Cage fight threatens to hijack egg farmer's welfare efforts

Andrew Marshall
Updated April 26 2017 - 6:45am, first published 6:00am
Tamworth egg producer, Bede Burke, says there are a lot of crazy expectations among anti-cage lobbyists who want farmers to spend $500 million transitioning the caged egg industry to more expensive and less healthy conditions.
Tamworth egg producer, Bede Burke, says there are a lot of crazy expectations among anti-cage lobbyists who want farmers to spend $500 million transitioning the caged egg industry to more expensive and less healthy conditions.

Few Australians give much thought to the effort required to satisfy our 13 million-a-day egg consumption habit, but we can expect to hear much more about it in coming months.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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