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by ryao 464 days ago
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.