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Why price of eggs skyrocketed?
"S.Dunlap" wrote: > > Katra > wrote in message >... > > "S.Dunlap" wrote: > > > > > > Nancy Young > wrote in message >... > > > > LenS wrote: > > > > > > > > > Does anyone know the reason? > > > > > > > > Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too. > > > > > > > > nancy > > > > > > Holidays may not necessarily be the answer. Price of eggs (and > > > chicken) has gone up here in Honduras also...and there is no tradition > > > of holiday bake-a-thons like in the US. Perhaps Cargill, ADM, and all > > > the other agribusinesses involved with feed production have increased > > > their prices. > > > > > > Sandi > > > > > > If the price of gas goes up (which it has yet again) then so does the > > price of feed since it has to be trucked. The eggs, in turn, also have > > to be trucked. > > > > The price of tomatoes has also doubled, and there are no more imports in > > the store than there was when they were "in season". > > > > Just my guess. :-) > > > > K. > > ADM has a history of price fixing to keep feed prices artificially > high. They've been busted by the feds and fined plus some execs had to > go do time at "Club Fed" penitentiary. Cargill controls the majority > of producsers in both the chicken insustry and the poultry/livestock > feed industry in Honduras. > > BTW, check out the websites for Cargill and ADM to see how they are > vertically integrated and control everything from the financial > institutions that loan money to farmers on up to grain storage, > transportation, and production facilities. They even own utilities in > some areas. It's rather enlightening. > > Sandi Scary too... Thanks! K. -- >^,,^< Cats-haven Hobby Farm >^,,^< >^,,^< "There are millions of intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats" -- Asimov Custom handcrafts, Sterling silver beaded jewelry http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...s&userid=katra |
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