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Farm Sustainability Dashboard

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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  • From A to Z in a single egg

    The vitamins and nutrients that you’ll find in this inexpensive and humble kitchen staple

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    Egg industry continues work with authorities on food safety outcomes

    The Australian egg industry has continued to work closely with authorities to respond to and eliminate the threat of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) since its initial outbreak in September 2018.

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    Solar calculator tool helping to drive egg farmers towards carbon neutrality

    The egg industry is already one of the most sustainable agricultural sectors in Australia, but Australian Eggs is on a mission to continue to drive farmers towards carbon neutrality by delivering research and tools that will enable farmers to take steps towards a sustainable future.

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    Egg and chicken meat industries create roadmap to carbon neutral

    The more than 20 million Australians who regularly eat chicken and eggs will soon lower their dietary carbon footprint thanks to a new carbon neutral project from Australia’s poultry industries.

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    Vitamin D intake now more important than ever

    Research reveals that 23 percent of Australians are vitamin D deficient and this increases to 36 percent at the end of winter. 1 It's suggested that this is due to several lifestyle factors, including prevalence of indoor jobs, increased office hours and increased time on screens inside.

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    Egg farmers lead way in producing more with less

    A laying hen today lays 38 more eggs per year than a hen did 20 years ago, and it does so despite consuming five percent less feed.

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    The nation's best egg dish crowned on World Egg Day

    Today on World Egg Day, Yum Yum Bakery (Guildford, NSW) has taken out the title of having Australia’s Best Egg Dish in the 2019 Eggsellence Awards.

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    Egg industry responds to new food safety challenges

    The Australian egg industry has worked closely with authorities to respond to the recent series of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) incidents. SE has been detected on eleven egg farms in New South Wales and one in Victoria and all sites have been quarantined and undergone decontamination.

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    New Research Reveals Eggs Contain 82% of Daily Vitamin D Intake

    Eggs are one of the highest natural sources of vitamin D
    An average serve of eggs provides 82 per cent to help Aussies achieve the recommended vitamin D intake
    Australians are now consuming 17 million eggs per day, over two million more than 2017
    Vitamin D deficiency is common in Australia with almost…

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    Egg Industry Action on Food Safety

    Australian Eggs is working with government health and agricultural departments to investigate the cause of a Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) incident at a Victorian farm. SE is a concern as it poses a food safety risk.

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    Egg industry responds to community feedback

    The opinions of thousands of Australians who participated in a CSIRO research program about egg farming in Australia have been addressed in a Sustainability Framework Report for the egg industry.

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    Eggs go back to school

    Australians eat more than six billion eggs a year and the story of their production and consumption is being brought to life in a new schools education program.

Want to see what an egg farm looks like? Take this interactive 360 degree tour to see how eggs are produced in Australia.

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