Nothing captures modern agriculture quite like flooding the market with extra hens then acting shocked when wholesale prices collapse. Producers now face the classic dilemma of too many eggs chasing too few buyers, yet the same contracts that locked in their margins during shortages now shield consumers from any real relief.
The official line calls this an "adjustment." In practice it means farmers absorb the hit while middlemen keep their spreads intact. Higher feed and labor costs get waved around as the reason no one downstream should expect cheaper cartons, turning an oversupply story into a permanent excuse.
Everyone nods along because the language sounds reasonable, until you realize the math only works if farmers keep losing money so the supply chain can look stable on paper. That’s not economics; that’s just passing the invoice down the line until it lands on the people who actually raise the birds.
