Farmers boil over the Eggs Act

SCRAMBLING the phase out of conventional layer hen cages by bringing forward the end date by 10 years has left Victorian egg producers angry at the potential of losing millions of dollars of investment they made predicated on the original end date of 2046. Photo: SUPPLIED.

By Lizzie Hallam

July 15, 2023 | 4:00 PM

BACK in 2021, egg farmers were donating pallets of their produce to help thousands of Victorians and their families in need of emergency food relief due to the financial impact of COVID-19.

Fast forward two years and it is now egg farmers that need support according to The Nationals Federal Leader and shadow minister for Agriculture, David Littleproud.