Utah eggs will be cage-free by 2025. Here’s why farmers lobbied for the law and why you’ll be paying more at the store.
Farms with more than 3,000 hens will have to improve facilities, a process that will cost the industry nearly $250 million.
(Photo courtesy of Oakdell Egg Farms) Hens are free to perch inside Oakdell Egg Farms' cage-free facility in Lewiston, near the Idaho border.
Kathy Stephenson covers food, dining, alcohol policy and features. A Utah native and University of Utah graduate, she has been a reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune for more than 30 years.