{"id":515,"date":"2023-02-11T01:32:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T01:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2023-02-11T01:32:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T01:32:46","slug":"massive-fire-destroys-new-zealands-largest-egg-producer-kills-50000-hens-amid-national-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/massive-fire-destroys-new-zealands-largest-egg-producer-kills-50000-hens-amid-national-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Fire Destroys New Zealand’s Largest Egg Producer, Kills 50,000 Hens Amid National Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A devastating fire at New Zealand’s largest egg farm has resulted in the loss of approximately 50,000 hens<\/a>, causing concern<\/a> over a potential exacerbation of the national egg shortage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This report<\/a> follows the news of a massive fire that destroyed a U.S. manufacturing plant<\/a> on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fire broke out<\/a> at a Zeagold farm on Monday morning and took several hours to be contained, according to a company spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twelve workers on site were reported unharmed<\/a> but deeply disturbed<\/a> by the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company initially estimated<\/a> that around 75,000 hens had died but later revised the number to 50,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An assessment is underway to determine the exact number of fatalities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impact of the fire could extend beyond the loss of the hens and potentially exacerbate the already existing nationwide egg shortage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Zealand has experienced a shortage of eggs<\/a> since the beginning of the year, largely due to the ban<\/a> on battery farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This ban<\/a> had been in the making since 2012 and, over time, battery hens accounted for only 10%<\/a> of total egg production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the gradual decrease, the ban’s implementation<\/a> in January caused significant disruption<\/a> to the egg supply chain, resulting in empty supermarket shelves, limited tray purchases, and disappointment for breakfast enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The egg shortage has become a contentious issue<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A small-town supermarket was forced to ban<\/a> a cruise ship crew from buying more eggs after they wiped out their stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, newspapers have provided guidance<\/a> on egg-free baking and alternative breakfast options like tofu scrambles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SPCA also issued an advisory<\/a> in January, cautioning<\/a> New Zealanders against impulsive purchases of backyard chickens, due to worries that inexperienced owners might not provide proper care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the Zeagolds fire, farmers predicted<\/a> that they would need to raise an additional 300,000 hens<\/a> before the shortage could be resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States, a similar crisis is unfolding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past two years, the price of eggs has doubled<\/a>, and multiple egg farms have burned down<\/a> in massive fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since President Biden took office, over 100<\/a> food processing plants have experienced unexplained explosions, resulting in millions of livestock losses<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerns have also been raised about commercial chicken feed potentially preventing hens from laying eggs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are these incidents that have occurred at facilities crucial to the seamless operation of the worldwide supply chain merely coincidences, or could there be something more to the story?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A devastating fire at New Zealand’s largest egg farm has resulted in the loss of approximately 50,000 hens, causing concern over a potential exacerbation of the national egg shortage. This report follows the news of a massive fire that destroyed a U.S. manufacturing plant on the same day. The fire broke out at a Zeagold farm on Monday morning and took several hours to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[194,129,113,9,155,128,92,91],"tags":[166,78,419,418,415,421,16,503,334,500,10,13,460,15,464,465,42,66,422],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":517,"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}