Corporations partly to blame for high egg prices: Report
- President Donald Trump's administration is trying to import large quantities of eggs to address shortages caused by bird flu, as reported by Bloomberg.
- The U.S. Needs to import between 70 million to 100 million eggs to fill the gap from bird flu losses, according to Bloomberg.
- Many countries are hesitant to sell eggs to the U.S. Due to their own price struggles, as noted by Bloomberg.
- Analyst Nan-Dirk Mulder indicated that rebalancing the egg market is almost impossible in the short term, emphasizing the local nature of the industry.
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Trump's 'almost impossible' plan to bring in more eggs is already flailing: report
President Donald Trump's administration has been trying to import large quantities of eggs from overseas to make up for the loss of eggs that has occurred while American farms struggle to contain bird flu.However, Bloomberg reports that the administration has been flailing in its efforts so far give...

Corporations partly to blame for high egg prices: Report
The price of eggs has nearly doubled in the last six weeks, with the average cost of a dozen at around $8.
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