Articles Tagged with ''eggs''

Research indicates new tool for reducing ammonia emission

The research project is part of the association’s comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing.
March 16, 2017
USPOULTRY, Tucker, Ga., and the USPOULTRY Foundation completed a funded research project at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., in which the researchers found evidence of a new tool to reduce ammonia emission from broiler litter.
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Newstead Ranch transitions 2 egg farms to cage-free production

The $64 million project will span five years, and will focus on future growth and expansion of Sunrise Farm, the Genesee County, Ala., organic egg farm and the transition to cage-free egg production at Wayne County Eggs, Wolcott, N.Y.
March 16, 2017
Newstead Ranch Inc., Clarence, N.Y., announced plans to expand operations at two of its egg farms in the Finger Lakes, N.Y., region and create up to 55 new jobs over the next five years.
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Study: CPG manufacturers show price declines of -1.6% in 2016

The overall decline was primarily driven by lower trade pricing in the refrigerated and frozen segments, -5.4% and -8.0% respectively.
March 6, 2017
Consumers are paying less for grocery items in 2016, according to the latest data from Price-Trak, an Albany, N.Y.-based market research company specializing in price and trade promotion reporting of 150 standard categories.
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Cal-Maine Foods to acquire Happy Hen Egg Farms’ egg production assets

The assets include commercial egg production and processing facilities with current capacity for approximately 350,000 laying hens and related distribution facilities located near Harwood and Wharton, Texas.
February 10, 2017
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., Jackson, Miss., reached an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Happy Hen Egg Farms, Inc., relating to their commercial production, processing, distribution and sale of shell eggs business.
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Allen Harim to build state-of-the-art hatchery

The new 70,000-square-foot facility will be built on the company’s 19.84-acre site on Nine Foot Road in Dagsboro.
October 24, 2016
Allen Harim, Seaford, Del., announced plans to invest $22 million to build a state-of-the art hatchery in Dagsboro, Del.
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Vital Farms to build new facility in PIC West

The new building will process pasture-raised eggs.
September 30, 2016
Vital Farms, Austin, Texas, announced plans for a new 82,140-square-foot facility in Partnership Industrial Center West (PIC West) in Springfield, Mo.
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