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I don't understand your point anymore. Egg prices are up because we lost somewhere between 1/5 and 1/4 of our egg laying birds in the last year, and it takes a
by legitster 2y ago
I don't understand your point anymore. Egg prices are up because we lost somewhere between 1/5 and 1/4 of our egg laying birds in the last year, and it takes a while to breed that many replacement birds. I have no idea what argument you are trying to make about the avian flu.
- jeffbee 2y agoI'm trying to figure out why the excursion in our market prices is so much greater than that in China when, as you mention in another comment, this disease has hit other countries as well.
- legitster 2y agoThe USDA orders much more expansive precautionary slaughtering programs than in other countries. Each country also subsidizes their agriculture in different ways so they tend to respond to price shocks differently.