Posted on 05/28/2022 5:13:36 PM PDT by blam
Concerns over potential shortages of eggs nationwide are growing due to inflation and supply chain issues made worse by avian flu.
“Like many sectors of the economy, egg farming is impacted by inflation and experiencing some limited supply chain challenges due to a variety of factors,” the American Egg Board (AEB) said in a May 24 statement in response to an Epoch Times inquiry.
Chickens gather around a feeder at a farm in Osage, Iowa
The AEB was created by an act of Congress in 1976 at the request of egg farmers as a way to pool resources for national-level marketing.
Regarding avian flu, the AEB said, “It is important to note that less than 5 percent of commercial layer flocks have been impacted by avian influenza and those farms affected are working with state and federal agency partners to safely resume operations.
“Our farmers continue to work diligently to ensure that Americans nationwide have consistent access to their favorite protein: the incredible egg.”
At Frye’s Market in Cottonwood, Arizona, for example, the shelves appeared about half full on May 20.
The egg shelves were about half full at Frye’s Market in Cotton, Ariz., on May 23. The American Egg Bureau says avian flu has cut into about 5 percent of egg production. (Allan Stein/The Epoch Times)
This week, a dozen Happy Egg free-range grade-A large brown eggs sold for $4.99. The price of Kroger grade A and AA large eggs was $4.39.
The situation wasn’t much different at Cottonwood’s Safeway on May 23, where a stock clerk attributed empty shelves to the increasing demand for eggs and lagging deliveries.
According to the USDA’s April 29 monthly Cage-Free Shell Egg Report, the average price range for a carton of eggs was between $1.15 and $2.79.
The report based weekly egg production on monthly flock size estimates, which totaled 18.1 million in April at an estimated lay rate of 84.5 percent for 30-dozen cases of organic eggs.
Non-organic egg layers total 90.5 million birds at a weekly production rate of nearly 1.5 million cases of 30-dozen eggs.
More than 36 million chickens and turkeys have been euthanized since highly infectious avian flu was first detected in the United States in January.
On April 20, the egg board said America’s farmers have been working “around the clock” to keep their products affordable and grocery stores stocked.
Travis Maddox, a prepper and producer of The Prepared Homestead on YouTube, feeds his chickens. (Courtesy Travis Maddox)
“It’s important to know that farmers don’t usually get to choose the price of their eggs. Eggs are priced on the commodity market, like corn and wheat. Temporary increases in egg prices reflect many factors,” the AEB said.
“Like many sectors of the economy, egg farming is being impacted by inflation and experiencing supply chain challenges related to increases in cost and availability of feed and grain, labor and transportation.
“Recent cases of bird flu have created additional strains on supply in limited situations,” the organization added.
Can’t they use spurs or whips to make the chickens lay eggs faster?
I can live without them.
If I were on a nut-job conspiracy ping list I’d say evil forces are trying to starve people into submission via economic oppression.
But that, of course, is ridiculous.
We all know it’s caused by Global Warming.
Now...
Will that be right hand?
Or forehead?
(the 7 year peace deal comes first)
I’m down to one a day. When there’s hollandaise mix(knorrs) in the house I make sure there’s spinach/ham + English muffins. It takes 2 eggs. Worth it. The packet can spread over 4 poached eggs. Don’t forget the Paprika.
Which gave rise to multi-national corporate farms and schmucks like Bill Gates and China buying up our farmland.
One positive thing about COVID is that it has shown Americans that we need to go back to basics and get the federal government completely out of the equation of growing food.
Just let people grow whatever the F they want in their own backyards or private farms and create their own co-ops or at the county level so food will be readily available. That's how the Pilgrims did it, they inadvertently invented capitalism and everyone benefitted from it.
Putin has our eggs 🥚
I guess we better buy some chickens .. don’t want to be without eggs
If the chickens shave their coffee ☕ breaks the bean counters say output will increase by 0.01 percent.
Masks 😷😷😷 help too.
-PJ
Does the Zubu clan ever publish anything positive, or is chicken little their head rooster?
BIL has all the eggs I would want.
We have a neighbor that has too many chickens.
They keep us well supplied. We have not bought eggs from a store in a long time.
“Putin has our eggs”
Yep, the Neocons will call it the “Putin Egg Shortage”.
I eat two, 10 minute boiled eggs every day with two pieces of Ezekiel toast and a glass of organic tomato juice.
It’s an open debate whether coffee breaks increase or decrease my production.
Zubu Brothers just collects the news, I decide which article from there to post to FR.
I post articles that people show the most interest and get the most comments on. Inflation and shortages have been popular subjects lately.
Here's a popular one I posted today: High Inflation May Already Be Behind Us
If you find it offensive, just don't click on the article.
It's a shame that I have to tell you the solution.
Please stop whining
We’re being hit by something every day. Nothing to see. Move along.
We grew up on turkey eggs. Those could fill in the gaps if someone were enterprising enough.
whining? When is a question of fact whining? Post a positive article from the brothers sometimes.
We’ve got four hens, plenty of eggs - and the bonus of manure for our gardens.
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