# US egg industry: cage-free demands, flock size increases.

> The US egg industry recovered from the 2014-2015 avian flu outbreak but faced oversupply in 2016. Cal-Maine and Rose Acre remain the largest producers, and major buyers have pledged a rapid shift to cage-free production. The 2017 survey counts 313.2 million hens across 63 companies.

- Date: 2017-02-08 · published 2017-02-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72516-us-egg-industry-cage-free-demands-flock-size-increases
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Growing flock size against ample supply points to continued low egg prices. The cage-free transition raises production costs over time but does not move feed grain prices much in the near term.

## Sources

- wattagnet.com: https://www.wattagnet.com/egg/egg-production/article/15520293/us-egg-industry-cage-free-demands-flock-size-increases-wattagnet

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