Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Help with Egg Supply

Congressional Letter Urges FDA to Grant NCC’s Egg Petition

Rep. Josh Riley (D-NY) today introduced “The Lowering Egg Prices Act” with Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), and Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI), that would cut bureaucratic red tape that forces farmers to discard hundreds of millions of eggs each year.

The bill mirrors the National Chicken Council’s (NCC) petition last month to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse or modify a 15-year old regulation that forces the broiler industry (chickens raised...

National Chicken Council Offers Measure to Help Alleviate Egg Shortage in Wake of Bird Flu

Petition to FDA would divert 400 million eggs to market

In light of the pressure the current highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or “bird flu”) outbreak is putting on the nation’s egg supply, and resulting record egg prices, the National Chicken Council (NCC) today petitioned the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse or modify an Obama-era regulation that forces the broiler industry (chickens raised for meat) to discard perfectly nutritious and safe eggs.

“With government risk assessments affirming their safety...

ANALYSIS: Rising Broiler Weights: Understanding the Factors Driving Growth and Market Implications

Based on weekly data from the USDA, in 1998 the average live weight of broilers at the processing plant was 4.87 lbs. By 2024, that number had risen 34.1% to a value of 6.52 lbs. During every one of those 26 years, average live weights were either maintained or increased from the year prior. In fact, in 2015 there was as much as a 3.4% increase year-over-year (YoY). Now, as data for the first month of 2025 comes in, the trend of YoY gains in...

Perdue Farms Adopts "NestBorn" On-Farm Hatching Concept

Perdue Farms, a family owned fourth-generation U.S. food and agricultural company, has decided to incorporate the on-farm hatching concept “NestBorn” into their broiler production & supply chain. The adoption of this innovative & future-proof approach to hatch day-old chicks in broiler barns – instead of in hatcheries – perfectly fits into the company’s belief in responsible food and agriculture, and is aligned with its deep, long-standing commitments towards animal care and No Antibiotics Ever.

In the summer of 2023, a demonstration NestBorn Egg Placing Machine was placed into...

EU Chicken Production to Grow in 2025

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), European Union (EU) chicken production is forecast to reach 11.5 million metric tonnes in 2025, marking a 1.3% year-on-year increase. Post-COVID market conditions in the EU have been favorable for more affordable animal proteins such as chicken and eggs. Despite challenges like food inflation and rising energy costs, EU chicken consumption is expected to remain strong in 2025, which will likely sustain overall chicken demand and support production.

Poland is expected to remain the EU's top chicken producer, accounting...