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Free range campaign dismissed as publicity stunt
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The Australian chicken meat industry says an animal welfare campaign to get fast food chains to convert to free range is a mere a marketing ploy.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, animal-welfare, food-and-beverage, food-processing, sydney-2000, wollongong-2500
Pastured Eggs Video
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Small scale egg producers standing apart from commercialised 'free-range' brands.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, rural, livestock, australia, nsw, byron-bay-2481, sa, keith-5267, wa, margaret-river-6285
German way of farming paving way for pastured eggs
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A German farm that embraces organic practices to result in healthy profits is bringing new perspective to the term "pastured egg production".
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, human-interest, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural, livestock, pig-production, germany
Anger over changes to definition of free range eggs
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A decision to allow up to 10,000 hens per hectare in free range egg production prompts criticism from smaller producers, who say they are being forced to choose another definition for their type of farming.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, byron-bay-2481, two-wells-5501, port-germein-5495
Consumers turn to pastured eggs as confusion over free-range continues
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An emerging variety of egg gains favour among discerning consumers with an eye on sustainability.
Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, environmentally-sustainable-business, poultry-and-egg-production, manjimup-6258, plenty-3090
RSPCA calls for battery hen ban but industry defends the system
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The RSPCA says Australia lags behind other countries in phasing out battery hens, but industry says consumers are not buying cage-free eggs.
Topics: livestock-welfare, animal-nutrition, animal-welfare, poultry-and-egg-production, sydney-2000, tamworth-2340
Queensland goes on show at the Ekka amid farmer protests
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Queenslanders have flocked to the Royal Queensland Show, known as the Ekka, amid protests by farmers over proposed changes to vegetation management laws.
Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, poultry-and-egg-production, beef-cattle, food-processing, agricultural-shows, vegetables, fruit, brisbane-4000, brisbane-exhibition-4006
Chef cracks open 29 double-yolk eggs from single box
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A Western Australian grill chef was "egg-cited" this week after cracking open 29 double-yolked eggs from the same box.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, offbeat, geraldton-6530
Keeping local food local in Baw Baw
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A group of passionate local food advocates finds new ways of producing food on small former dairy farms.
Topics: food-and-beverage, poultry-and-egg-production, women-in-agriculture, community-development, poowong-3988
Technology to prevent male chicken crushing could be here by 2018
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The European creators of technology that detects the gender of unhatched chicks want Australia to get more interested in ending the "ghastly method" of euthanasing male chicks.
Topics: animal-welfare, poultry-and-egg-production, australia, netherlands
Top End's eggstended hot weather delays bird breeding
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Eggstended hot weather in the Northern Territory has confused poultry and delayed egg production.
Topics: rural, poultry-and-egg-production, weather, darwin-0800
Animal science collaboration needed to feed world
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Scientists say new technologies and techniques will help boost protein production.
Topics: livestock, poultry-and-egg-production, adelaide-5000
Shelves bare as national egg shortage hits northern WA
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A nationwide egg shortage reaches northern Western Australia as regional supermarkets scramble to meet increasing demand during a winter slump.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, livestock, rural, broome-6725
Chooks and sugar cane all part of the mix
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When cane growers diversify they tend to run a few cattle or grow crops. There are not many cane farmers who run chickens.
Topics: sustainable-and-alternative-farming, poultry-and-egg-production, sugar, rural-women, ingham-4850
Egg shortage proves need to keep barn, caged eggs
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A farm lobby group says a national egg shortage proves the need to retain barn and caged egg production as well as free-range.
Egg shortage has retailers in scramble to meet growing demand
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An increasing appetite for eggs, particularly free-range, has amplified the dip in supply which usually occurs during the cooler winter months.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, brisbane-4000
Sheepdogs guard flock of free-range hens in the Hunter Valley Video
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Maremma sheepdogs protect flock of free-range hens in the Hunter Valley.
Topics: rural, poultry-and-egg-production, quorrobolong-2325
Coal worker turns to free-range eggs to make a living
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Consumer demand for free-range eggs boosts business for a coal miner turned egg producer.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, dog, quorrobolong-2325
Egg producer guilty of misleading public over free-range claims
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The WA egg producer behind a host of popular brands including Swan Valley Egg Co and Eggs by Ellah is found guilty of falsely claiming free-range status.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, consumer-protection, perth-6000, wa
Top End's first agricultural show for 2016 Feature
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Thousands of people have been making their way through the gates of the Freds Pass rural show this weekend.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, agricultural-shows, goat-production, darwin-0800
Coin-operated meat machines could keep costs down
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New York craft butcher Joshua Applestone says 24 hour meat kiosks, with coin-operated dispensers, will keep down the cost of his premium quality meat cuts.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, sheep-production, pig-production, poultry-and-egg-production, food-processing, united-states, sydney-2000
Contract chicken farming model targets young farmers
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A Western Australian agrigroup finalises a contract chicken farming model in the Great Southern.
Topics: agribusiness, poultry-and-egg-production, mount-barker-6324
Success for accidental egg producers Feature
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An East Gippsland couple say their free-range egg farm began as an "accident", but their business has proved a well-timed success.
Vaccinating chickens aims to address chronic malnutrition in East Timor's children Feature
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Village chickens in East Timor hold the key to improving child nutrition if only the chickens could stop dying of preventable diseases.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, international-aid-and-trade, veterinary-medicine, child-health-and-behaviour, sydney-2000, east-timor, canberra-2600, the-university-of-sydney-2006, wollongong-2500
ACCC wins case against misleading 'free range' egg supplier
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The consumer watchdog says it has no sympathy for an egg supplier fined by the Federal Court for misleading buyers.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, consumer-protection, newcastle-2300
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