Farmers blame govt decision to ban egg export for oversupply in market

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Farmers blame govt decision to ban egg export for oversupply in market

By THE NATION

 

 

The oversupply of eggs in the market due to the ban on exports has led to steep discount offers.

 

In supermarkets, such as Big-C, Tesco Lotus, Foodland and Maxvalue, packaged Kasemchai Food (KCF) eggs are being sold at Bt59 per pack of 10 eggs and as a promotion, there is a buy one, get one free offer. Effectively, each pack of 10 eggs cost Bt29.50.

 

The promotion has been going on since May 18.

 

Layer Farmer Association’s committee chief Chaiyaporn Sithan blamed the Commerce Minister’s earlier decision to ban the export of eggs for the sudden oversupply in the market. He said now Vietnamese eggs are being sold in Laos, while Thailand has lost its market share.

 

He said the ban order had caused uncertainty among foreign buyers, as Thai suppliers had to abruptly cancel their orders.

 

“We lost our overseas market, and now we are faced with this oversupply of eggs, which has become a problem. Thai producers are now selling the eggs at lower than the Bt2.40 per egg price fixed by the government,” he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30389520

 

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[worgeordie]

I have noticed lately the eggs are not as fresh as they

always were before,crack an egg into the pan ,they

just go flat and watery.maybe they were the ones

that were hoarded when the virus first came out.

regards worgeordie

[Konini]

The thing I've noticed is that the shells seem to be much thinner.  Every week for a good couple of months now, at least one has broken either on the way home or in transit between the bag and the egg bowl.  I stopped getting them from my usual seller and have tried 2 new ones with the same results.  The shells seem to be so thin and the slightest knock breaks them.  Also on a weekly basis, at least one of the surviving ones have been black and nasty inside - got a real stinker last week when I opened a hard boiled one that had been in the fridge for a few days.  I always check boiled eggs really well for any cracks before refrigerating and eat any that were damaged in the pan first without any problem, so this one must have been bad to start with.  Even Mr K has noticed that the boiled eggs he eats when he gets the munchies are not up to scratch.  This week I decided to stop buying them from the market and just rely on the supermarkets; I hadn't thought about them maybe being a bit old, I just put it down to the time of year or me being overly sensitive until He Who Would Like To Be Obeyed mentioned that the new way I was boiling eggs wasn't working very well as most have black bits or at least black-ish yokes and aren't very tasty.  I am doing them a new way - got paranoid that it was just me and after years of steaming them started boiling them again, but it hasn't helped at all.

 

I haven't tried one of the Tesco ones yet, but I did notice the price - I got large eggs cheaper than I usually get medium ones from the egg stall on the market, with no indication that they were on special offer.

 

I'm curious now though; does anyone know if being older makes the shells more brittle?  I honestly have never come across it before, but I know the thin shells are the reason I haven't been able to fry an egg without a breaking the yoke for ages now - I keep forgetting not to crack them as hard as I usually do.

[Oldie]

12 minutes ago, Konini said:

 

I'm curious now though; does anyone know if being older makes the shells more brittle?  I honestly have never come across it before, but I know the thin shells are the reason I haven't been able to fry an egg without a breaking the yoke for ages now - I keep forgetting not to crack them as hard as I usually do.

I fry many eggs. Never had a problem. I store them in the fridge and only buy eggs where I can see the date of packing and I buy only in supermarkets where it is cooler than outside. So they had better storage conditions already - so I hope...

 

In respect of bad eggs - when I open them I always put each of them in a small bowl and then in the pan. If an egg is bad I can see it and so it will not destroy everything what is cooking in the pan. 

[Bender Rodriguez]

never understood why 30 eggs go for 90 baht give and take

but 10 eggs = 50 ?

 

less plastic, cardboard...

 

whatever, TIT

[murraynz]

Eggs are very expensive in thailand,but lately,some good specials in Big C.

68 baht for tray of 30.

7-11 60 bahts for 10eggs,but they have been doing  some discounts,also..

[GSFISM]

When a young man back stateside I helped neighbors on the chicken farms after school and weekends for pocket change...Chicks were fed crushed granite and oyster shell mix in feed. Granite to aid in grinding there feed during digestion...Oyster shell for calcium. Calcium for making the eggshell strong. So weak shell suggest not enough calcium in their diet.

[Konini]

20 minutes ago, GSFISM said:

So weak shell suggest not enough calcium in their diet.

Thank you - that quite possibly solves it, maybe they're trying to save money as exports are suspended.  We've been here for 10 years and the last few months is the first time I've come across this problem.  Different egg stalls, even a different market and all the shells aren't as they have always been and at least one bad one in each purchase.

 

Hopefully the supermarket ones will be better; it's a shame though because I'd rather give the business to market stalls than big corporates.

[Nowisee]

Might explain why the 5 Star chicken stands are selling whole chickens, normally 140-145 now for 99 baht.