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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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[–] [email protected] 59 points 21 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I’d say it’s 10% bird flu and 90% companies raising prices in unison because they can blame bird flu.

Why yes, there was no consequences during covid so the companies are gonna keep doing this until there are consequences.

Remember, there was the bread price fixing in Canada too, yeah, feels like such a long time ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

They're not letting a good crisis go to waste.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

it feels very weird to call them “egg producers”

Chicken pimps?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 19 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.

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 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.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 21 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!

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 30 points 21 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.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Where's your chicken suit?

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 22 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.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 22 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. 🐔

[–] [email protected] 19 points 20 hours ago

Federated Chickens

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 31 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

158% increase in egg interceptions

Thank you for the first real lol of the day.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 19 hours ago

Do not help this toxic nation! America is evil.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 18 hours ago

Did they even say thanks just once?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I bet Finland feels Oeufal

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