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Egg prices expected to rise 'dramatically' across US after California law takes effect requiring
AP ^ | January 1, 2015 | Staff

Posted on 01/02/2015 6:13:58 AM PST by C19fan

The new year is expected to bring rising chicken egg prices across the U.S. as California starts requiring farmers to house hens in cages with enough space to move around and stretch their wings. The new standard backed by animal rights advocates has drawn ire nationwide because farmers in Iowa, Ohio and other states who sell eggs in California have to abide by the same requirements. To comply, farmers have to put fewer hens into each cage or invest in revamped henhouses, passing along the expense to consumers shopping at grocery stores. California is the nation's largest consumer of eggs and imports about one-third of its supply.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: animals; chickens; eggs
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To: Mechanicos

More people will start raising chickens and selling eggs locally as a side job.


I agree. Eggs are currently so cheap that it’s not all that cost effective to grow your own. Our main reason for doing it is that we enjoy them running around the property (they are entertaining) and they keep the bugs down, which is a big deal here.


21 posted on 01/02/2015 6:39:12 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: unixfox

—I feel the same way, but a market of forty million is hard for any large retailer to ignore-—


22 posted on 01/02/2015 6:39:37 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: MrB

Yeah, but we never get the chance. I kid you not. It’s empty and we’ve been filling it since last spring.


23 posted on 01/02/2015 6:39:55 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: cuban leaf

Our tic problem went from “scary” to “non-existent” when we started running chickens.


24 posted on 01/02/2015 6:40:41 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: alloysteel

—staring my day with a great laugh—right on, bro—


25 posted on 01/02/2015 6:40:59 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: proxy_user
What is to stop some entrepreneur from selling non-Califonia eggs to the other 49 states? He could undercut everyone on price, and get the whole market.

Seems easy enough - those egg producers who don't wish to "update" their operations need only add "Not Legal For Sale in the State of California" to their packaging.

26 posted on 01/02/2015 6:41:10 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: cuban leaf

There is a simple answer, DO NOT BUY CALIFORNIA produced eggs. Why should ANY Kalifornia law affect the entire nation. The eggs from chickens in other states are just as good.


27 posted on 01/02/2015 6:41:53 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Mechanicos
More people will start raising chickens and selling eggs locally as a side job.

Wonder if they'll be arrested like the folks in NYC for selling "loosies"?

28 posted on 01/02/2015 6:44:06 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: C19fan

After all, chickens are people too!


29 posted on 01/02/2015 6:44:44 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: yldstrk

“What is wrong with making sure the poor chickens that supply you eggs have a decent life?”.....

And we all know what happens to those chickens that are NOT destined for laying eggs for a living, they end up at KFC, Chick-Fila and other “fine dining” establishments across the nation. Those chickens don’t get larger quarters to “stretch their wings”. Idiots make stupid laws.


30 posted on 01/02/2015 6:44:49 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: rellimpank

—I feel the same way, but a market of forty million is hard for any large retailer to ignore-—


Yep. The cost will simply be passed on to the consumers. It’s how it works. Just another way life in California got a little more expensive.

But here is the deal: Where I live, things are much cheaper. But it means that wages are also lower and the standard of living is lower. Interestingly, in the short run this sort of thing makes California, at least on the surface, a nicer place to live because wages have to be higher, meaning goods and services that cost the same, no matter where you live (e.g. BMW’s) are relatively cheaper.

Meanwhile, where I live, “salvage rebuild” vehicles are a huge market. Almost everyone has one. Even those of us who can afford “normal”.

And there’s the rub. In the short run their economy will simply absorb the increase. Farmers from out of state will actually make MORE on their eggs sold to consumers and consumers will simply absorb the extra cost. This has been going on for decades and will continue to do so until a “Straw” breaks the camels back.

Who knows. These eggs may be that very straw.


31 posted on 01/02/2015 6:49:35 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: C19fan

High egg costs will translate into higher costs for everything they go into: pastries, breads, all kinds of prepared food.

I am conflicted on this. The animals should be housed humanely. I don’t know enough about existing conditions or the law to comment but I am suspicious of anything coming out of California.

I wonder how many laying hens I need to get a dozen eggs a week? Maybe a couple of ostriches is a better investment. They can double as watchdogs!


32 posted on 01/02/2015 6:50:31 AM PST by ZULU (Quo usque tandem abutere Obama patientia nostra?)
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To: MrB

Our tic problem went from “scary” to “non-existent” when we started running chickens.


Exactly! I like to say, as I munch down my wife’s amazing home made “egg McMuffins”, “Who knew ticks could taste so good?!”

It’s a blast to watch them follow me on the lawn mower and chase down grasshoppers.


33 posted on 01/02/2015 6:51:45 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: C19fan

Calif shut down a fantastic oyster farm in Drakes Bay now they are ruining the egg industry. Calif does back the pot growing industry because they claim it is good for other businesses. One screwed up state.


34 posted on 01/02/2015 6:55:05 AM PST by jetson (Can I catch you a delicious bass...)
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To: cuban leaf

—but I do like that idea of another poster—just mark the eggs “Not for Sale in California”—seems to work for a lot of products—


35 posted on 01/02/2015 6:55:56 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: ZULU

There are a couple egg producers in the Chino / Ontario California area that I drive by frequently. They have drive up service open to the Public. I’ll have to keep my eye out if they are in business a year from now assuming they are not compliant with the new law.


36 posted on 01/02/2015 6:56:20 AM PST by DAC21
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To: yldstrk

Okay. You pay the extra for your eggs. I’d love to have chickens roaming around like my grandparents did...but the coyotes would love it, too, and I don’t need cougar bait around the place.


37 posted on 01/02/2015 7:00:19 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: DAC21

Why don’t they pick up and leave? Screw California.


38 posted on 01/02/2015 7:01:53 AM PST by ZULU (Quo usque tandem abutere Obama patientia nostra?)
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To: All

when it comes to animals, I find myself agreeing with the most extreme elements of peta, or some shyster law professor at Harvard who wants to give mice constitutional rights.
keeping chickens in claustrophobic conditions for their entire lives is inhumane.
and I know most of you disagree.
may you all come back as chickens.


39 posted on 01/02/2015 7:02:11 AM PST by willywill
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To: ZULU
I wonder how many laying hens I need to get a dozen eggs a week?

Two.

40 posted on 01/02/2015 7:03:26 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Doctrine doesn't change. The trick is to find a way around it.)
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