# Technical advice: Meeting the demand for larger eggs - Poultry News

> UK egg producers face rising demand for larger eggs, with a widening price premium for very large and large eggs. Cargill's poultry adviser says lysine and energy levels in feed can be adjusted to raise egg size, though this typically means reducing lysine.

- Date: 2019-01-17 · published 2019-01-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region UK · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61407-technical-advice-meeting-the-demand-for-larger-eggs-poultry-news
- Commodities: [Lysine](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LYSINE.md)

## Why it matters

Shifts in layer diet formulation for egg size can change lysine and energy demand from feed buyers. The effect on feed prices is modest and limited to the UK layer sector.

## Read by commodity

- LYSINE: neutral

## Sources

- poultrynews.co.uk: https://www.poultrynews.co.uk/production/egg-production/technical-advice-meeting-the-demand-for-larger-eggs.html

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