Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

 

And this is another bouncer. Is somebody getting tired of me?

john

Lets think about this-remember when all those millions of eggs had salmonella? People were avoiding them and buying them in farmers markets and around here the price went up to $4/dozen?? Follow the money. Organic feed is more on demand because people want more organic eggs. Now the price of eggs have fallen dramatically in the store to $2/dozen. Isn't it logical to use business logic and realize a drop in price will not only draw people back but will also eliminate some competition? That way when your competition is eliminated you can then raise the price for your eggs to $5/dozen and grab the market share. You can then claim as an excuse that there are fewer and fewer people out there selling eggs. Follow the money...

nonna
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It is also good to realise that any scare such as the "salmonella in eggs" scare is used by the really big ones to get rid of small competitors. In the UK every egg seller had to give up something like three laying hens per quarter and pay for their autopsy to the tune (if I remember well) of £45 per bird. If you have a back yard flock of 20 hens you are soon finished (even if the lab makes no mistakes) that way and for the really big ones with millions of hens it hardly matters.

Where I live now you need a license if you keep more than 3 hens. Every egg laid needs to be date stamped with a special stamp. And regular inspections are no fun. It is forbidden to leave the birds outside after the bird flue scare and it is also not allowed to keep more than one species of poultry on any one farm. Imo it is not just the money at all.

john