Most of the factors driving up costs are relevant only to factory farming. Pasture raised (not free-range, which is a bullshit qualifier) eggs haven't had a proportional increase and I think the increase they have had is from greater demand because there isn't as large a price gap anymore. Factory farming has got to go. I understand everyone needs to get fed but if the land used to grow corn to turn into fuel was instead used to raise animals then factory farming would be unnecessary (it probably already is unnecessary but it's profitable so it continues).
As demand for eggs has risen, production in the U.S. has slumped because of the ongoing bird, or "avian," flu epidemic. Nearly 58 million birds have been infected with avian flu as of January 6, the USDA said, making it the deadliest outbreak in U.S. history. Infected birds must be slaughtered, causing egg supplies to fall and prices to surge.
Bird flu is carried by free-flying waterfowl, such as ducks, geese and shorebirds, and infects chickens, turkeys, pheasants, quail, domestic ducks, geese and guinea fowl. In another major recent epidemic of the disease, it killed more than 50 million chickens and turkeys in 2014 and 2015, while causing economic losses of $3.3 billion, the USDA estimates. The agency is now researching a potential vaccine against the bird flu.
I don’t remember eggs tripling price in 2014-5, how odd. Good news though we’re about to see Mareks chickens 2.0!!!
Bird flu is carried by free-flying waterfowl, such as ducks, geese and shorebirds
Does that mean we can start slaughtering those flying menaces called Canadian Geese in the name of stopping bird flu? Or is the stupid migratory bird act (or whatever it's called that protects them) more important than stopping this bird flu pandemic?
Anecdotal, but maybe something to a similar degree is happening everywhere. In 2020, after I moved to a new house, a dozen eggs was $0.70. That's about $0.06 per egg.
I went to the store last Friday. The same grocery store, selling the same store brand carton of a dozen eggs.
$4.50! FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY FUCKING CENTS! For twelve eggs! $0.38 per egg! That's almost a 600% increase!
It's been happening EVERYWHERE and thanks to a friend in the UK I know the reason at least there.
Electricity
It costs a lot of electricity to raise chickens and farm eggs, as the price for electricity goes up they have to pass on the price. In the UK this led to a dispute between the farmers and supermarkets where the farmers started to refuse the supermarkets demands to lower their price so it led to egg shortages while smaller wholesalers just raised the price, told consumers the reason and had no shortages at all.
It costs a lot of electricity to raise chickens and farm eggs
In bulk, sure. But I've been raising hens on and off for over a decade now and the number of times all those birds needed electricity could probably be counted on one hand, after hand feeding a hippo.
Only reason this is happening is because it's related to large scale egg production from factory farming where farms try and literally squeeze as many eggs out of a hen as possible while also limiting the costs of movement and environmental factors affecting things. So that means small, inside spaces that are heated so all the hens do is eat and lay eggs without having to worry about whatever weather might be present.
Of course raising hens requires some degree of land and more and more that is being denied and taken away from the general population because the plebs can't be moderately self sufficient in the NWO.
Well of course on macro scale EVERYTHING takes more resources and with supermarkets existing those are required.
If we could all be more self sustainable then we'd all have our own chickens, small veg/herb Gardens even if it's one of those small rectangular planters and even compost so farms only have to deal with cattle and large scale grain farming.
But to do that one thing that would need to be done is reassess and re imagine how cities are designed as current cities naturally oppose this self sustainability.
In bulk, sure. But I've been raising hens on and off for over a decade now and the number of times all those birds needed electricity could probably be counted on one hand, after hand feeding a hippo
The catch is that overall it's more efficient to centralise production. Less resilient but definitely more efficient.
Unfortunately there's no real way to price lack of resiliency into a product.
It's a bit ironic too as much of the whining about the shortage has come from whiny feminists whose uteruses dried up years ago and have vaginas so damp and large david attenborough can be faintly heard doing commentary about a rare species that lives in them.
Not really much need to geotag yourself at all, you can buy hens in a lot of countries and even just an egg every day or 2 isn't difficult to manage with some basic effort put in to look after them.
Why do I get the feeling it's a lie?
Always was
Most of the factors driving up costs are relevant only to factory farming. Pasture raised (not free-range, which is a bullshit qualifier) eggs haven't had a proportional increase and I think the increase they have had is from greater demand because there isn't as large a price gap anymore. Factory farming has got to go. I understand everyone needs to get fed but if the land used to grow corn to turn into fuel was instead used to raise animals then factory farming would be unnecessary (it probably already is unnecessary but it's profitable so it continues).
I don’t remember eggs tripling price in 2014-5, how odd. Good news though we’re about to see Mareks chickens 2.0!!!
Does that mean we can start slaughtering those flying menaces called Canadian Geese in the name of stopping bird flu? Or is the stupid migratory bird act (or whatever it's called that protects them) more important than stopping this bird flu pandemic?
If only there was some kind of license to do so...
Prices did double or nearly double but the spike wasn't as high and didn't last as long.
Anecdotal, but maybe something to a similar degree is happening everywhere. In 2020, after I moved to a new house, a dozen eggs was $0.70. That's about $0.06 per egg.
I went to the store last Friday. The same grocery store, selling the same store brand carton of a dozen eggs.
$4.50! FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY FUCKING CENTS! For twelve eggs! $0.38 per egg! That's almost a 600% increase!
It's been happening EVERYWHERE and thanks to a friend in the UK I know the reason at least there.
Electricity
It costs a lot of electricity to raise chickens and farm eggs, as the price for electricity goes up they have to pass on the price. In the UK this led to a dispute between the farmers and supermarkets where the farmers started to refuse the supermarkets demands to lower their price so it led to egg shortages while smaller wholesalers just raised the price, told consumers the reason and had no shortages at all.
Simple reason
In bulk, sure. But I've been raising hens on and off for over a decade now and the number of times all those birds needed electricity could probably be counted on one hand, after hand feeding a hippo.
Only reason this is happening is because it's related to large scale egg production from factory farming where farms try and literally squeeze as many eggs out of a hen as possible while also limiting the costs of movement and environmental factors affecting things. So that means small, inside spaces that are heated so all the hens do is eat and lay eggs without having to worry about whatever weather might be present.
Of course raising hens requires some degree of land and more and more that is being denied and taken away from the general population because the plebs can't be moderately self sufficient in the NWO.
Well of course on macro scale EVERYTHING takes more resources and with supermarkets existing those are required.
If we could all be more self sustainable then we'd all have our own chickens, small veg/herb Gardens even if it's one of those small rectangular planters and even compost so farms only have to deal with cattle and large scale grain farming.
But to do that one thing that would need to be done is reassess and re imagine how cities are designed as current cities naturally oppose this self sustainability.
The catch is that overall it's more efficient to centralise production. Less resilient but definitely more efficient. Unfortunately there's no real way to price lack of resiliency into a product.
It's a bit ironic too as much of the whining about the shortage has come from whiny feminists whose uteruses dried up years ago and have vaginas so damp and large david attenborough can be faintly heard doing commentary about a rare species that lives in them.
I won't geotag myself if I haven't already, but in some places you really are better off having some hens yourself.
Not really much need to geotag yourself at all, you can buy hens in a lot of countries and even just an egg every day or 2 isn't difficult to manage with some basic effort put in to look after them.
https://www.toomanyeggs.com/
Free recipe book for cooking with eggs.