- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-02-26/poultry-culling-hasnt-stopped-h5n1-bird-flu
150 million chickens have been killed. How do they keep up with support if the demand stays the same?
You’re also not just paying for lower demand, but they offload the cost of the dead chicken to us.
If people were rational, then they would use a substitute or reduce their consumption. Demand goes down, then price goes down. Egg prices affect baked goods as well, so when people are paying high prices they are shooting themselves in the foot.