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Trump might have to ask foes like Trudeau for emergency eggs
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The direct issue is the price on the shelf. People see it and get angry, but it raises the cost of a significant number of products in the store.
The other problem I see is that eggs are $8 a dozen and the shelves are FULL. That's not a shortage driving the price-up scenario. That's farmers doing a money grab.
If your self is mostly empty and their high priced, it's super legit. If there's no shortage week after week and the prices are 2x-3x it's shenanigans.
You can have a full shelf with expensive eggs and be legit.
Their flocks are being decimated by H15N which is messing around with prices.
Prices go up, people refuse to pay for said prices, so they sit on shelves.
They could sell the eggs for less, but maybe its not profitable to do so, in which case, they are fucked, because they gotta sell them for a loss or not sell them at all.
All that being said - those greedy motherfuckers are probably raising the prices beyond the losses incurred by H15N to try and exploit everyone.
No. The cost of those eggs did not go up 4x. If your flock is decimated you do not have eggs to sell you are busy breeding.
A chick costs about 4 bucks, They make a profit the first week after they hit regular breeding cycle. It doesn't work out as well for home gamers but at scale...
If you have eggs you can have chickens.
The price of meat didn't go up 4x, meat is more directly impacted by loss of flock.
We're seeing price collusion. It's an opportunity to make four times their normal income.