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Egg prices soared after bird flu, but federal price controls kept milk prices steady — at farmers' expense.

  • Bird flu has devastated dairy farms, with California hitting a 20-year low in 2024.
  • Unlike eggs, milk prices remain stable due to federal price controls, but farmers say they can’t stay afloat.
  • USDA-approved pricing changes increase costs for farmers while benefiting dairy processors.
Egg prices soared after bird flu, but federal price controls kept milk prices steady — at farmers' expense.https://investigatemidwest.org/2025/02/19/egg-prices-soared-after-bird-flu-but-federal-price-controls-kept-milk-prices-steady-at-farmers-expense/Open linkView original on ponder.cat
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atzanteol
sh.itjust.works

“Historically, the cost of production for dairy farmers has not been included in our milk pricing formulas,”

But why?

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CharlesDarwin
lemmy.world

When is Bronzo the Clown and fElon going to put Big Balls on the case of solving egg prices and inflation?

I thought that egg prices and inflation were the most important things ever, at least according to the redcaps that voted for Bronzo?

Surely the genius teenagers can fix all this, because....well, reasons.

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Jericho_Kanereply
lemmy.org

That's harsh, but they should have more foresight and realising that torturing cows maybe won't be sustainable for long. There's a lot of things you can do with a farm that is equipped to hold cows.

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