Finland turns down US request for eggs
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"The amount we could export would not solve their egg shortage," says the head of the Finnish Poultry Association.

“The amount we could export would not solve their egg shortage,” says the head of the Finnish Poultry Association.

  • unexposedhazard
    203·
    8 hours ago

    The US doesnt have a real egg shortage btw. There is also no impact that is larger than in previous years from the bird flu. The egg monopolists are just making/buying fewer egg laying hens and producing fewer eggs to drive the prices and profit margins up.

    This entire “egg shortage” could be solved in a matter of weeks if Trump ordered the companies to do so.

    For the doubters, just open your eyes and read. (Obligatory fuck NYT)

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/business/us-egg-prices-investigation.html

    https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/10/demand-and-supply/

      • dzsimbo@lemm.eeEnglish
        22·
        5 hours ago

        Or eggs do cost that much to produce in the US. Pinning this problem on Big Egg seems like the easiest solution, but I have an inkling this stuff goes deeper.

        • Dragonstaff@leminal.spaceEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Lol, “your inkling” aside, the fact is that there is no actual egg shortage. Your theory requires that eggs somehow became twice as expensive to produce in the US this past year. However, the price of eggs paid to producers has not gone up.

          Sure, “corporate greed” is my assumption, but only because it’s behind nearly every problem facing this country.