Canadian egg farms have tens of thousands of chickens on average, and there’s a lot of separate farms.
US egg farms have millions, and there are fewer total farms.
If a single bird gets infected with avian flu the whole flock needs to be culled. Bigger flocks are both more likely to catch it, and more birds affected when it happens.
Inversely, most provinces have supply management of dairy and poultry products to insure a stable price for consumers and protect farmers from inevitable variable conditions.
Don’t get me wrong I’m a Canadian lifer there’s lots we don’t do right but this here… I love our country. We aren’t completely subverted to American policies.
That said now is when we should be shoring up those areas of our country that are at risk of American corruption.
Did you know that committing atrocity against chickens is in fact entirely optional? You can live a longer, healthier, wealthier life by simply not abusing animals.
99% of the animals consumed come from factory farms. Factory farms are necessarily abusive beyond the point of atrocity. You are an animal abuser. Either own it, or change.
There is no such thing as “ethical meat or dairy”, so no, I am not doing that. Is there a place where you can ethically obtain slaves? Of course not. Is there a place where you can ethically kill an individual that doesn’t want to die? No, no such place exists.
I made the assumption that they consume animals. You may feel free to attack that assumption.
I tend to agree that people who eat meat and outsource the dirty work without a care in the world as to how it gets to their table are just as guilty as the operators.
That’s actually somewhat fair. It’s not entirely baseless. The basis for my claim is your previous statement that “most people don’t abuse animals.” This is factually incorrect, and easily disproved with just the scantest effort. It’s the sort of claim a person makes for the sake of moral license rather than for the sake of argument. To manage their own feelings rather than for how convincing it will be to others. Based on that, I made the assumption that you practice the sort of animal abuse I described in my previous comment. I don’t know for a fact that you consume factory farmed animals, but in the absence of further evidence to the contrary, I feel perfectly fine with that assumption. The conclusion that you are an animal abuser then becomes an unavoidable consequence.
That is brilliant. The caveat is that anyone that understands the reference, significance, and warning probably is already on the right side. It will go right over the heads of the ones that are the problem.
No, that is not the issue anymore and has not been for a while. Last time, to stop this, the government had to threaten with anti cartel actions - the prices were suddenly down again.
You might be thinking drug cartel when you see the word cartel. A cartel is a group of companies in the same business colluding for reasons like to remove safety regulations or keep prices high. There is a worldwide diamond cartel that keeps those prices up and spreads bullshit about how your fiance won’t be happy without an expensive, natural diamond. Yes, there is even a cartel for eggs. They are loving bird flu because they can blame it for high prices.
Why does the US have high egg prices, but Canada and Mexico do not?
I imagine the US standard of shoving antibiotics into the chickens instead of vaccinating them probably doesn’t help
Actual answer?
Canadian egg farms have tens of thousands of chickens on average, and there’s a lot of separate farms.
US egg farms have millions, and there are fewer total farms.
If a single bird gets infected with avian flu the whole flock needs to be culled. Bigger flocks are both more likely to catch it, and more birds affected when it happens.
There is also a massive chicken cartel in the US which dictates the laws so small farmers cannot abide by all the nitpicking rules.
Inversely, most provinces have supply management of dairy and poultry products to insure a stable price for consumers and protect farmers from inevitable variable conditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_and_poultry_supply_management_in_Canada
Just because I wanted to read more about it
Don’t get me wrong I’m a Canadian lifer there’s lots we don’t do right but this here… I love our country. We aren’t completely subverted to American policies.
That said now is when we should be shoring up those areas of our country that are at risk of American corruption.
Sounds like time to nationalize
Did you know that committing atrocity against chickens is in fact entirely optional? You can live a longer, healthier, wealthier life by simply not abusing animals.
most people are not abusing animals.
99% of the animals consumed come from factory farms. Factory farms are necessarily abusive beyond the point of atrocity. You are an animal abuser. Either own it, or change.
Every egg carton in my grocery says “cage free” (unless it’s free range). That’s got to be worth something
You’re making an assumption about both that person and their ability to source ethical meat or dairy products.
There is no such thing as “ethical meat or dairy”, so no, I am not doing that. Is there a place where you can ethically obtain slaves? Of course not. Is there a place where you can ethically kill an individual that doesn’t want to die? No, no such place exists.
I made the assumption that they consume animals. You may feel free to attack that assumption.
this is a baseless claim.
I tend to agree that people who eat meat and outsource the dirty work without a care in the world as to how it gets to their table are just as guilty as the operators.
That’s actually somewhat fair. It’s not entirely baseless. The basis for my claim is your previous statement that “most people don’t abuse animals.” This is factually incorrect, and easily disproved with just the scantest effort. It’s the sort of claim a person makes for the sake of moral license rather than for the sake of argument. To manage their own feelings rather than for how convincing it will be to others. Based on that, I made the assumption that you practice the sort of animal abuse I described in my previous comment. I don’t know for a fact that you consume factory farmed animals, but in the absence of further evidence to the contrary, I feel perfectly fine with that assumption. The conclusion that you are an animal abuser then becomes an unavoidable consequence.
Capitalism turning people to veganism like it did tiny homes
I assure you, the net effect of capitalism is to turn people away from veganism.
Does sux when you cant afford to stick to your principles.
…noted
I heard that we actually vaccinate our livestock too while apparently doing so is illegal in the US?
But also the cartel thing.
And the gov is apparently “protecting” us from solving this ourselves with black market eggs. Bootleggs?
As I understand, this is also why bird flu took longer to spread on the west coast
The eggs are woke
Damn transgenic eggs
*yolk
Didn’t you get the memo? Woke is out, DEI is in
Those eggs were DEI hires!!
Given that egg is actually a term used in some suitable contexts, it probably will be a dangerous word soon.
First they came for Enola Gay…
That is brilliant. The caveat is that anyone that understands the reference, significance, and warning probably is already on the right side. It will go right over the heads of the ones that are the problem.
The Enola Gay was on the front page of BBC yesterday.
You ever wondered how 90%* of chickens in the US are female? Almost half of them are transgender!
*not the real number, it’s (un?)surprisingly hard to find.
Well it’s because male chicks are all wholesale slaughtered in big grinders.
Fun fact- technology exists to sex the eggs rather than the chicks but it’s a little more expensive so we have baby chicken grinders instead.
Some countries have mandated this, but they are a minority:
https://www.compassioninfoodbusiness.com/media/7455154/position-on-alternatives-to-male-chick-culling-2023.pdf
They think they can just hatch and get free meals!
Because there is a big bird flu in USA and it is being mismanaged by a government of idiots who rather insult every one.
No, that is not the issue anymore and has not been for a while. Last time, to stop this, the government had to threaten with anti cartel actions - the prices were suddenly down again.
What do the cartels have to do with eggs?
You might be thinking drug cartel when you see the word cartel. A cartel is a group of companies in the same business colluding for reasons like to remove safety regulations or keep prices high. There is a worldwide diamond cartel that keeps those prices up and spreads bullshit about how your fiance won’t be happy without an expensive, natural diamond. Yes, there is even a cartel for eggs. They are loving bird flu because they can blame it for high prices.
Same thing as the willi Wonka prequel.
There is not enough competition.
I’d like some sauce on this.
Example, convicted of price fixing
capitalism.
You’ld be surprised how scarce something like eggs can get in a state-run economy, too…
Or sugar. Or gasoline. Or butter. Or meat. Or passports.
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