Summary

Canada has avoided the severe egg shortages and soaring prices seen in the U.S. due to differences in farming practices and regulations.

While avian flu has devastated large American egg farms, Canada’s smaller farms and tightly sealed barns have limited the impact.

The U.S.’s industrialized egg industry, driven by cost efficiency, is vulnerable to supply shocks when outbreaks occur.

Canada’s supply management system ensures stable production and restricts imports, keeping farms smaller. Meanwhile, U.S. consumers face continued egg price surcharges and supply pressures.

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    In this specific example the regulators are doing their jobs, although a few HHS employees were fired in the early days of the Trump admin there have still been large-scale culls for infected livestock to prevent further spread.

    Instead, this is an example of how important antimonopoly laws are and how the USA just straight up ignores it. Canadian egg farms are less than a twentieth the average size, less birds get infected and culled as a result.