• Assist members to discuss common problems applicable to the day to day running of their industry
• Inspire confidence in the Queensland egg industry
• Promote efficient resource allocation
• Foster Government and industry partnerships and
• Effectively manage and operate the association.

Today, the Association's members represent the majority of Queensland's large and small commercial egg producers. Our members supply approximately 80 per cent of the Queensland market.

Many Queensland egg farms are owned and operated by families who've been producing and selling farm fresh eggs for several generations. For these people, farming is more than just another rural industry. It's a way of life, an opportunity to provide productive employment for their families and local communities and to be an integral and important part of their local community.

Other members represent larger companies: Companies who's resources have allowed heavy investments in hen welfare research, improved housing and production facilities and improved facilities to ensure that flocks receive only the most nutritious and healthy feeding diets.

Collectively, Queensland's 78 registered egg farms house approximately two million birds producing around 37 million dozen eggs per annum using a combination of caged hen, barn-housed and free-range production methods.

Of these farms, three currently produce eggs using the barn-housed method and 33 produce eggs using the free-range method. Barn eggs represent less than four per cent of the State's production while free range eggs currently represent around eight per cent of production.

Typical barn-housed egg production facility.

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