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Canada has avoided the severe egg shortages and soaring prices seen in the U.S. due to differences in farming practices and regulations.

While avian flu has devastated large American egg farms, Canada’s smaller farms and tightly sealed barns have limited the impact.

The U.S.’s industrialized egg industry, driven by cost efficiency, is vulnerable to supply shocks when outbreaks occur.

Canada’s supply management system ensures stable production and restricts imports, keeping farms smaller. Meanwhile, U.S. consumers face continued egg price surcharges and supply pressures.

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 28 points 9 months ago (16 children)

Another major factor is that Canada raises more of their chickens indoors due to how cold it gets, significantly decreasing their risk of exposure to avian flu.

The US has way more free-range chickens, and free-range chickens are most at risk.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Yes and no. Free range in America means "raised in a huge building and never seeing sunlight." Basically what separates them from cage free is that thousands of birds all share one giant cage instead of four birds to a cage inside the larger cage.

Pasture raised are the ones that get to go outside and eat bugs in the sunshine.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 4 points 9 months ago (5 children)

The chickens that are outside eating bugs in the sunshine are the most likely to catch avian flu due to exposure to wild birds 😕

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

But if they do catch it, they're way less likely to spread it to a literal million other chickens, so there's that

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