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The Farm Sustainability Dashboard has been designed to improve industry best practice and meet evolving community expectations. It has been created for business owners and is appropriate for farms of all sizes.
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> How are cage eggs produced?
Modern cage farming system used today are clean, automated and highly efficient. Modern sheds include automated feeding, watering, climate control kept at 23°C, ventilation, lighting, and manure and egg collection. the minimum space allowance per hen in a cage farming system is 550cm2 per bird, though the average cage size ranges from 1800cm2 to 11,000cm2. There must be a 10cm feeder space and a minimum cage height of 40cm.