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Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by RC_ITR »

phpisthebest wrote: post #68
mint2 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually there’s more. On Jan 1st several more states laws about animal welfare went into effect whereas before essentially only California had those requirements. The supply of eggs meeting those requirements had not been ramped up to meet the step in demand. I expect that disruption will be temporary.

So why then are my Pasture Raised Organic eggs increasing at the same rate as budget eggs. These regulations would not impact those operations

Demand is a conveyer belt.

Someone who has disposable income but doesn't care would buy normal eggs before, lowering the demand for regulation-compliant eggs.

Now, the store only stocks regulation compliant eggs, so that's what the person buys, increasing demand.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by jstx1 »

whoomp12342 wrote: post #65
amalgamated_inc wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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abundance of anything is unhealthy so its not "wrong" but eating eggs on occasion wont contribute to high colestrol

Eggs every day don't contribute to high cholesterol either. Dietary cholesterol in general doesn't lead to high blood cholesterol.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by lettergram »

ksherlock wrote: post #22

Lydon Johnson had an answer (via George Will): In 1966, the price of eggs rose to a level that President Lyndon Johnson judged, God knows how, was too high. There were two culprits – supply and demand – and Johnson’s agriculture secretary told him there was not much that could be done. LBJ, however, was a can-do fellow who directed the US surgeon general to dampen demand by warning the nation about the hazards of cho…

Wait until you find out why bread and starch is at the bottom of the food pyramid… which is still, to this day, being taught in schools.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by mint2 »

amalgamated_inc wrote: post #64
mint2 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

USDA regulations caused bird flu? Also, Unregulated eggs are not a solution. What is the takeaway from your comment, it’s unclear. Edit: OP replied to this comment as an edit to their original, that makes it very awkward to actually respond to their reply. The reply also didn’t address the points because it amounted to saying “the take away is that I replied to someone”. That comment appears to be an “all regulations…

Irrespective of the content of any given regulation, it will slow down, cost money to adapt to, and therefore cause problems with supply. You have to hire a lawer who follows these things, interprets them. Then you have to craft new changes in the way you do things (no matter what things you do or how) to adapt, and you have to also signal that so you won't get audited/inspected (which is a huge cost in time & resour…

So is that to say all regulations are bad?

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by xeromal »

phpisthebest wrote: post #68
mint2 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually there’s more. On Jan 1st several more states laws about animal welfare went into effect whereas before essentially only California had those requirements. The supply of eggs meeting those requirements had not been ramped up to meet the step in demand. I expect that disruption will be temporary.

So why then are my Pasture Raised Organic eggs increasing at the same rate as budget eggs. These regulations would not impact those operations

Not seeing that here in LA. The organic brown eggs seem to be holding price pretty well. I thought it was just slow movement and that the next shipment would have higher prices but so far so good.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by lettergram »

bagels wrote: post #53
bigtex wrote: post #36

My wife has a cottage baking business and would buy 15 dozen eggs from Costco Business Center. Already high, a few months back in cost about $45 for the box. Just last week it was $110. She doesn't recall but it fairly certain the box was between $20-30 before inflation hit. However she said they had chicken legs that were .49/lb which is a great price but hard to reconcile with the narrative that avian flu is the ca…

Broilers take a fraction of the time to grow compared to the five months it takes before a hen lays the first egg.

12 weeks for most chickens we eat. It’s honestly crazy lol

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by wolfprogramming »

amalgamated_inc wrote: post #50
ksherlock wrote: post #22

Lydon Johnson had an answer (via George Will): In 1966, the price of eggs rose to a level that President Lyndon Johnson judged, God knows how, was too high. There were two culprits – supply and demand – and Johnson’s agriculture secretary told him there was not much that could be done. LBJ, however, was a can-do fellow who directed the US surgeon general to dampen demand by warning the nation about the hazards of cho…

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There have been several studies that have shown eggs to be healthy. There are several studies that show they are unhealthy. Bias is a real problem in nutrition science.

There are zero interventional studies that show eggs to be unhealthy.

In other words no one has given eggs to one group, observed another group not eat eggs and shown that eggs CAUSE a negative health outcome.

Instead people have made statistical calculations on food questionnaires that are highly unreliable.

Also people have fed eggs to people and measured various blood levels and made a educated guess on what the long term effects could be.

If a study by Kelloggs shows eggs to be unhealthy how can it be trusted?

Likewise if members of the study are animal rights activist, vegans or some other ideology that could in one way or another effect their judgement that study shouldn't be trusted. Especially if it is not a interventional study. Of which there are none that show poor health outcomes.

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by gen3 »

lettergram wrote: post #83
ksherlock wrote: post #22

Lydon Johnson had an answer (via George Will): In 1966, the price of eggs rose to a level that President Lyndon Johnson judged, God knows how, was too high. There were two culprits – supply and demand – and Johnson’s agriculture secretary told him there was not much that could be done. LBJ, however, was a can-do fellow who directed the US surgeon general to dampen demand by warning the nation about the hazards of cho…

Wait until you find out why bread and starch is at the bottom of the food pyramid… which is still, to this day, being taught in schools.

It isn't still being taught, it changed to the MyPlate model because the food pyramid was deemed misleading: https://www.myplate.gov/

Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by [deleted] »

amalgamated_inc wrote: post #50
ksherlock wrote: post #22

Lydon Johnson had an answer (via George Will): In 1966, the price of eggs rose to a level that President Lyndon Johnson judged, God knows how, was too high. There were two culprits – supply and demand – and Johnson’s agriculture secretary told him there was not much that could be done. LBJ, however, was a can-do fellow who directed the US surgeon general to dampen demand by warning the nation about the hazards of cho…

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Re: Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

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Post by skeeter2020 »

ksherlock wrote: post #22

Lydon Johnson had an answer (via George Will): In 1966, the price of eggs rose to a level that President Lyndon Johnson judged, God knows how, was too high. There were two culprits – supply and demand – and Johnson’s agriculture secretary told him there was not much that could be done. LBJ, however, was a can-do fellow who directed the US surgeon general to dampen demand by warning the nation about the hazards of cho…

Is the fact that Johnson died at 64 of a heart attack somewhat ironic, or was he speaking from personal experience about the dangers of eggs (and the bacon everyone ate daily)?
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