Egg Prices Surge to Records as Bird Flu Decimates Poultry Flocks

WSJ ^ | 22 December 2022 | Jaewon Kang and Patrick Thomas

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Chicken farms? Up in smoke. Fertilizer plants? Up in smoke. Feed storage facilities? Up in smoke. And add severe restrictions and regulations on farmers.

Anyone see a pattern here? We're being culled.

[PIF]

Jumbo eggs at a local store $7.85 a dozen

[PIF]

Most people understand that food is grown and packaged in the back of grocery stores, so when nutters come along and offer the same at lower prices who knows what the produce really is - maybe it came out of a grocery store dumpster.

This has been going on for decades in the US. Back in the 30s when the bridge to Key West, Florida was completed, people refused to buy fresh produce because every one knew it was grown in cans.

[NautiNurse]

one woman said she didn’t buy anything that wasn’t from the Store..

As Forrest Gump said, "Stupid is as stupid does."

[NautiNurse]

Scary times.

[NautiNurse]

Kroger jumbo eggs $3.89 today. They’re good.

[PIF]

Kroger here two days ago was $4.85

[Governor Dinwiddie]

When President Trump was in office, I was buying large eggs at the grocer for $1.05 for 18 eggs.

[unread]

"Wholesale prices of Midwest large eggs hit a record $5.36 a dozen in December".

Hmmmm.. Big prices, but there doesn't seem to be a shortage.. Lots of eggs in the stores... (?)

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I blame global warming Putin.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Big prices, but there doesn't seem to be a shortage.. Lots of eggs in the stores... (?)

Milton Friedman said economists only know how to make two things: Shortages and surpluses, If you want shortages, set the price below what the market price is, if you want surpluses, set it above the market price. This explains gas lines in the 1970's, and empty airline seats in the same era.

When Joe Biden's handlers intervene to help there will simultaneously be shortages of eggs and black markets.

[Puppage]

Calling Dr. Fowlchi (see what I did there?)

[wally_bert]

If you were remotely close to me, I would happily buy.

Every so often a good fellow around here brings eggs from his chickens.

They are excellent.

[bk1000]

They intend to starve us. Food supplies will dwindle until SURPRISE! There is abundant food now! Just show your digital vax passport at the federal dispensary and pick up your ration of WEF approved cricket kibble.

[dpetty121263]

Well the chicken yards are within eye sight of where I sell, and pointed that out..

[cgbg]

Our nearest (country) neighbor has chickens and their eggs are wonderful.

[dpetty121263]

Don’t get me wrong I do have buyers but you get these oddballs..had a lady who refused to by clean eggs, would only buy dirty...

[ExTxMarine]

The absolute BEST INVESTMENT I made this year, was the purchase of three hens!! LOL!!

[cgbg]

“More of a mystery to me is the handful of items that haven’t budged in price at all.”

That is a clue for how long and complex some supply chains are...for some products it takes well over a year for inventory to make its way through the supply pipeline.

An old classic on this topic:

https://fee.org/resources/i-pencil/

[NautiNurse]

Big prices, but there doesn't seem to be a shortage.. Lots of eggs in the stores...

Eggzactly. It is a conundrum.