Blue state outlaws most eggs unless cage-free, before new year --The new law does not apply to eggs produced on farms with less than 3,000 egg-laying hens | 19 Dec 2024 | Nearly all eggs sold in Michigan starting before the New Year must come from cage-free birds, even as egg prices continue to climb. Michigan lawmakers modified the Animal Industry Act in 2019, requiring shell eggs from chickens, ducks and other fowl, sold in the state to be from cage-free housing systems, starting Dec. 31, 2024... For those farms affected, the law prohibits business owners from selling eggs from an egg-laying hen if care cannot be provided while standing within the hens' usable floor space. The news comes as egg prices continue to rise, and industry experts project that these higher costs will persist into 2025, especially if Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as "bird flu" infections, continues.