Egg prices: US vs Mexico

[EnigmaO01]

I imagine that the back of Trump's neck is pasty white. Not a good yolk color.

Eeeeeew!

 

[EnigmaO01]

I can't keep track. Is that tariff still on wheat? 25% more for a sack of flour is quite a hit. Especially for low-income Americans. Flour, bread, pasta, those are things that lower-income people rely on.
Seems like poor people paying the price, taking the hit, so wealthy, influential people can posture.
Food staples, industrial raw materials, energy, those are the things the US government is applying a tax to.

A lot of people are having a hard time keeping track.

 

[aociswundumho]

I ignore that and eat whatever they are mixed in. But alone? Naaaaa, no way.

There are dozens of different ways to cook them. Boiled, fried, scrambled, poached, omelets, deviled eggs, egg salad, scotch eggs, and probably dozens more. You are bound to like one of them, and they are very good for you.

 

[eman623]

Stand up is not in your future.

Everyone's a critic.

 

[Eriech]

Eggs in Canada are about $4.50. Here in FL they are $7 in Publix which is about $9 plus Canadian . I read that the US was looking to increase imports of Canadian eggs.....my answer...sure, with a 25% surtax.

Has Canada or Mexico slaughtered a 100+ million chickens to control a bird flu? How is that?

 

[iguanaman]

No, they would not, which is why they are not allowed in.

You really don't understand how capitalism works do you?

 

[iguanaman]

I have him blocked, but he said the problem is state laws that require eggs to be produce cage free or free range? I'm not aware of any such law. Is there?

The only rule is a labeling one. There are minimum levels for stating cage free or free range on the box. Assiwonderman would call that govt. tyranny. He wants fraud to be a part of all of ours everyday life. It is called survival of the fittest.

 

[Risky Thicket]

There are dozens of different ways to cook them. Boiled, fried, scrambled, poached, omelets, deviled eggs, egg salad, scotch eggs, and probably dozens more. You are bound to like one of them, and they are very good for you.

Nope. Milk is good for you as well and I can’t stand it.

 

[mike2810]

I have him blocked, but he said the problem is state laws that require eggs to be produce cage free or free range? I'm not aware of any such law. Is there?

I did a simple search

HB20-1343 established enclosure requirements for farm owners or operators producing eggs and egg products sold in Colorado and requires businesses to sell only cage-free eggs starting in 2025. The law also prohibits Colorado business owners from selling, or transporting for sale in Colorado, eggs and egg products that are not from a cage-free farm. The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s supporting rule(opens in new window) establishes an inspection and certification process for confirming that farms are cage-free, and outlines a recordkeeping process to affirm eggs sold in Colorado are from a certified farm. There are some exceptions to the requirements, including for farming operations with 3,000 or fewer egg-laying hens.

Starting January 1, Colorado Egg Producers Will Begin Transitioning to Cage-Free Hen Housing | Department of Agriculture

Soon all eggs sold at Colorado grocery stores will be from cage-free hens. The Colorado general assembly passed HB20-1343 to advance animal welfare by requiring Colorado’s egg-laying hens to be housed in a cage free environment. Additionally, the act also prohibits business owners from selling...

ag.colorado.gov

My point to @Mycroft was people elected those who made and passed the law. He should accept the law.

 

[Mycroft]

I did a simple search

HB20-1343 established enclosure requirements for farm owners or operators producing eggs and egg products sold in Colorado and requires businesses to sell only cage-free eggs starting in 2025. The law also prohibits Colorado business owners from selling, or transporting for sale in Colorado, eggs and egg products that are not from a cage-free farm. The Colorado Department of Agriculture’s supporting rule(opens in new window) establishes an inspection and certification process for confirming that farms are cage-free, and outlines a recordkeeping process to affirm eggs sold in Colorado are from a certified farm. There are some exceptions to the requirements, including for farming operations with 3,000 or fewer egg-laying hens.

Starting January 1, Colorado Egg Producers Will Begin Transitioning to Cage-Free Hen Housing | Department of Agriculture

Soon all eggs sold at Colorado grocery stores will be from cage-free hens. The Colorado general assembly passed HB20-1343 to advance animal welfare by requiring Colorado’s egg-laying hens to be housed in a cage free environment. Additionally, the act also prohibits business owners from selling...

ag.colorado.gov

My point to @Mycroft was people elected those who made and passed the law. He should accept the law.

sigh...

I do accept the law, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. That also doesn't mean that I don't understand why my egg prices are so high...which is what my first comment was all about. I was responding to the OP about why importing eggs from Mexico wouldn't help.

 

[The Mark]

Today I learned capitalism is when the government does stuff.

It can be.

 

[beefheart]

You oughta see how cheap they are where I am now...

 

[hecatmoggie]

eggs have to meet U.S. safety standards

as for Mexico's chickens? I don't think 1/3 of them died/were killed in 2023 were they ?

 

[holbritter]

A guy goes to a Walmart in Mexico to check out egg prices:



So why can't US grocery stores simply import eggs from Mexico? Because the goddamn progressive regulatory state prohibits it, just like it prohibits importing insulin.

Never forget: the main purpose of government regulation is to restrict our choices, thereby making us worse off.

Dumbest post I've seen in a minute.

 

[CaughtInThe]

A guy goes to a Walmart in Mexico to check out egg prices:



So why can't US grocery stores simply import eggs from Mexico? Because the goddamn progressive regulatory state prohibits it, just like it prohibits importing insulin.

Never forget: the main purpose of government regulation is to restrict our choices, thereby making us worse off.

Oh, so Elon/Trump is ****ing up everything (including the markets, agencies/science/etc) AND YOU are now gonna find anything you can to try to blame "the liberals".

Do you work for Fox News??

 

[Uncensored2008]

Maybe Canada and Mexico should wise up and deny the US any eggs since it was Trump who wanted to start a trade war.

Why didn't Canada kill all their chickens? Is bird flu highly nationalist and only affects American chickens? Could the 300 million chickens Joe Biden slaughtered have just moved to Canada and not be affected?

Joe's final eff you to America...

 

[Uncensored2008]

Oh, so Elon/Trump is ****ing up everything (including the markets, agencies/science/etc) AND YOU are now gonna find anything you can to try to blame "the liberals".

Do you work for Fox News??

So Elon Musk made Joe Biden needlessly kill 300 million chickens?

Stalinists are nearly as smart as they are honest...

 

[Uncensored2008]

Sorry, this damn government has no business profiting off the price of any food items coming into this country. It used to be called "providing for the countries citizens" until trumpdump. FFS!

And then Trump used the Elon Musk time machine, went back to December 2024, and FORCED Joe Biden to kill 300 million chickens

That's an easy one. According to the trump admin, the ONLY people coming into this country from Mexico are criminals, rapists, and fentanyl drug runners. Forget bout the fact that there is zero proof of this. Just ask any magat; Idiot trump says it, it must be true!

Ah lying, how clever. No wonder leftists do little else.

 

[Paradoxical]

A guy goes to a Walmart in Mexico to check out egg prices:



So why can't US grocery stores simply import eggs from Mexico? Because the goddamn progressive regulatory state prohibits it, just like it prohibits importing insulin.

Never forget: the main purpose of government regulation is to restrict our choices, thereby making us worse off.

I went to Mexico for a quick visit and one of our friends need more prednisone that he would regularly get from Mexico. Since it had also been prescribed for me in the past, I got some myself. It is under a different name there as is every other medication. The cost was 10% of what it costs here. His wife was prescribed a medication not covered by insurance that costed over $400.00 and casually mentioned it to the lady behind the counter. To her surprise she had the medication, and the cost was less than $50.00.

Big Pharm and Big Corporations must bribe Congress to keep it this way.

 

[SuperDS77]

The problem isn't that Mexican eggs are cheaper and that we can't import them. Hell, we produce enough eggs right here in the US.

The problem is state laws that require eggs to be cage free and/or free range.

I used to be able to buy a dozen eggs here in Colorado for less than $2, but since they passed the law requiring all eggs to be cage free, I can't get a dozen for less than $5.

Same in Michigan. I placed a Kroger delivery order last night and 1 1/2 dozen of Simple Truth cage free brown eggs were 6.99. Or 4.66 per dozen.

I believe that egg prices will eventually come down from these historically high prices. I also believe that Trump will not get the equal amount of credit to the blame he is now receiving.

Frankly, I don't think his policies are affecting the price changes one way or the other.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Last week we paid $15.50 for twenty free range here in CA. Right now it's a matter of supply and demand that is driving up prices and it's not because of inflation as the progressives are saying. It's because of the bird flu.

There have been no significant outbreaks of bird flu. Biden slaughtered 300 million chickens to sabotage the incoming Trump administration. That's the reality of it.

On the 605, just south of the 60 in La Puente, there is a duck farm - or there was for 100 years - until Biden wiped them out last December. Egg prices will recover and out chicken stocks are restored, but the level of shit that democrats stoop to isn't going to lessen - it will be worse. Especially since it seems like it worked.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Same in Michigan. I placed a Kroger delivery order last night and 1 1/2 dozen of Simple Truth cage free brown eggs were 6.99. Or 4.66 per dozen.

I believe that egg prices will eventually come down from these historically high prices. I also believe that Trump will not get the equal amount of credit to the blame he is now receiving.

Frankly, I don't think his policies are affecting the price changes one way or the other.


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The prices will come down as chicken populations recover. They are high because the Biden Regime killed 9/10ths of American chickens as a means of sabotaging the incoming administration.

 

[ModernDiogenes]

A guy goes to a Walmart in Mexico to check out egg prices:



So why can't US grocery stores simply import eggs from Mexico? Because the goddamn progressive regulatory state prohibits it, just like it prohibits importing insulin.

Never forget: the main purpose of government regulation is to restrict our choices, thereby making us worse off.

Its cheaper in Mexico because they aren't experiencing:

1) Bird flu epidemic wiping out the chickens.

2) Corporate Egg distributor greed taking advantage of a bird flu epidemic to jack up the prices.

Watch, the proof of the second will be a mid-year quarterly stock report that records record breaking profits in the midst of a bird flu epidemic.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Its cheaper in Mexico because they aren't experiencing:

1) Bird flu epidemic wiping out the chickens.

2) Corporate Egg distributor greed taking advantage of a bird flu epidemic to jack up the prices.

Watch, the proof of the second will be a mid-year quarterly stock report that records record breaking profits in the midst of a bird flu epidemic.

I think a total of zero chickens have actually died from bird flu. The Biden USDA slaughtered 300 million chickens at the end of 2024 - but I don't think any actually died from bird flu.

 

[ModernDiogenes]

I think a total of zero chickens have actually died from bird flu. The Biden USDA slaughtered 300 million chickens at the end of 2024 - but I don't think any actually died from bird flu.

You need to comprehend why that is the case.

The DO NOT kill chckens just because. None get slaughtered unless bird flu has been detected. So that means there are sick birds. The whole flock gets destroyed because of the way we raise chickens here in the US. Jam backed into coups, literally side by side, so that if bird flu is detected it is highly likely the whole flock is sick, or will be sick. So the only way to prevent its spreading like wildfire is to take out the whole flock when it is detected.

If we wide opened free ranged birds that wouldn't necessarily be required.