The USDA offers compensation for birds culled to contain an outbreak ... but in most cases where a farm has switched to cage-free, it means they’ve set up an “aviary system” in which ...

But here’s the truth: Colorado’s crackdown on how chickens lay eggs is less about bird comfort than it is about who profits from forcing this change. “Cage-free facilities” may sound nice.

Michigan lawmakers in 2019 passed modification to the Animal Industry Act, requiring all shelled eggs from fowl to come from cage-free environments.

Cage-free prices were up 9% compared to the previous month and 30% compared to a year ago. Bird flu has had a disproportionate impact on cage-free egg layers in 2024. About a third of U.S. egg ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new Michigan law requiring stores to sell only cage-free eggs is now in effect.

1, all eggs sold in the state must come from cage-free chickens. The transition to ... you come out to the farm and see exactly how the birds are being raised,” he said.