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Farming Today This Week

Britain's egg producers are booming despite welfare rules, with the industry is drawing in farmers from other sectors. Charlotte Smith finds out why.

Egg production in Britain is booming. We now consume 12 billion eggs a year. The industry is drawing in farmers from other sectors. Even the banning of 'caged birds' seems not to have affected the economics of the business. Charlotte Smith goes to one of the UK's biggest producers, the Happy Egg company, part of the Noble Foods Group, in Hertfordshire. She finds out how eggs are graded and why GM feed is now becoming standard, other than for organic eggs.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Weatherill.

27 minutes

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Sat 18 May 2013 06:30

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  • Sat 18 May 2013 06:30

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