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Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by aqueueaqueue on Thursday February 20, 2025 @02:55AM (#43112172)
Good point. I didn't imagine a lot of egg imports happened.
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by paul_h on Thursday February 20, 2025 @04:36AM (#43112816)
US has an egg import deal with Turkey, no? https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/turkey-export...
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by scythe on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:35AM (#43113168)
The article is dated today, it may not yet be affecting prices.
Re:Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer? by gazook89 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:06AM (#43114775)
I worked at a large 3PL during an avian flu about 10 years ago. We gained a large customer because we gave them a plan to import huge quantities of eggs from overseas (mostly Europe) via ship. Managing them through ports in both ends and over the road across the country, eggs still in shells, needing constant refrigeration and unbroken chain of documentation was a monumental task. It kept them in business egg with their largest retailers, but I’m still not sure it was worth the expense/effort.

In the years since, they would export. Egg whites stayed in the US, and egg yolks would go to Europe. American consumers don’t want yolks.