Is Prop 2 to blame for sharp drop in California egg production?
Egg farms in California produced 323 million eggs in May, a drop of 16 percent from the same month in 2014, says the Chicken and Eggs report. Production also was sharply lower in April. “Farmers are decreasing their hen numbers to comply with Proposition 2, the 2008 initiative that set minimum cage sizes,” says Capital Press, based on… » Read More
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