She also acknowledges that bird flu has also caused prices to climb but mandating that chickens be cage-free has added to the ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs ordered a delay in the enforcement of cage-free chicken farming in Arizona in the hopes of lowering the cost of eggs.

“Cage-free is the future — for both birds and consumers,” said the company ... The bipartisan legislation, originally passed in 2009, was set to take effect at the end of 2019 but was ...

The delay ensures that egg farms won’t have to convert to cage-free operations during the ongoing bird flu outbreak, which has resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of egg-laying hens ...

The law was set to go into effect in January 2027 ... and be able to move in a barn in a manner that promotes bird welfare. Cage-free chicken farming tends to incur additional expenses and ...