Canadian egg farms have tens of thousands of chickens on average, and there’s a lot of separate farms.
US egg farms have millions, and there are fewer total farms.
If a single bird gets infected with avian flu the whole flock needs to be culled. Bigger flocks are both more likely to catch it, and more birds affected when it happens.
Inversely, most provinces have supply management of dairy and poultry products to insure a stable price for consumers and protect farmers from inevitable variable conditions.
Did you know that committing atrocity against chickens is in fact entirely optional? You can live a longer, healthier, wealthier life by simply not abusing animals.
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Canadian egg farms have tens of thousands of chickens on average, and there’s a lot of separate farms.
US egg farms have millions, and there are fewer total farms.
If a single bird gets infected with avian flu the whole flock needs to be culled. Bigger flocks are both more likely to catch it, and more birds affected when it happens.
There is also a massive chicken cartel in the US which dictates the laws so small farmers cannot abide by all the nitpicking rules.
Inversely, most provinces have supply management of dairy and poultry products to insure a stable price for consumers and protect farmers from inevitable variable conditions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_and_poultry_supply_management_in_Canada
Just because I wanted to read more about it
Sounds like time to nationalize
Did you know that committing atrocity against chickens is in fact entirely optional? You can live a longer, healthier, wealthier life by simply not abusing animals.
Capitalism turning people to veganism like it did tiny homes
…noted
most people are not abusing animals.
I heard that we actually vaccinate our livestock too while apparently doing so is illegal in the US?
But also the cartel thing.
And the gov is apparently “protecting” us from solving this ourselves with black market eggs. Bootleggs?
As I understand, this is also why bird flu took longer to spread on the west coast