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by mech975 464 days ago
I went to the trouble of finding monthly egg production totals for the US based on "NASS quick stats."

https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/results/80AF9DAE-99AE-31D0-...

Hopefully yall can make heads or tails of the data.

The querying tool is also linked at https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/#80AF9DAE-99AE-31D0-8F1C-EC...

2 comments

That data means that reversing the rule that prevented meat chicken eggs from being sold will have a negligible impact on the crisis:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/national-chicken-council-asks-fda...

It also means this is not going to be a huge impact either:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/turkey-export-15...

That import is 240,000,000 eggs if my math is right. If it is spread over a few months we will barely notice it. If it were achieved in a single month, it might be more noticeable.

I am reasoning mostly based on significant figures. I did not compare historical lows to production figures to try to get an idea of what actual demand is and I assume there is a bit of a smoothing effect that allows a surplus and shortfall in adjacent months to cancel.

Here's a chart of the egg production from the data you found (Jan 2013 to Jan 2025). [1]

Added 2nd, 3rd, and 4th order curve fits to give an idea of the general trends in production.

[1] https://i.imgur.com/OikRTHL.png

This seems to align with the article. The article states 3 to 5 percent decline after 2021. I see about the same in this graph.