Josh Stern

CALM Longs Walking on Eggshells

Here is an article on the factors driving egg costs: www.infozine.com/news/.../

I believe the parent article makes a good negative point that in the long term one would expect egg production to rise to meet demand at some sort of average agricultural profit margin, but it misses several factors that have caused production to lag demand including export demand, changes in de facto chicken care standards, changes in the health view of eggs in the diet, and the general environment of rising food costs where eggs are still very competitive as a convenient protein source.