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What's causing Australia's egg shortage? A shift to free-range and short winter days

  • Written by Flavio Macau, Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University
What's causing Australia's egg shortage? A shift to free-range and short winter daysKlaus Nielsen/Pexels , CC BY-SA

Australia is experiencing a national egg shortage. Prices are rising and supermarket stocks are patchy. Some cafes are reportedly serving breakfast with one egg instead of two. Supermarket giant Coles has reverted to COVID-19 conditions with a two-carton limit.

We became used to grocery shortages throughout the...

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