In November, Mike Trent, the owner of Trent Family Farms In the Cloverdale, Oregon, began to notice that the egg prices were crazy. As the influenza avian crisis worsening large egg producers across the country and prices began to waste above, Trent knows that 2025 is not a normal year for eggs. But he is not more concerned. As it becomes, higher egg prices are never a bad thing for small producers, especially focuses on making the best quality eggs they can.
As prices in the egg package in January and February, Trent's operation began to pick up new customers. He used to be a supplier of primary portland restaurants such as Ava Gene's, Tousnant, and currently acting on an “egg subscription” to buy customers in twelve dozens. “I began to pick up some new clients, and they told me what they paid for eggs, and it progressed every week,” Trent said. “After January, phone calls start to come. People want eggs from me because I don't raise the price of my eggs.”
While large egg producers such as perdue invest in specialized bioscurit protocols intended to stop the spread of avian influenza on donkeys and production facilities, that is not an option for Trent. His 2,500 or so birds have full access to pastures, which he believes will result in more happy chicks and more juicy eggs. “My chickens are 100-percent free order, no lock, nothing, and they remain healthy,” he said. “But your big corporate farms, with their lovely bioscurit protocol and all care, still get the bird flu.”
Trent has made his prices similar because the costs of keeping his flock remain strong. Unlike commercial egg operations, where chickens are crammed with stained cages, the model raised in pasture can provide some natural insulation from the spread of avian influenza. According to American Sedvelling Proformers Association, all chickens are weak in bird flu blows, but The virus is most harmful to “more likely to hold hosts found in the commercial chicken industry. “And even if the wild birds can spread avian influenza to pastures, Trent's hens can easily avoid the virus so far.
In fact, avian influenza crisis has given the opportunity to give up the opportunity to expand his business. He was entered into a cooperative agreement with other adjacent egg farmers to fulfill the need for his eggs, risen in the past months. She hopes to bring a lot of chickens in her flock, as well as she says she needs a place about 10,000 to fully meet the further need. At the same time, he took care of what new clients he took, especially when it was part of the restaurants, to ensure that this growth was lasting.
“My eggs are always loved – until this year, I have to say – but my farm people join me because I will always pay a little product for a great product,” Trent said. “I'm a little lery with larger corporate restaurants, because they have bosses
And although the prices of the egg have begun, Trent believes that his eggs, with their rich, nutritious grocery store egg, and that is more compared to the average grocery store egg, and that more and more consumers began to realize that. His egg CSA always grows over the last few months, and he now gets nine coolers scattered across the place in Portland where subscribers can pick up their weekly dozens. He just looked forward to subscribers in the coming months. “Once I get my eggs in front of someone and they see the quality, I think they will go with me,” he said. “And if the price is the same, why don't you like the egg more tasty?”