It went up because of a disease of some sort that went through chicken flocks. As a result, supply dropped and the price rose.
It takes about 6 months to raise a chicken from chick to egg layer so about six or eight months later the supply went up and the price dropped. A couple of months ago I paid a buck for a dozen but it seems to run about 2 bucks these days.
The American rancher has taken a pretty good hit with drought, high operating costs and God only know what else.
It takes a couple of years to raise a cow to slaughter so don't expect to see beef prices drop until about 2027 or 2028.
This is going to be a source of complaints by Americans because we're impatient as hell. When we want something we want it NOW.
Ain't gonna happen. Get used to it and just wait.
In the meantime as usual we can run around looking for someone to blame.
The other day I carefully explained that the reason the cattle herds were so low is because it's a part of the Great Right Wing Judeo-Christian conspiracy to make pork the number one selling meat in the country so as to alienate Muslims and make them leave.
"Really?" he asked. He took the bait.
I figured he would believe the truth so why bother.
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