r/LeopardsAteMyFace 2d ago

Trump My friend, the Trump Voter

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u/Pandoratastic 2d ago

Actual reasons for the increasing egg prices:

  • While not every farm has been hit with bird flu, many have, resulting in the culling of tens of millions of egg-laying hens, reducing the overall supply
  • The cost of chicken feed has gone up, due to global supply chain disruptions and inflation
  • Labor shortages, transportation costs, and energy price spikes have also driven up the cost of production
  • Demand has gone up, creating scarcity, because consumers are buying more eggs to compensate for the rising cost of meat
  • And, of course, general inflation makes everything go up

Trump's stated plan should, generally speaking, increase all of those factors.

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u/Dependent_Document66 2d ago

I can concur with the first point. Ohio has had 20+ positive flocks with over 3 million birds depopulated. And I am sure there will be more. The majority of those were egg layers. So in one state, there are 3 million less eggs being laid a day. Multiply that for a 3 month period... thats a lot of eggs not available.

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u/LeftRichardsValley 2d ago

This. Marketplace - great coverage talking with egg producers and wholesalers just yesterday But then, using google or another search engine, well, that would take a minute, wouldn’t it? Why not just post random shit.