Until now, the U.S. was the only country allowed to export eggs to Canada. Decreasing stocks in the U.S. has prompted Canada to add Ukraine to the list.
To any visitors to this thread from the future - yes, this was at the same time that Ukraine was engaged in a defensive war with Russia; and America was kicking out any foreigners it could while ruining the global economy with import taxes.
Crazy, sad times, these were.
Bold of you to assume the future will see this as the crazy times. I think its gonna be seen as the “when things still seemed fine” times.
Woo! We’re getting eggs AND supporting Ukraine at the same time!
I have to wonder at the price of eggs, such that refrigerating and shipping them across an entire hemisphere is economically feasible. Wouldn’t it make more sense to sell Ukrainian eggs in, like, Poland or Romania or Germany? And then sell Polish/Romanian/German eggs westward from there?
This seems less like “supporting Ukraine” and more like “spending a fortune on bulk shipping to avoid dealing with bird flu at home.”
Canada doesn’t really have the same kind of massive factory farming practices that the US does, and the bird flu problem is already far more contained. I think this is mostly a show of support for Ukraine kind of thing.
Because Polish farmers are bitching about Ukrainian imports into Poland decreasing local prices
This appears to be the real hurdle to Ukrainian economic relief. We could be raising the standard of living across the entire region, rather than pitting Polish and Ukrainian farmers against one another in a free market squeeze.
That’s true. But maybe they transform them before shipping them? Like powdered eggs or things like that?
Would definitely make more sense, from a transport perspective.
Ban eggs from US. They are chemically treated to destroy the protective layer. Most other countries don’t do that, and their eggs don’t even require fridge. .
edit. what’s next? fluoride chicken, chlorine chicken.
They are washed and sanitized, there’s nothing wrong with it.
It’s basically a wash (heh) between here and the EU method. In the EU you guys can leave out your eggs at room temp, but they go bad quicker. In the US they last longer, but refrigeration is required
They last long enough in room temp and never had them go bad. I never really measured the max length of time, but I buy 30 at a time and eat 0-2 per day, 2 on most days. half boiled.
Ukraine is at war, and they still have the ability to send eggs to canadia? is there anything Ukraine can’t do?? #GoUkraine!
Canadia?
Yup
Why do we buy US eggs. Ours cost $3.94CAD a dozen
Canada is a net importer of eggs. If they didn’t import, prices would be higher
Don’t have time to read this but does it say why our eggs are so cheap if we are only importing them from the us?
Our eggs Our cheap because most of the supply is domestic, and our domestic supply is stable. The Ukrainian supply is replacing the US supply that is no longer available, and is going to commercial buyers, not store shelves.
U.S. is the only country (until now) that was allowed to export eggs to Canada. It doesn’t really say if they actually ever sent us any amount. I’m guessing that before the egg crisis down south, they sent them to Vancouver or places with no egg farmers near.
Now that’s a flex.
April 7th article for April 1st?
