16.05.2011

Iowa State University researchers will join with University of California-Davis scientists to investigate alternative egg production systems to help improve animal welfare and other practices.
The two-year, $700,000 research project is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture through its Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program.
The multistate and multidisciplinary study will assess alternative housing systems for laying hens in Iowa, the leading state in U.S. egg production, and California, where voters recently passed a ballot initiative to essentially ban cage egg operation by 2015.