03-19-2025, 01:16 AM
Read an article today about how this is a US problem, other countries are not as affected. There is no egg shortage in Canada. The difference is Egg Farms there may have 10,000 hens but they have a lot of farms, they are also more enclosed due to the weather Here we don't have as many farms but they have a million birds. Are farms are also more open to the elements.
So an infection there takes out a small number of birds having little effect on the overall. Here a few farms getting infected have a major effect.
In other words - industrial farming is to blame.
This time it was chickens, but next time it could be corn or wheat. Both crops are GMO'ed to be very similar across strains. So a blight hitting either could destroy entire harvests across the country.
So an infection there takes out a small number of birds having little effect on the overall. Here a few farms getting infected have a major effect.
In other words - industrial farming is to blame.
This time it was chickens, but next time it could be corn or wheat. Both crops are GMO'ed to be very similar across strains. So a blight hitting either could destroy entire harvests across the country.