How Many Eggs Is Turkey Sending To The US?
With egg carton rationing on the rise at major grocery stores like Trader Joe's, it's become evident to the rest of the world that the U.S. is in need of eggs. The country of Turkey just stepped in to save the day, at least until July. The U.S. and Turkey have reached a deal in which Turkey will send 15,000 tons of eggs to the U.S.. The chairman of the Egg Producers Central Union in Turkey told Reuters that the shipments have already begun and will continue through July.
"The export will take place through our member companies with the required authorizations, while two firms will coordinate the process," said the chairman, Ibrahim Afyon. In exchange for the egg shipments, Turkey is expected to receive $26 million in exports revenue. The country's need for eggs has been ongoing for years now and has led to intermittent shortages and rising prices ever since. Here's why this multi-million dollar import is so necessary.
Read more: 6 Fast Food Chains That Use Real Whole Eggs And 7 That Don't
Much like how a vaccine took time to develop as the world dealt with the impacts of COVID, the same can be said for our egg situation. In 2022, the Avian Flu ravaged flocks of egg-laying hens in the U.S. and has continued to do so. Since the beginning of this bird flu outbreak over 150 million hens have been affected. Experts began working on vaccines for the affected poultry back in 2022 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced in January that it was working to rebuild a stockpile of vaccines.
However, Reuters notes that while a conditional license was granted to the animal health company Zoetis for a vaccine, the USDA has not authorized the use of any vaccine yet. Until recently, egg farms have resorted to culling the entire flock as soon as the bird flu is detected. The Trump administration has recently changed its guidelines on this, intending to promote vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of outright slaughter.
For more food and drink goodness, join The Takeout's newsletter. Get taste tests, food & drink news, deals from your favorite chains, recipes, cooking tips, and more!
Read the original article on The Takeout.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Times
16 minutes ago
- New York Times
‘Golden Share' in U.S. Steel Gives Trump Extraordinary Control
To save its takeover of U.S. Steel, Japan's Nippon Steel agreed to an unusual arrangement, granting the White House a 'golden share' that gives the government an extraordinary amount of influence over a U.S. company. New details of the agreement show that the structure would give President Trump and his successors a permanent stake in U.S. Steel, significant sway over its board and veto power over a wide array of company actions, an arrangement that could change the nature of foreign investment in the United States. The terms of the arrangement were hammered out in meetings that went late into the night on Wednesday and Thursday, according to two people familiar with the details. Representatives from Nippon Steel — which had been trying to acquire the struggling U.S. Steel since December 2023, but had been blocked by the Biden administration over national security concerns — came around to Mr. Trump's desire to take a stake that would give the U.S. government significant control over the company's actions. Nippon had argued that this influence should expire — perhaps after three or four years, the duration of the Trump administration. But in the meetings, which were held at the Commerce Department, Trump officials led by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick insisted that the golden share should last in perpetuity, the two people said. Under the terms of the national security pact, which the companies said they signed Friday, the U.S. government would retain a single share of preferred stock, called class G — as in gold. And U.S. Steel's charter will list nearly a dozen activities the company cannot undertake without the approval of the American president or someone he designates in his stead. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Bloomberg
26 minutes ago
- Bloomberg
US Ex-Im Bank May Fund Greenland Rare Earths Mine, Reuters Says
The US Export-Import Bank is considering providing up to $120 million for a rare earths project by Critical Metals Corp. in Greenland, Reuters reported Sunday, citing a letter of interest.
Politico
an hour ago
- Politico
Rand Paul says he'd be willing to negotiate on megabill support
One of the Senate GOP's biggest critics of President Donald Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' won't rule out coming around on the sweeping domestic policy package. But Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told NBC's Kristen Welker on Sunday that he would need the White House to make major modifications to the bill's planned $5 trillion debt ceiling hike to garner his support. 'Congress is awful with money, and so you should give them a more restricted credit line, not an expansive one,' he said on 'Meet the Press.' 'Yes, the debt ceiling has to go up, but what I've said is it ought to go up three months at a time and then we should have a renewed debate about the debt. We shouldn't put it up $5 trillion and wait two years, go through another election cycle and be almost toward the end of the Trump administration and say, 'Oh, whoops, we've added a bunch of debt.'' Trump's megabill passed the House by just a single vote in May, landing in a Senate Republican caucus with competing priorities and a tricky political landscape. But three of the Senate GOP's most skeptical deficit hawks — Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Florida Sen. Rick Scott — have signaled they could eventually lend their support to the bill. Gaining Paul's approval could prove far more costly for appropriators. 'Separate out the debt ceiling and have a separate vote on it,' Paul told Welker. 'And I won't be the deciding vote on this. This is what I tell my supporters. If I am the deciding vote, they'll negotiate. If I'm not, they won't. So far they've been sending their attack dogs after me, and that's not a great persuasion technique.'
