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   Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 08:10:42 JST Warner Crocker

   It shouldn’t, but this cracks me up.

   USDA looks at boosting egg imports in $1 billion plan to lower prices and combat bird flu https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/26/egg-prices-usda-imports-bird-flu/80490601007/

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     Michael Wyman (mwyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 08:12:24 JST Michael Wyman

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     @WarnerCrocker and that combats bird flu… how?

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     Peter Cohen (flargh@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 08:14:06 JST Peter Cohen

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     @WarnerCrocker egg cartels are the new OPEC

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 08:14:21 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Michael Wyman

     @mwyman I don't really know, but I am guessing it makes culling possible infected populations and easier choice given that more eggs from other sources are available.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 09:48:48 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Paul Chernoff

     @paulc I imagine like any product situation it is a combination of both.

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     Paul Chernoff (paulc@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Feb-2025 09:48:50 JST Paul Chernoff

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     @WarnerCrocker My first question is how much is egg production down. I've read 2-3% but not verified. The egg business in the US is a cartel that reacts to threats of anti-monopoly government action, which won't happen. So we don't know how much egg price increases are due to lower production vs. cartel price manipulation.