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Finland has declined a U.S. request to export eggs amid a severe American shortage caused by bird flu.

The Finnish Poultry Association cited the lack of prior trade agreements and complex regulatory hurdles. Even if exports were possible, Finland’s limited egg production would not significantly impact the U.S. crisis.

Other European nations, including Sweden and Denmark, also face difficulties meeting U.S. demand, while Europe grapples with its own egg shortages.

The U.S. has turned to countries like Turkey and the Netherlands for supplies as bird flu remains a global issue.

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 54 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Egg prices aren’t high solely because of bird flu. They’re high because of regional monopolies and a price fixing cartel. The largest egg producers are seeing record profits.

I hope it’s clear that I’m not saying bird flu doesn’t exist or affect prices. I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist. But if I had to guess, I’d say it’s 10% bird flu and 90% companies raising prices in unison because they can blame bird flu. If it were just bird flu, the companies would be losing money.

NB: it feels very weird to call them “egg producers” because hens are the actual egg producers. Egg distributors, maybe? In any case, the distributors are doing fine and their only competition in most regions are small, organic farms whose eggs were already $7 a dozen. It’s just the low end of the market that’s gone crazy.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 10 points 7 hours ago

This is important to bring up. If we want to stop being subjected to this kind of fuckery, we need to unite and vote with our dollars. I love making egg-based dishes, but there are other options. The real problem is most people struggle with the idea of making sacrifices to get what they want later. Just don't buy eggs as an average consumer if they are that unaffordable.

In the United States, we are spoiled for choice when we shop. We're used to being able to get what we want when we want it, and that's led to a sense of entitlement. Eat other things, get creative. Look up effective substitutions for eggs in baking.

We don't have to take this. So don't.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 25 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

it feels very weird to call them “egg producers”

Chicken pimps?

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago

I endorse this. From now on, chicken pimps is what egg suppliers are called.

[–] AugustWest@lemm.ee 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It has to be both. I notice our smaller egg seller (still bigger than a local farm, but not huge, maybe a 2 or 3 state provider) still charges 3.50 a dozen.

Which is in stark contrast to the garbage eggs from the countrywide sellers asking 8

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[–] LaterRedditor@lemmy.world 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 54 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Every country should avoid doing business with Trump’s regime because he will screw you over either way.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 29 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Trump still owes my county from his 2016 campaign. He rented out the fairgrounds for a rally and never paid up.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 22 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Your county officials made an unofficial donation to the trump campaign in 2016, is what actually happened.

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Effectively, yeah. I'm still gonna complain tho, haha

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago

Oh yeah, do complain! But it’s not like it was an accident, so be sure to complain about the right thing.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 49 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 32 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

158% increase in egg interceptions

Thank you for the first real lol of the day.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I bet Finland feels Oeufal

[–] Astra@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago

On the contrary, I bet they feel eggcellent

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Good for Finland.

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 63 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

If only there were regulations that kept these diseases at bay. Certainly our corporate farms will always spend the money and effort to prevent things themselves though.

[–] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 42 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

Not sure if it's true but I read some place that because America has fewer and much larger farms it affects more birds on a farm. In Canada we have smaller (compared to us) size farms and more of them. Meaning a farm losing all its birds does not hit us as hard.

Distributed Birding. 🐔

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 8 hours ago

Federated Chickens

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 hours ago

Maybe you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Lol that sounds like it's reasonable and profitable in the long term, get it the fuck out of here.

We need to maximize this next quarter because, well, we're not really sure but it better be maximized. We understand that we could have a stress free, guaranteed profitable business five years from now but we really really need to just squeeze this fucker for everything it's worth right now.

Money. Now.

Less money, but now. Less logic now. Everything now, like right fucking now. We still don't understand why we're doing this, it could very well be categorized as a mental illness, the way that we absolutely on purpose cause a shit load of pain and suffering on everything that crosses our path in the name of just a little bit of more money now, but it's okay because for some reason (the reason is more money right now) it's been glorified in our media and it's way more acceptable than showing just the smallest amount of empathy so we're just going to keep doing it.

Any time that someone raises the point that there's something fundamentally wrong with capitalism, were just going to tell them that they aren't shaking hands firmly enough or making good enough I contact during interviews with their own dad, because again, we are not allowed to do empathy. I don't think we were ever taught that in business school, but it's implied so in order to be successful we just need to keep absolutely demolishing everything else around us that could make us human in order to maintain profit and image.

[–] WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 14 points 10 hours ago

Probably less profitable. America is all about profit.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 9 points 10 hours ago

Birdflu comes and goes, but lack of regulation/control is a BIG contributing factor here.

[–] ExtremeDullard 88 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

I'm sure the Finns aren't exactly keen to take a price hike on eggs to meet a hostile country's needs.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 33 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The Finnish Poultry Association cited the lack of prior trade agreements and complex regulatory hurdles.

Such an understated way of saying: you started a trade war, now go fsck yourself!

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 hours ago

The US has a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada and it still means shit to him

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The part that kills me about all this is that there is a bird flu vaccine, but US poultry farmers aren't allowed to use it because then we couldn't export eggs to other countries. There was a really good CBS Sunday Morning segment about this.

[–] piecat@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

then we couldn't export eggs to other countries

Why?

[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 5 points 8 hours ago

Go suck an egg, Trump!

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago
[–] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 3 points 8 hours ago

Big DumDum will probably put tariffs on them...

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