Commercial egg prices have increased in SC, but Maibritt Farm in Lake City, Maypop Farm in Darlington, which raise chickens ...
A bird flu epidemic has caused egg prices to soar, and projections show they could rise by 41 percent this year.
Combined, these commercial bird farms had a total inventory of nearly ... U.S. households with backyard flocks of birds (mostly egg-laying hens), averaging about 49 birds per operation.
Fewer than 150 commercial egg farms with flocks of at least 75,000 now house over 95% of egg-laying hens, the United Egg Producers trade group estimates. Among large operators, at least three in ...
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says this case is out of a commercial pullet farm in Buena Vista County. This is an operation that raises young chickens into egg-laying ...