Summary

Egg prices are projected to rise by 41% in 2025, according to the USDA, following an already steep increase due to a severe bird flu outbreak that reduced egg-laying hen populations.

The current average price per dozen is nearly $5, with some areas seeing prices as high as $10. Restaurants like Waffle House and Denny’s have added surcharges.

Meanwhile, the USDA mistakenly fired key bird flu response workers, sparking criticism.

Trump stated his administration will take action but has offered no specifics.

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    3 hours ago

    Meanwhile in Trudeau’s socialist nightmare, where eggs are under kolkhoz supply management, I pay $5.25 USD… for 18 eggs.

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    6 hours ago

    Why does it feel like I’m reading articles about egg prices virtually every day. I don’t get why anyone cares this much.

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      3 hours ago

      I guess it was because the price of eggs was practically a campaigning slogan shared a lot around trump supporters.

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        2 hours ago

        …so? As far as I know, the prices are up due to all the bird flu cases which to my understanding has nothing to do with trump.

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          Sure it is partially due to bird flu. They were going up because of Covid before that.

          However, the man in charge who campaigned on reducing egg prices is now slashing the departments that keep these things in check and enacting tariffs on imports that may be needed for egg production. So, he does have responsibility for the prices even if it’s not directly.

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      It’s because eggs are one of the more universal food items. Their price sort of shows how well the economy is doing so it’s a nice gauge on that sort of thing.

    • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org
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      4 hours ago

      If they find out that you can just not buy eggs and your life doesn’t really change all that much, it’s gonna be crazy for the chicken period enjoyers of the world.

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    9 hours ago

    Thank goodness the Orange turd is right on this in the front lines of tossing paper towels at people!

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    12 hours ago

    USDA mistakenly fired key bird flu response workers

    No. No they didn’t.

    They fired people to try to free money for more tax breaks for the top 1% with zero concern if these people were needed or useful.

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      1 hour ago

      The less eggs you can afford to buy increases the supply for the people who do not need to worry about the price of eggs.

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      10 hours ago

      Close: they are enemies of the United States acting out of malice toward the goal of weakening the United States.

      We are under attack.

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        9 hours ago

        They are enemies of the US, their goal is to weaken it, and we are under attack.

        That said, they care about enriching themselves and their loyal buddies more than anything else.

        “It’s easier to fool a man than to convince him he’d been fooled.” - Mark Twain

        Look at how insanely difficult, if not impossible, our job is at educating these morons on how they’re being taken for a ride by conmen. The longer it goes on the more they’d have to admit they’re wrong about, which makes it even less likely they’ll realize it.

        Being a useful idiot is really a sunk-cost fallacy on a life scale.

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          7 hours ago

          …even less likely…

          Take it back take it back 😭

          (An example of a recent morning mood: “Well we weren’t nuked last night!”)

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            Nuclear weapons? Nah I think it should have happened by now if it was going to. The government needs to selectively kill some of us, because if it killed all of us there would be no one left to enslave.

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    9 hours ago

    Tofu scramble is pretty good. Firm or extra firm tofu block, slice and crumble into a bowl. 1 tbsp turmeric, 1 tbsp black pepper, 1 tbsp garlic powder, mix. Cook in a pan on medium stirring occasionally, will turn yellow as it heats up. Then add key ingredient black salt (kala namak, a salt with a strong sulfur flavor) to taste. Mix in with your pan fry mix of choice, I like onion/garlic/serrano/mushroom/smoked paprika/chili powder/spinach/tomato and green pepper/cilantro added at the end. Serve with fruit and toast.

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    That’s nice.

    Last time I bought eggs I ended up throwing them away because I didn’t eat them. I forgot about them.

    So ya I pretty much never eat eggs unless it’s a special occasion.

    They could rise to $100 for all I care.

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    12 hours ago

    We got chickens when facing an egg crisis here in NZ. Lovely little animals. It’s been nice being able to look after and care for these creatures, knowing they are living the good life whilst consuming their eggs. Much more useful than my dumb dog.

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      “Knowing they are living the good life whilst consuming their eggs” is something I never thought I would hear. Anyway, are they easy to care for? I am assuming you have a big backyard where you can set them free safely.

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      Yes, but isn’t the upkeep of chickens pricey? People I know that raise them say it is. I don’t have chickens, so I’m not sure. Maybe it’s different in America?

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    13 hours ago

    If eggs were 6/dozen, and prices rose to 10/dozen… that’s already a 40% increase.

    so like…

    yeah. I’d take that bet.

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    11 hours ago

    Guys, I think I figured it out, the Republicans expected the variables that stores the prices to roll over once they got beyond the max allowed value and reset back to minimum.

    The devs seems to have patched that exploit however…