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> Egg prices are finally falling.

Indeed but the next sentence in the same title is

> But they’re about to spike again


For context, that is predicted based on seasonal demands for Easter, not a result of culling of flocks, etc.

It also doesn't take into account that there was just announced a large import deal done with Turkey and South Korea and other countries.

"We are talking in the hundreds of millions of eggs for the short term"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c743g135vj9o


So the first sentence is fact and then it veers into wild unsubstantiated predictions (egg prices never spike that high for Easter, the journalist is delusional).


Egg prices started plunging on the Mar 5th, and bottomed out on the 19th. ~$8 -> $3.

https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eggs-us

Historically, there's occasionally a minor spike around Easter, yet its usually mild compared to the massive increase lately. Usually around Mar 20th-30 timeframe. Prices are, currently, back close to where the trend line has been heading for the last couple years. Most of 23-24 egg prices were floating around $2.

Notably, the last several years have shown signs of similar trend, just not quite as drastic. 22-23 both showed mild jumps around Christmas-post-Christmas timeframe.


Egg prices are not going down.

Last week they were 12.99 for a dozen. This week they are 14.99 for a dozen. The news says they are going down, but what the news says matters little when the reality dramatically differs.

You can't trust mainstream news anymore. They lie for the benefit of the monopolist.




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