January 2012 - American Egg Board State Support Program Spotlight
Each year, AEB allocates funding, based on a population/layer formula, for the state promotional organizations to carry out AEB’s national message to consumers on a local level through the State Support Program. Pennsylvania recently received this funding and was able to use it to promote various events held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. READ MORE
Federal Bill Introduced to Improve Housing for Egg-Laying Hens and Provide Stable Future for Egg Farmers
January 23, 2012 - The Humane Society of the United States and the United Egg Producers announced that they will make passage of H.R. 3798, the Egg Products Inspection Act Amendments of 2012, a top legislative priority in Congress this year.
The bill will require egg producers to essentially double the space allotted per hen and make other important animal welfare improvements during a tiered phase-in period that allows farmers time to make the investments in better housing, with the assurance that all will face the same requirements by the end of the phase-in period.
The legislation is strongly supported by UEP, HSUS, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and other animal welfare groups, National Consumers League, the overwhelming majority of egg farmers, and state agricultural and egg producer groups, including the Association of California Egg Farmers, Colorado Egg Producers Association, Florida Poultry Association, Michigan Agri-Business Association, Michigan Allied Poultry Industries, North Carolina Egg Association and Ohio Egg Processors Association. (Source: United Egg Producers)