Commercial eggs are still hard to come by around here (west central FL) but local producers have all kinds of them. No problem finding/getting them if you make the effort. We have a lot of rural folks around here that raise chickens and sell eggs pretty much year ‘round.
I was telling Mitch (MI) the other day about how we’ve got a glut of produce in the area because the migrant workers can’t pick it. Just south of me is a large area of tomato growers, so many of them that there are several processing plants in the area. Because they can’t get the crops to market they’re rotting in the fields, or if the growers use any sort of mechanized harvesting the crops are being harvested but just sitting. A local tomato producer is selling bushel baskets of fresh tomatoes for $5. Same thing with the blueberry crop that has just come in. I can get a quart of freshly picked blueberries for about $2 at the growers. Normally, $2 would get you a pint. I don’t can vegetables, but if I did I would be stocking up right now. We bought a boatload of blueberries on Saturday and froze nearly all of them. -D > On Apr 13, 2020, at 11:04 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I'm in south-central Indiana. Abundant supply of eggs at the > supermarkets. $0.97/doz for the non-free-range non-organic factory-farm > eggs last time I was there (middle of last week). > > Free-range, cage-free etc. anywhere from near $3/doz to $6 or so. > > Allan > > Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> writes: > >> Interesting, remind me where "here" is. >> >> I read the other day that US demand for eggs has gone up some absurd >> percentage. >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/shortages-eggs-stress-baking/ >> >> But in the 2 weeks since that article USDA says prices are coming back >> down: >> https://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/Egg%20Markets%20Overview.pdf >> >> At the "regular" grocery store last Thursday there were only 6 packs of >> organic eggs, no conventional eggs to be had. The co-op had local eggs >> 2 weeks ago but they were $3/dz. Really nice eggs though. >> >> -Curt >> >> On Sunday, April 12, 2020, 6:37:02 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I've heard that also. >> >> Weird because eggs are in no short supply here. >> >> When you can buy a dozen eggs for $1 I think the economics of raising >> your own chickens don't work. >> >> Allan >> >> Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: >> >>> I saw a story on the news that now people are flocking to the farm >>> stores and hoarding chickens. It is that time of year to buy chicks >>> and I guess they think they will suddenly raise chickens to get their >>> eggs. It is really getting ridiculous. >>> >>> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
