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Screenshot from article. ..."Despite high profits, the egg industry has somehow maintained a stubborn deficit in egg production capacity. Hatcheries- the firms that supply hens to egg producers- have throttled the pipeline of hens instead of expanding it. According to the Egg Industry Center, the size of the flock of "parent" hens- the hens used by hatcheries to produce layer chicks for egg producers- plummeted from 3.1 million hens in 2021, to 2.9 million in 2022, to 2.5 million hens in 2023 and 2024.

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Screenshot from article. ..."Despite high profits, the egg industry has somehow maintained a stubborn deficit in egg production capacity. Hatcheries- the firms that supply hens to egg producers- have throttled the pipeline of hens instead of expanding it. According to the Egg Industry Center, the size of the flock of "parent" hens- the hens used by hatcheries to produce layer chicks for egg producers- plummeted from 3.1 million hens in 2021, to 2.9 million in 2022, to 2.5 million hens in 2023 and 2024.
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Sarah Taber (sarahtaber@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Mar-2025 01:40:35 JST Sarah Taber
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If you've wondered "Everyone's saying there's price gouging in eggs but WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN," this article is for you!
It's a consolidated industry with very few hatcheries.
They can restrict the # of egg-laying birds they raise to keep prices high. And that's exactly what they're doing.

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