Egg-deficit around the corner if laying hen-cage situation is not settled

A serious egg-deficit may turn up its head in the EU, in case no solution is found to provide all EU-member countries with proper sized cages for laying hens. Since the beginning of next year, according to an EU-provision, the size of cages for laying hens needs to be increased. However, several producers coming from freshly joined countries are not yet able to rise up to this expectation.