There is a myth about large-scale animal husbandry in Hungary

There are currently 550 commodity-producing farms producing eggs in Hungary, which produced around 2.4 billion eggs in 2022. This is how Minister of Agriculture István Nagy summarized the data of domestic poultry farms at a professional conference organized on the occasion of World Egg Day in Budaörs. The head of the ministry emphasized that nowadays we have to face the fact that people living today do not accept large-scale animal husbandry, in connection with which there has been such a pseudo-romanticism that it is very difficult to overcome. However, it can be demonstrated with scientific research that a high degree of comfort can be provided with animal welfare. He added that for this very reason, a united response to the problem must be given from the side of science, breeding and feeding, as people cannot be deprived of the highest quality protein. István Nagy highlighted that it is a significant step forward from the point of view of food safety that consumers can now ...