Egg prices will come down from this peak so a short position on eggs would seem to be a good strategy. I’m always long on eggs because I incline towards three-egg omelets. In my area, skillets are only two-egg, so I suppose that’s the play for me.For everyone else, egg futures are already way down so it’s too late.
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Vaccine for bird flu
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Who makes vaccines for bird flu, Moderna or Pfizer?
Is the price of eggs high everywhere? Not trying to start a trade war but wouldn’t more egg imports defray the high cost of domestic eggs?
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There is no vaccine. I was joking that whomever comes up with a vaccine will make a killing by stopping the killing of all the poultry.
I figured the US probably banned or makes egg importing difficult so I checked Grok
No, egg imports are not entirely banned in the United States. However, there are strict regulations and requirements for importing eggs and egg products:
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Shell Eggs: The importation of table eggs (shell eggs for human consumption) is highly regulated due to food safety, health concerns, and the risk of avian diseases like bird flu. The U.S. imports a relatively small amount of shell eggs compared to its domestic production, and these must comply with specific FDA and USDA regulations regarding production, storage, and transportation.
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Egg Products: For egg products like liquid, frozen, or dried eggs, countries must have an egg products inspection system equivalent to the U.S. system to be eligible to export. Currently, only Canada and the Netherlands are authorized to export egg products to the U.S. under these conditions.
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Specific Bans: There have been instances where imports from specific countries were banned or restricted due to outbreaks of avian diseases. For example, during bird flu outbreaks, countries might face temporary bans on poultry and egg imports. However, these are not permanent bans but rather temporary measures to prevent disease spread.
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Kinder Surprise Eggs: Note that the term “egg” in the context of Kinder Surprise Eggs (chocolate eggs with toys inside) refers to a different product. These are banned in the U.S. due to safety concerns about the toy being a choking hazard, not because they are actual eggs.
In summary, while there’s no blanket ban on egg imports, they are subject to stringent regulations, and imports are limited by health and safety standards.
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The poultry industry should provide the flatten the curve crowd a lesson. These poultry farms and many pig farms are like biological facilities with very limited access with gowning and disinfectants and still the poultry gets infected.
It seems to me the strategy of killing off all the poultry isn’t working and it prevents the poultry from selecting the genetics. There maybe is a reason, but a different strategy would be to let the virus go and bread the poultry that survived.
This would be a mess for the poultry producers and since the government pays a good amount to kill them off, the current strategy works/pays better for the producers in my opinion.
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Which brings me to the question, ?has anyone actually shown that chickens with bird flu actually transmit the virus to eggs they lay.
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They can’t let fact or science defeat a good crisis/manipulation.
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Besides MSTR, the holdings are rather small compared to their market caps.
That guy Gremillion sounds like something between quadrillion and gazillion. Is that his real name?
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I think so, he is from Louisiana
?Are you disparaging the good people from Louisiana. Sen Kennedy is a source of never ending mirth in that otherwise sanctimonious chamber - the senate - with his country aphorisms.
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not at all, I was trying to explain the heritage of someone’s last name
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I was joking. 
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SGOV is a T Bill (0-3 months) ETF for parking short term cash if you can’t be bothered with buying Treasury direct. Last 12 months, yield has been about 4.7%, pays monthly dividend, fee is about 0.09%
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That is pretty good. I have used Fidelity’s spaxx money market fund. It pays 4.92 but has a 0.42 percent
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