Summary
The Trump administration faces a dilemma as skyrocketing egg prices due to bird flu have forced Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to consider emergency imports.
With eggs now averaging $8 per dozen (up from $2.25 last fall), Trump may need to request imports from countries he’s recently antagonized—particularly Canada, the largest U.S. egg importer, which Trump has threatened with tariffs and annexation.
Other potential egg suppliers (Netherlands, UK, China) have also faced Trump’s recent hostility through tariffs or threats.
Meanwhile, Turkey plans to export 420 million eggs to the U.S., but this represents less than 5% of monthly U.S. production.
I know where cheap eggs are…
Costco.
Got 2 dozen for $8 last weekend in Colorado (where they have to be cage free chickens). Costco is a pretty good place to shop.
I’m lucky enough to live in a place with a lot of local, organic eggs. $4/dozen at my grocery store
Yeah, I never thought I’d be happy to live in an area where chickens vastly outnumber people.
Maybe the cage free ones are good, but I bought costcos organic eggs once. Threw them all away. Thin shells, watery pale yolks. Yuck.
I am not much of an egg eater but if I do I want decent fresh eggs. Like the ones my chickens laid.
That’s the problem I see, I don’t want just any eggs, I want good eggs.
And trying to source them from just anywhere they can find them, or ship them long distances just isnt worth it.