Posted by oldtanker on February 27, 2018 at 02:28:33 from (66.228.255.59):
In Reply to: Cage Free Egg posted by fbh44 on February 26, 2018 at 09:49:15:
I'm not going to attack either side on this. I know people on both sides of this argument and you can't reason with either side. I am however going to make a few observations from someone who lives in a RURAL area of MN..
1: We seldom shop Wal Mart. But we did just the other day for the first time in maybe a year or so. One of the first things my wife and I noticed was in the produce department. Large area for "organic" product. Then as we got into the bakery area saw a lot of whole grain product. You know all the stuff that's supposed to be healthier. Meats had an area for grass fed and another for "organic". Dairy was much the same. Now we were not looking for any of that stuff. But in Wal Mart? Even people on a budget are buying into this.
2: Over the last few years the various grocery stores we use seem to dedicate more space each year to "free range, grass fed, cage free and organic" product.
Now I know a couple of people raising cage free eggs too. Small time stuff. None more than 12 dozen a week or so. And all of them could sell 2 to 3 times what they do. IN A RURAL AREA. We got locals up here sitting around like vultures waiting for someone to die off so they can get the eggs they were buying.
You guys against this stuff, ranting about it on a forum where you are going to get a bunch of people who agree with you. Folks who ate going to pat you on your back and tell you how right you are. That isn't going to do you any good at all. You have done absolutely nothing to convince someone on the other side that they are wrong. You need to find a forum that the folks who don't believe you and post your arguments there. Convince them that they are wrong. Remember you are going to addressing people who are going to see you as a greedy guy who is willing to slowly poison them and their families who have other people who stand to gain nothing from this who can add DR MD behind their name.
What you really need to do is look at market share and the price difference farmers are getting. If they are making a better return per animal or acre then maybe at current commodity prices it's time for a change. Companies that made buggy whips who refused to change because they didn't think the car was "going anywhere" woke up one morning with a warehouse full of whips and no customers. The customers were all lined up down at the local Texaco buying gas. Any business in an ever changing environment has to be ready and willing to change to meet market demands.
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