On Dec 13, 2:12 pm, Iknit > wrote:
> On Dec 13, 6:04 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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> > "Miche" > wrote in message
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> > > In article >,
> > > "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
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> > >> "kilikini" > wrote in message
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> > >> > pamjd wrote:
> > >> >> Went to the store to get bread and milk and man did I get some sticker
> > >> >> shock when I went by the egg section of the dairy aisle. All of a
> > >> >> suddeen 18 eggs are $3.15. Wow, a dozen are now over $2, the same
> > >> >> eggs that a couple months ago were 99 cents. I am in Wisconsin. How
> > >> >> are egg prices where you are?
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> > >> > The same as yours. Our prices have skyrocketed!
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> > >> Heating, transportation. Thank you, OPEC.
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> > > Are egg farms required to use oil-fired heating? If not, it might be
> > > time for them to start looking at alternative heating methods.
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> > > Miche
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> > I don't know, but 99.999% of trucks use oil.
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> I also prefer to pay a lot more for free-range eggs and chickens (the
> chickens taste better also).
> They cost me $5.70 per dozen Jumbo eggs (80grams ea) free-range.....I
> checked out the price of battery eggs last week in the stupidmarket
> and they were $4.90.....not a whole lot of difference in the long run,
> and I can eat them with a clear conscience that the chickens aren't
> living tortuous lives!
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> I'm not a rabid greenie (actually a city grannie)....the eggs
> definitely taste a lot better though. As someone said "eggier",
> lol.
> So....not a lot of difference between New Zealand prices and
> Australian, where I live.
>
> Iknit.



JUST worked out the exchange rate and my AUD$5.70 equates to US
$5.07.....doesn't sound so bad now, does it? LOL.

Yes, I firmly believe the cost of production here is much like
NZ's ..... Not a lot of people..probably similar to NZ's, considering
the land mass....we have only 22 million people total. Mostly living
in the main cities, around the coastline. A lot of this country is
desert (in the RED centre...called that because the soil and rocks are
red) and tropical rainforest (though not as much as there used to be).

I still believe that eggs are great value for money, as they are so
nutricious.

Iknit.