Sumner, Daniel A.; Matthews, William A.; Mench, Joy A.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42 (2010) 03
Beginning January 1, 2015, conventional cage housing for egg-laying hens is scheduled to be prohibited in California …. We consider the economic implications of the new hen housing regulations on the California shell egg industry. Our data … show that egg production is more costly using noncage systems than conventional cages. The main result of the new …