Why egg prices are a shell game

re: Why egg prices are a shell game

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re: Why egg prices are a shell game

Joe — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:23:33 GMT

The cage free eggs are not selling on our East Coast markets and are being dumped into Canada right now. The European and Canadian egg markets already reflect the effects of PETA and their requirements of no cages for chickens and hogs. The citizens of those countries cannot afford the prices of non caged animals and are starving for our low cost food prices.

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kETTLE — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:46:14 GMT

HELP THE SENIORS RAISE THE PERCENTAGE OF INCOME.....

THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME BUYING FOOD, MEDICATION, PAYING UTILITIES, AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS, GAS, LIVING EXPENSES....EVERYTHING IS GOING UP, BUT THEIR INCOME......IF YOU CAN BAIL OUT WALL STREET AND BANKS, YOU CAN HELP THE SENIORS....DONT EVEN TRY TO PRIVITIZE THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY....KEEP HANDS OFF.

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CAROL STANTON — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:42:01 GMT

IF THEY WANT THE ECONOMY TO IMPROVE ROLL BACK PRICES TO THE 60'S, PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND BY ANTHING NOW BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE....EVERYTHING KEEP GOING UP UP UP UP EXCEPT OUR INCOME...IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP UP...SO THEY WILL NOT BUY...THATS IT.....THEY WILL WATCH EVERY PENNY.....ESPECIALLY SENIOR CITIZENS....

IF YOU PULL BACK PRICES, THAT WILL HELP AT LEAST THERE WOULD BE SOME MOVEMENT IN THE MARKET....REGULATE THE UTILITIES....ALSO

IF WE ARE IN A RECESSION LIKE THEY SAY; THEY ARE DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT FOR THE CONSUMER....NOTHING AT ALL.

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marcus — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:56:55 GMT

Mr Myraduayari is probably a vegan attacking for the HSUS, Peta and ALF folks. He was very pointed and seems to know more than he says about the egg producers animal welfare programs. Lets just turn all the chickens loose and see what eggs will cost consumers. Eggs were 50-60 cents a dozen thru the 30-40's and we know what the dollar will buy today. Poultry has held the line in the sand far too long. I am a egg farmer and know this for a fact. We can not feed the world organically. We can only supply the high priced specialty eggs to the few who can afford them-maybe 2% of the world population. Now this is what the vegans are going for. Did you ever stop and think what will happen to the farm animals if HSUS gets their way and we become a vegan society. There will be no farm animals under their program. Literally billions of animals will cease to exist and then the HSUS will have no cause. They better be careful what they wish for.

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Mark — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:31:46 GMT

Animal agriculture is constantly being pushed very hard to increase animal comfort. In order to do so, certain "efficiencies" get excluded and prices must go up to cover costs. There are tremendous input AND output (yes, manure) costs to deal with in large scale operations, the ones that are providing the most economical product. Besides costing more, there's no possible way the US/world population can survive on free-range anything, unfortunately.

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Karen — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:40:38 GMT

Mr Mirhaydari,

Production costs, which you so cavalierly dismissed, are THE main reason for the rise in prices. I don't know much about the egg industry, but I know firsthand about beef. A year ago last November, corn was at around $5 per hundred. Thanks to speculators, and the word Ethanol, corn rose to $14. At the same time fuel, meds, supplies, repairs, and the rest of the commodity market spiraled up. As a result, along with droughts here and floods there, the cow herd in the US has diminished because nobody can afford to feed 'em.

If you want to write a factual article about the egg industry, I suggest you work on an egg farm for six months so you can observe firsthand the amount of blood, sweat, tears, and capital required to make a living.

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Farmer Dave — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:38:34 GMT

If United Egg Producers is exporting product at below US market pricing, isn't that called dumping? Hasn't the US government been all in a dither (and even increased import tariffs) when foreign producers do the same thing into the US market?

Who's minding the store? Oh wait, I know. No one in the Bush administration.

re: Why egg prices are a shell game

Jeff Johnson — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:02:13 GMT

Mr. MirHaydari -

Your article is another fine example of sensationalist journalism, filled with only half the story. You seem to have conveniently ommitted, or didn't bother to research and learn, that in the 2 years or so prior the period in which you note the egg price rise, egg farmers in this country were selling their eggs at significantly below the cost of the production. Most of the bloggers responding seem to have selective memory of how cheap eggs were throughout 2006 and a big portion of 2007. And if you want to report on the reduction of laying hens due to cage size, please point your journalistic gun at HSUS and PETA, who want to do away with cages altogether. Do you think you could manage to report on what that would do to egg prices. I'm no lover of UEP's market influencing export sales, but their cage size program is only in response to the much larger threat posed by these to extremist animal rights organizations. So in the future, a little more balance would be in order.

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KSV — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:33:21 GMT

Hold the boat here folks. Egg prices are strictly supply/demand based. There are not government price-support programs like other commodities. There are no production incentives like the ethanol industry receives. Eggs are still the least cost source of the highest-quality protein you can buy. You are sadly mistaken if you think the cost of production has not increased. Look at the corn and soybean markets. Corn and soybean meal are the largest parts of a hen's diet. $2 corn versus $6-$8 corn does make a difference. Maybe you should shop around before buying everything you read.