By Laura Walker and Olivia Godber, sustainable agriculture consultant, ADAS Governments across the world have agreed to achieve a balance…
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Waitrose egg supplier anticipates post-lockdown growth in production
Lockdown led to unprecedented demand for shell egg. Now one packer thinks it will lead to an increase in UK…
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Egg sales grow 30%, as BEIC plans for a post-Brexit world
The British Egg Industry Council has announced that Andrew Joret has been re-elected as Chairman of the BEIC, with the…