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Clemson Researcher Investigates Impacts of Cages on Laying Hens

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The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68 Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farm animal welfare us agribusiness. Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems. In South Carolina egg sales tally about $90 million annually.

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