Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada added 2.92 million hens to its egg-laying flock in 2025, Egg Farmers of Canada said in its annual report released on March 18.
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Egg Farmers of Canada sees more hens, greater egg demand in 2025
Proposed Sask. poultry research facility gets funding influx
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Reading Time: 2 minutes A recently-funded poultry facility at the University of Saskatchewan will allow researchers to work on poultry barn lighting, housing and feed systems.
Egg Farmers of Canada, University of Guelph appoint new poultry welfare research chair
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Egg Farmers of Canada and the University of Guelph have a new research chair tasked with driving poultry welfare research.
Chicken, eggs benefit from demand for economical protein
Reading Time: 2 minutes Strong demand for protein and status as an economical alternative to beef bodes well for chicken and egg demand in 2026 according to recent analysis from Farm Credit Canada.
Bird flu virus could be airborne: study
Reading Time: 2 minutes A research study from the United States suggests that bird flu could have spread amongst cattle through the air or contaminated wastewater at dairy farms.
National pullet and laying hen code amended
Reading Time: 2 minutes Final amendments to Canada's pullet and laying hen code of practice have been published, the National Farm Animal Care Council and Egg Farmers of Canada announced on Thursday.
Six agriculture leaders named Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame
The six 2025 Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees range from long-serving farm policy makers to researchers and business leaders
Reading Time: 2 minutes The six 2025 Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame inductees range from long-serving farm policy makers to researchers, agriculture advocates and food business leaders.
Supply management bill goes straight to Senate
The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate
Reading Time: 3 minutes The future of the system used in Canadian dairy, egg and poultry production will once again be the focus of political debate
China issues countrywide ban on Brazilian poultry imports
Reading Time: < 1 minute China has issued a ban on all imports of poultry and related products from Brazil over an avian influenza outbreak, two weeks after suspending import applications from the country's poultry farms.
OPINION: Canadian food self-sufficiency starts by empowering farmers
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's egg farmers are looking to our leaders to show their strong support for the supply managed egg sector, which delivers stability and self-sufficiency to our food system.